Check out all the goings-on at the Texas Book Festival, which will be held November 4-5 in Austin, TX. We interview festival authors, including headliner Dan Rather, Pulitzer-winner Jennifer Egan, Gretchen Carlson, the Bush twins, and many others. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown, Salman Rushdie, Mathias Énard: VIP writers and publishers made steady appearances at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 amid discussions of books and world affairs. The post Download: Friday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 Show Daily appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
From big authors and CEOs to newcomers, the first day of the Frankfurt Book Fair kicked off with literary discussions and talks on the future of publishing. The post Download: Thursday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 Show Daily appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and agents in Barcelona share their views on the future of the city as the home of global Spanish-language publishing in the wake of Catalonia's vote to become independent of Spain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2012 Copyright Modernization Act in Canada has been a disaster for Canadian educational publishers. But concern over the law’s effects, observers say, is not limited to Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A novel called 'Cherry,' which was acquired un-agented by an editor at Knopf from an author in a federal prison, was described by one scout at the fair as "the secret book of Frankfurt." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tastemakers in the publishing industry spent big on a handful of novels, and a raft of memoirs at this year's fair. Some insiders mused that while the novels offer escapism, the memoirs give readers what they crave even more in these divisive times: a sense of connection with other people. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
'I Want You to Know We're Still Here,' a post-Holocaust memoir by Esther Safran Foer, has been acquired in a North American rights deal by Tim Duggan at Crown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Frankfurt Book Fair, opened this year by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, also kicked off discussions of the role of books in an era of fake news. The post Download: Wednesday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 Show Daily appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Carolyn Reidy, CEO of Simon & Schuster, and Guillaume Dervieux, CEO of Albin Michel Group, took the stage for the Frankfurt Book Fair’s annual “CEO Talk." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The two leaders touched on not only the power of culture to hold Europe together, but also on some issues within the publishing industry, including copyright and digitization. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Regina Porter’s 'The Travelers,' which rumor has it sold for roughly half a million dollars in the U.S. alone, is now racking up foreign sales, with six-figure deals having just closed in the U.K. and Germany. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wylie offered a strong defense of diversity in literature, and of the importance of international voices in a world that appears to be “broadly reassembling" along nationalist lines. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle praised the slow, but continuous growth of the book business around the world and noted the “healthy co-existence" of the print and digital markets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A buzzed-about psychological thriller and sophomore novel by Annie Ward called 'Beautiful Bad' has been acquired in a six-figure deal by Park Row Books, after a seven-bidder auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a deal rumored to be in the seven-figure range, Artisan has inked a world rights publishing partnership with chef René Redzepi for three new cookbooks and a new biannual series called Dispatches. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a market of 197 million people and a strong youthful contingent, Pakistan's industry is looking to expand December's Karachi International Book Fair. The post One Book Fair to Another: Karachi Makes Its Case at Frankfurter Buchmesse appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
While big advances are nothing new in the heady days before a major rights fair, the fact that at least five books—two novels and three nonfiction titles—have sold for $1 million (or more), indicates that publishers are going to Germany ready to splash some cash. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are to open the Frankfurt Book Fair on Tuesday 10th October, symbolising their commitment to a "strong, unified Europe". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
With distributors 'expanding their services to cover a larger part of the value chain,' the Frankfurter Buchmesse and IPDA inaugurate a new Distribution Forum. The post Introducing Frankfurt Book Fair’s First International Publishing Distribution Forum appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]