Frankfurter Buchmesse to Host Memorial Reception for Fred Kobrak

Publishing legend Fred Kobrak, 1928-2016, will be remembered by his colleagues, friends, and family at a memorial during this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse to Host Memorial Reception for Fred Kobrak appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair Director on German/Brazilian Collaboration

With Brazil as Guest of Honor at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair some 250 Brazilian books are being translated and Germany will feature at Rio's book fair this month. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent? Scout? Send Frankfurt Book Fair Your Old LitAg Photos

To mark the 35th anniversary of the Literary Agents and Scouts Center, the Frankfurt Book Fair is asking for photo submissions from the Agents Center's past. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Perspectives Frankfurt Book Fair Preview 2013

Download Publishing Perspectives' Frankfurt Book Fair preview of what’s new, what’s happening, and what are likely to be some of the hot topics of discussion this year. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inception-Style Memory Experiment Performed On Mice Was Inspired By The Movie “Total Recall”

“The underlying grip of movies is that they program us to have experiences. They create events in our heads…” -- Jeffrey Zacks, Flicker: Your Brain On Film. Forthcoming from Oxford University Press If you’re interested in science, you probably heard last week’s news that memories were... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hole in Our Collective Memory: How Copyright Made Mid-Century Books Vanish

A book published during the presidency of Chester A. Arthur has a greater chance of being in print today than one published during the time of Reagan. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Giving Brazilian Literature Its Due in English and at Frankfurt

Chad W. Post offers an overview of some classic Brazilian texts (available in English) and some of what’s planned for the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Brazil is guest of honor. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Call for Stories: Publishing Perspectives’ Frankfurt Book Fair Show Dailies

Publishing Perspectives will again publish print editions during the Frankfurt Book Fair. We’re looking for interesting stories that can both inform and delight. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indonesia as Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honor in 2015

Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim community and 1,000 active book publishers, will be the Guest of Honor country at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair. Indonesia's most well-known authors include Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Ayu Utami, and Andrea Hirata. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indonesia to be guest of honour at Frankfurt 2015

Indonesia is to be guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2015, following Finland in 2014... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Frankfurt’s Invitation Programme is a Great “Way In” for Small Pubs

Colleen Higgs, Publisher of Modjaji Books in South Africa recounts her life-changing experience as part of the publisher invitation program of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turin, Italy, to Host World Newspaper Congress in 2014

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), today invited the world's press to attend the 66th World Newspaper Congress and 21st World Editors Forum, to be held in Torino, Italy, from 9 to 11 June 2014. The invitation wa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloody Sunday books win Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize

Two books about the events of Bloody Sunday have been made joint winners of the Christopher Ewart... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bushell hosts Litopia show

Controversial DJ and journalist Garry Bushell is to broadcast a new series via Radio Litopia, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'A Memory of Light' tops bestseller lists despite ebook furor

Fans angry over a delayed ebook release for the finale in Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series have given the book one-star ratings on Amazon. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair names Costa as Brazil partner

The Frankfurt Book Fair has named Richard Costa as an associate partner for Brazil and South... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Frankfurt is Helping to Create a Magreb Publishing Community

Nacéra Khiat of Algeria's Editions Sedia discusses how training in Casablanca by the Frankfurt Book Fair has brought together disparate publishers from across the Magreb. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt 2012: Making the Digital Leap

At the beginning of a standing-room-only Frankfurt Book Fair discussion, Richard Mollet, CEO of the U.K. Publishers Association, said he imagined there was a day 100 or more years ago at a book fair when, after yet another panel on how electricity was going to revolutionize the business, an... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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