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How 'Bigness' Is Failing America: PW Talks to Tim Wu
In his new book, the acclaimed author of 'The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires,' explains why a return to trust-busting is essential for American democracy.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: Incremental Growth Across Europe
At the Markets, the opening conference of the Frankfurt Book Fair, speakers from HarperCollins U.K. and Nielsen Book Research International confirmed small gains across European publishing so far this year.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: Chimamanda Adichie Says It's Time for 'New Storytellers'
At the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair's opening press conference, the acclaimed Nigerian author called for more "boldness" in storytelling.
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Agents to Relocate at Frankfurt in 2019
The Literary Agents & Scouts Center at the Frankfurt Book Fair will be relocated in 2019, as will numerous international exhibitors in 2020, as the Frankfurt Messe continues construction and renovations.
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The Big Titles U.S. Agencies Will Be Selling at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair
Among the big titles American agents will be talking up at Frankfurt are a memoir by 'New York Times' photographer Bill Cunningham, a first novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, a middle-grade adaptation of Trevor Noah's 'Born a Crime,' and a new novel by Julie Orringer.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2018 Preview
Spanning the globe, the Frankfurt Book Fair shows that publishing is still a growth business.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Trade Visitors Flat, but Overall Attendance Rises
Professional attendance at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair was essentially flat, but overall attendance, including the public visitors on the fair's closing day, was up by 3%.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle's Full Remarks
The head of Penguin Random House explains his belief that the global book business is doing better today than at any point in the last 50 years.
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At Frankfurt, A Sense of Stability in an Unstable World
With business steady, a feeling of confidence was evident at this year’s fair, which found book industry bigwigs and European politicians united in common cause.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: The Nonfiction Novel Knopf Bought in a Prison
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."
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: With No Single Big Book, Multiple Memoirs Steal the Show
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.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Catalonia Independence Vote Rattles Publishing
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.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: CEOs Share Views on Internationalization, Digital, and More
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."
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Iowa MFA Grad Lands Six Figures for Debut Novel-in-Stories
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.
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The 'Paper Rebellion': PW Talks with Franklin Foer
In his new book, 'World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech', former New Republic editor Franklin Foer offers a powerful critique of Silicon Valley.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Memoir by Jonathan Safran Foer's Mom Draws Bidders
'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.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Macron, Merkel Speak of a Europe United by Culture
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.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Artisan Inks Multi-Book Deal with Chef René Redzepi
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.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Dohle Highlights Stability of the Book Business
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.