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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: Tackling Accessibility and NIMAS Challenges at Cenveo Publisher Services
A content-centric approach is the key to resolving accessibility issues for publishers, says Kevin Burns, senior v-p of content solutions.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: Mapping the Digital Future
Despite all that has been said and done, full monetization of intellectual property (IP) continues to be a stumbling block for publishers.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: Four Questions for BISG Executive Director Mark Kuyper
On June 15, Mark Kuyper, former CEO of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, succeeded Len Vlahos as executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, the U.S.’s leading book trade association for standardized best practices, research, information, and educational events.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: Skoobe: Subscription E-books Are Succeeding in Germany
Skoobe CEO Constance Landsberg offers an international take on e-book subscriptions.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: A New Era Begins
After a decade of change in the publishing industry, the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair (which runs October 14–18) marks something of a turning point.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: Screenwriter's Debut Fetches Seven Figures
Canadian screenwriter Elan Mastai's debut novel 'All Our Wrong Todays' has been nabbed in a preempt by Maya Ziv at Dutton.
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What Hot Titles U.S. Agents Will Be Taking to the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair
Among the titles expected to draw lots of interest are Anna Quindlen’s new novel, two projects by Karl Ove Knausgaard, an examination of artificial intelligence, and a look back by Cindy Crawford.
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Frankfurt’s Next Act
The Frankfurt Book Fair is no stranger to change: over the past decade, it has aggressively pursued new initiatives aimed at including the full horizon of storytelling in digital media.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Attendance Dips, But Modestly
Frankfurt officials reported that 140,291 trade visitors attended the 2014 fair, down less than 2% from last year.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Self-Publishing Gains Traction
On Saturday, more than 150,000 members of the public storm the gates of the Frankfurt Book Fair, many dressed in costume. The question these days is: how many of these fans have books in them?
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: How to Outcompete Amazon? Think 'Reader'
Chris Kubica argues that the book business has so far been too content to put the future of reading in the hands of others, and offers 8 ideas to change that.
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A New Era for Frankfurt
The Frankfurt Book Fair ran from October 8 to 12, wrapping up on Sunday, and while professional attendance appears to have dipped (exact figures were not available at press time), there was a noticeable increase in the enthusiasm of attendees.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Canadian Poet Goes to FSG in Major Deal
In a deal closed shortly before the fair got underway, Trident Media’s Ellen Levine sold a debut novel to Farrar, Straus & Giroux’s Jonathan Galassi for a figure rumored to be in the substantial six figure range.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: UCLA Historian Peter Baldwin on the 'Copyright Wars'
PW catches up with UCLA history professor Peter Baldwin, whose new book, The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of TransAtlantic Battle, looks at copyright's complex past, and uncertain future.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Paulo Coelho Tells Publishers 'Don't Be Greedy'
At a standing room only session at the Frankfurt Book Fair, bestselling Brazilian author Paulo Coelho had a message for publishers: Embrace change. And, lower your e-book prices.
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The PW Frankfurt Show Daily, October 10, 2014
All the news from the of the Frankfurt Book Fair, including big buzz around a Spanish author, the word from HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray, and much more.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: CCC Hosts Open Access Town Hall
At a packed, two-hour town hall in Hall 4.2, the Copyright Clearance Center examined the shift to Open Access publishing, and the next steps in its development.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: 'You Have to Try Things,' Says HarperCollins' Murray
It's been a time of expansion, and experimentation, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray told a Frankfurt Book Fair audience, from the acquisition of Harlequin, to new strategies such as direct to consumer models, and subscription access.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Spanish Author’s Short Novel Causes Stir
Amid a flurry of seven-figure deals igniting this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair—many for books by first-time American authors—a short Spanish novel has generated buzz, and some hefty advances.
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