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London Book Fair 2023: PEN Presents: Need and Opportunity
When English PEN began consulting with translators, agents, and publishers in 2020, to discuss an intervention supporting sample translations, it became quickly clear that there was both need and opportunity.
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London Book Fair 2023: The Art of the Pause in Audiobooks
Strathmore Studios founder Nicholas Jones believes people will always want the added subtleties of human inflection when it comes to non-academic audiobooks over computers using text-to-speech.
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London Book Fair 2023: New IPA President Sets Out on a Mission of Freedom, Copyright, and Data Protection
Karine Pansa, president of the International Publishers Association, has two key priorities: defending copyright protections and the freedom to publish around the world.
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London Book Fair 2023: Despite Recommended Retail Prices Rise, Books Have Never Been Cheaper
High advances and market forces (Brexit; the rising costs of paper, energy, and manufacturing; the impact of the pandemic) are creating expensive recommended retail prices for books in the U.K.—and yet books have never been cheaper, if you account for inflation.
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London Book Fair 2023: AI Review of AI Says Humans Are Better Critics
Jonathan Segura, co–editorial director at PW, makes a case for human critics over AI.
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London Book Fair 2023: Brian Murray Takes On the Big Issues
The CEO of HarperCollins talks with PW about some of the important issues facing publishing in advance of his opening talk at this year's London Book Fair.
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London Book Fair Moves to March for 2024
The London Book Fair announced it would move the 2024 fair to March 12-14, after originally scheduling the event for April 16-18.
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London Book Fair 2023: Rights Center Buzz
At this year’s London Book Fair, U.S. agents will be talking up works by André Aciman, Miranda July, Matthew McConaughey, Lisa Scottoline, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jesmyn Ward, and Kerry Washington, among others.
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London Book Fair 2023: Back to Blighty
The upcoming London Book Fair, set for April 18–20, will spotlight the global English-language rights trade and the state of publishing in Ukraine.
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London Book Fair Opens Registration, Announces Speakers
Registration is now open for the London Book Fair, which runs from April 18-20. The fair has also announced its initial line-up of speakers and seminars for the fair's main stage, including a keynote speech from Brian Murray, president and CEO of HarperCollins.
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London Book Fair Appoints Energy Sector Vet as New Director
Reed Exhibitions has appointed Gareth Rapley as the new director of the London Book Fair.
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London Book Fair Director Steps Down
Andy Ventris, director of the London Book Fair since November 2020, will step down and leave Reed Exhibitions, the company that runs the fair, this summer. The search is on for a replacement.
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Covid Outbreak Hits U.K. Book Business Following London Book Fair
On April 8, three days after the London Book Fair, about 4,000 people in London tested positive for Covid, with anecdotal evidence showing that at least some of those testing positive were at the fair.
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London Book Fair 2022: Taking Stock of Talks and Trends
Publishers waited three years to reconvene in London, and the level of enthusiasm for a near-normal book fair was high.
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London Book Fair 2022: Day Three Shows No Slowdown
A quieter but no less buzzy day three at the London Book Fair saw publishers begin to look ahead to Frankfurt, continue the debate about Ukraine, and celebrate strong book sales in the U.K. and reduced VAT in Europe.
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London Book Fair 2022: Business Roars Back
Excitement continued during the second day of the London Book Fair as attendees welcomed the opportunity to meet in person once again. As expected, conversations revolved around sales, deals, Covid-19, and the war in Ukraine.
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