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Sharjah Rights Center a Hit
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi and Ahmed Al Amri, two of the driving forces behind the Sharjah International Book Fair, have been very pleased with the reaction to the innovations at this year’s fair and at the overall participation.
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More Growth at Sharjah International Book Fair
The Sharjah International Book Fair, which is celebrating its 30th year this week, held its first professional program, announced new translation grants, and saw the number of participating publishers increase by 100 to 884, helping to lead to good activity in the rights center.
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Riggio Expresses Optimism in PubWest Keynote
In his keynote speech at PubWest's annual conference Barnes & Noble CEO Len Riggio said he remains optimistic about the future of bookselling and publishing, seeing the growth of digital as generating more content as well as more readers.
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Reed Exhibitions Signs with PubMatch
Reed Exhibitions, whose trade fairs include BookExpo America and the London Book Fair, has signed on as an affiliate partner to PubMatch, the book-publishing and rights database founded earlier in 2011 by Publishers Weekly and Combined Book Exhibit. The addition of Reed Exhibitions adds the capability for conference attendees and exhibitors at BEA and LBF to obtain real-time rights information in several different languages.
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SIBA 2011: All About the Love
If the idea at last year's Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance trade show was getting booksellers established in social networking sites, this year the focus was on the classic community-building strengths of inddies, highlighting what stores have been doing in their communities to help break the stranglehold of big-box chains and online mega-retailers.
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TOC Frankfurt to Feature Supply Chain Track
For the first year, TOC Frankfurt, the technology conference held by the Frankfurt Book Fair and O'Reilly Media, will feature a track on the supply chain.
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Beijing 2011: A Day of Deal-Making
Publishers at the Beijing International Book Fair, including Bloomsbury and De Agostini, are selling more and more titles in the Chinese market.
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Beijing 2011: The Potential of China's Book Market
Despite continuing complaints about logistics--and specualtion about why one of the halls was closed for a period yesterday--business has been good for exhibitors at the Beijing International Book Fair and reflects the growing importance the Chinese market holds for international publishers.
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Beijing 2011: Bumpy Start in New Venue
On the first day of the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), running from August 31 to September 4, exhibitors and trade visitors alike grapple with a new venue, unfamiliar layout and commuting issues.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Rolls Out New “All-Access” Passes
Frankfurt Book Fair officials announced today that it will sell a limited number of “all access” passes, that will entitle purchasers to entry into all nine conferences and sessions featured in the recently-created Frankfurt Academy program.
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Motovun Group Association Meets in Spain
Ninety-five members, associates, guests and family of the Motovun Group Association met in Santiago de Compostela, Spain June 24-27 to discuss new challenges facing illustrated book publishing and to share experiences that mutually benefit all members.
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New Zealand Named Guest of Honor for 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair today announced that New Zealand will be the Guest of Honor of the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair (October 10-14, 2012). New Zealand is the third English language publishers to be guest of honor at the fair, following Ireland and India, and will feature the work of a large and growing publishing business that publishes some 2,000 new titles annually.
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Canadian Booksellers Association Conference Set for May
The Canadian Booksellers Association will hold its third annual national conference from May 13 to 15 in Toronto. The conference that began after the demise of BookExpo Canada is evolving into its own shape and has fewer and fewer echoes of BEC.
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Bui Chat of Vietnam Wins IPA Freedom to Publish Prize
Bui Chat, founder of Giay Vun Publishing in Vietnam, has been named as the recipient of this year’s IPA Freedom to Publish Prize. He will receive the award from IPA president YoungSuk “Y.S” Chi in a ceremony later today at the 37th Buenos Aires International Book Fair.
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Asian Publisher to Receive International Publishers Association Prize
An as-yet-unnamed publisher from Asia has been selected by the International Publishers Association as the recipient of the 2011 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize. The publisher’s name is being withheld so that the publisher may leave the country, and will be announced in an award ceremony during the 37th Buenos Aires International Book Fair on April 25.
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Publishing in Russia: Special Report 2011
An in depth look at the Russian publishing scene, including authors and publishers to watch, plus a look at Russian bookselling and the e-book biz.
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'PW' in London
PW will have a very visible presence at next week's London Book Fair. In addition to posting stories to PublishersWeekly.com and updates in PW Daily, we'll be publishing three print editions of the London Fair Dealer, in cooperation with our colleagues from BookBrunch. Fairgoers looking for editorial coverage can stop by the PW stand at G445 or e-mail Rachel Deahl (rdeahl@publishersweekly.com) or Andrew Albanese (aalbanese@publishersweekly.com). We will also be available to answer questions about PubMatch, the international online rights service, at stand F475.
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Bologna: Notes on a Fair Revisited
Read the observations of PW's president, George Slowik, from last week's Bologna Fair: For my first visit to Bologna in 17 years, I roamed the halls seeking to re-familiarize myself with old friends and a new world order.
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London Briefcase, Part II: What the Agents Are Bringing to the Fair
Jeffrey Eugenides delves into undergrad love '80s-style; Craig Thompson delves into young love graphic novel style; Stewart O'Nan hits Niagara Falls; Naomi Klein talks climate control; Alan Lightman channels God; and Susan Orlean channels Rin Tin Tin. These are just some of the subjects American agents will be talking up in the rights center at the 2011 London Book Fair.
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Bologna 2011: Back to Business at a Buoyant Fair
With the last few Bologna Book Fairs somewhat clouded by economic uncertainty, fairgoers found the mood at this year's fair decidedly lighter. Simon & Schuster's children's publisher Jon Anderson said, "This was easily the liveliest Bologna I’ve been at in years."
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