Now celebrating its 20th year, the German independent house Matthes & Seitz Berlin is gaining good traction in international rights. Maren Mentzel, rights manager for Matthes & Seitz Berlin at Frankfurter Buchmesse: ‘Publishing houses in other countries tend to buy more commercial titles instead of literary novels or more complex nonfiction.’ Image: Matthes & Seitz […]
As the 11th edition of the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair has opened its weekend run, we look at select events and discussions. In the Rights Center at the 11th Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair on its opening day, November 15. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also:Opening
The 11th China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair saw 32 world markets represented among its 497 exhibitors this year. Some of the major Chinese publishing houses’ stands glow on the exhibition floor of the 2024 China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair. In the foreground is the Shanghai Century Publishing House stand, for example. Image: CCBF
A former 26-year director of Frankfurter Buchmesse, Peter Weidhaas is recalled for his dedication to the trade show and to internationalism. Peter Weidhaas speaks at Svět Knihy Praha (World of Books, Prague) in 2009. Image: CC 3.0 By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Directed Buchmesse 1974 to 2000 News from Germany today (November 19) includes
‘The Novel of Marceau Miller,’ written by a pseudonymous author, is to be released in January by a happily surprised publisher in Paris. An excerpt from the cover art for ‘The Novel of Marceau Miller,’ a work written under a pseudonym that has been drawing mounting international rights interest since Frankfurter Buchmesse in October By
The French-Algerian winner (2011) of the German book trade’s Peace Prize reportedly is being detained by Algiers. Boualem Sansal speaks to the press in Frankfurt in 2011, the year he won the Peace Prize of the German Trade Industry. Image: FBM, Name: Fernando Baptista By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Schmidt-Friderichs: ‘Work for the Release
A widening appeal for the detained author Boualem Sansal is led by Germany’s publishers, with a public petition of the Algerian authorities. Boualem Sansal in 2011 at Frankfurter Buchmesse for his news conference as winner of that year’s Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Image: FBM, Fernando Baptista By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
CEO Amandeep Kochar of Baker & Taylor, with operations on four continents, shares his worldview at NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute. Amandeep Kochar, president and group CEO at Baker & Taylor, in conversation with Publishing Perspectives By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also:NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute: Kristin Fassler Amandeep Kochar: ‘We Have Our Initiatives’ One
