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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.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Park Row Nabs Buzzed-About Thriller
A buzzed-about psychological thriller and sophomore novel by Annie Ward called 'Beautiful Bad' has been acquired in a six-figure deal by Park Row Books, after a seven-bidder auction.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: In Opening Keynote, Andrew Wylie Defends the World
Wylie offered a strong defense of diversity in literature, and of the importance of international voices in a world that appears to be “broadly reassembling" along nationalist lines.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: The Return of the Seven Figure Advance
While big advances are nothing new in the heady days before a major rights fair, the fact that at least five books—two novels and three nonfiction titles—have sold for $1 million (or more), indicates that publishers are going to Germany ready to splash some cash.
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The Big Titles U.S. Agencies Will Be Selling at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair
Among the big titles American agents will be talking up in the rights center at Frankfurt are a memoir by David Lynch, an update on Cinderella, and a short story collection from Lionel Shriver.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 Preview
Organizers say the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair “will be remembered as a year that set the course at many levels—both in politics and in economic and social contexts.”
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YA Reimagining of 'Cinderella' Sells in Major Pre-Frankfurt Deal
Jennifer Donnelly's 'Stepsister,' which is told from the vantage point of one of the "wicked" stepsisters in 'Cinderella,' sold to Scholastic after a nine-bidder auction. It went for a sum rumored to be in the mid-to-high six-figure range, and a film deal is imminent.
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Reidy, Dervieux to Headline Frankfurt CEO Talk
Simon & Schuster’s Carolyn Reidy and Albin Michel’s Guillaume Dervieux will be the speakers at the Frankfurt CEO Talk 2017 set for October 11 during the annual international fair.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2016: Attendance Rises For Second Straight Year
The Frankfurt Book Fair reported that total attendance at the fair rose modestly for the second year in a row.
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The Big Deal at the Frankfurt Book Fair: Free Speech
World events--particularly those in Turkey, where thousands of journalists, authors and academics have been jailed or dismissed--drew lots of attention at the annual event.
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