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Frankfurt Spotlight: U.S. to Require Open Access by 2025
The publishing industry is strongly opposed to the government’s decision.
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Frankfurt Spotlight: Library E-books Have Leveled Up
With increased demand—and rising prices—what does the future hold for the library e-book market?
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Frankfurt Spotlight: How Book Publishing Startups Have Fared
An upcoming report tracks trends in tech-based newcomers over the past 15 years.
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Frankfurt Spotlight: Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn Talks Digital Trends
Rakuten Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn will be interviewed at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair on October 19, as part of the Global 50 CEO Talk 2022. Tamblyn talked with PW about how the company is facing new challenges as readers emerge from the pandemic, and shared his outlook for the future.
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A Better Way to Publish: Spotlight on Bookscription
With Bookscription from Booknet, authors can publish new books in installments and build lasting connections with readers. (Sponsored)
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Frankfurt Spotlight: Going Viral
In the past few years, TikTok has transformed book promotion.
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Frankfurt Preview: Rights Center Buzz
We round up the big titles U.S. agencies will be selling at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Frankfurt Preview: Frankfurt Welcomes Back the World
The book fair promises business as usual for the first time since 2019.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: A Quieter Affair
Though far from a normal fair—the hybrid event was significantly scaled down in terms of attendance—those who did go were happy to reconnect with colleagues.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: Are Corporate and Indie Publishing Complementary?
Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, claims indie publishing has not been disadvantaged by corporate consolidations, and execs from Italy's Edizioni E/O and France' s Editions Grasset & Fasquell agree, arguing that corporate and indie publishing are complementary.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: CEOs Discuss Consolidation and Digitization
The theme of this year's Global 50 CEO Talk at the Frankfurt Book Fair was “consolidation, consumers and community,” and touched on a range of subjects, including Hachette’s acquisition of Workman, the battle between Thalia and Amazon in Germany, and the ongoing digitization of the industry.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: Attendees Asked to Answer Important Questions
The Frankfurt Book Fair's opening press conference and ceremony addressed the major challenges of our times, from the curtailing of freedom of expression to climate change.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: In Translated Crime, a Name Brand Hero Is Key
"The market for translated fiction is buoyant,” Francois von Hurter, cofounder of Bitter Lemon Press, said, adding that the most successful books are often crime novels in which the protagonist becomes synonymous with a series, not an author or publisher.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: PRH, S. Fischer, Scholastic Execs Talk Trends
A pre-fair virtual conference covering trade publishing saw executives from Brazil, Germany, and the U.S. discussing current trends, including diversity and inclusion, supply chain challenges, and the rise of home learning.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Expands On-Stage and On-Screen Program
The Frankfurt Book Fair has released a full schedule of virtual and in-person events for this year's book fair, running October 20-24.
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RELX Remained the World's Largest Publisher in 2020
RELX Group, with its strong position in STM, Legal and business markets, was once again the world's largest book publisher in 2020, according to 'Livres Hebdo/Publishers Weekly' ranking of the top global publishers.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Preview 2021: More Than 40 Countries Will Have National Stands
More than 40 countries are hosting national stands at Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Preview 2021: The Show Must Go On
The Frankfurt Book Fair is poised to return with an in-person event, augmented by virtual options.
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Frankfurt Confirms In-Person Fair, Limits Daily Attendees to 25,000
The Frankfurt Book Fair has again confirmed that the fair will proceed with live, in-person events, this October 20-24. To protect the health of fairgoers, it will limit total daily attendees to 25,000.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Is Taking Shape
Plans for the Frankfurt Book Fair are shaping up, with professionals from 60 countries committing to participating in the live, in-person fair, to be held this October 20-24.
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