Author Archives: Amanda DeMarco

Sourcefabric’s SaaS: Open-Source Book Creation Tools for All

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Nonprofit Sourcefabric’s open-source book-creation tools offer flexible, low-cost solutions for publishers and multiple authors working on one book or 1,000 books.

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A Self-Help Rights Guide for Independent Publishers

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Petra Hardt, Foreign Rights Director at Berlin’s Suhrkamp Verlag, has written ‘Rights: Buying. Protecting. Selling’ to help publishers make the best choices.

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Finnegan’s List: Polyglot Europeans Pick Titles for Translation

Finnegan's List 2012

The Society of European Authors is pushing for publishers to translate more books and have published a list totaling 30 titles recommended by 10 top authors.

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Inspired by McSweeney’s, German Lit Mag Wins Big

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An ambitious experiment in innovative packaging by German lit mag BELLA triste has garnered a big prize, praise from readers, and strong sales.

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German Publisher Ponders Moving Abroad to Avoid Fixed Prices

Publisher Herbert Utz says that fixed prices hurt his business — and that he’s even considering moving part of his business abroad to avoid the system.

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Jellybooks: New Book Discovery Tool Offers Groupon-Style Deals

Andrew Rhomberg, founder of Jellybooks

The goal is to make it easier to find great, but possibly obscure book…to break the tyranny of the bestseller list, says founder Andrew Rhomberg.

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India’s Seagull Books: Building a Global Business by Trusting in Translators

By relying on translators to guide him in buying world English rights to European literature, India’s Seagull Books is a major player in the West.

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‘Zombie Iceland’ and Other Inventions from the Minds of Okeibækur

Icelandic comic book publisher Okeibækur specializes in ‘geek culture’ and serves up hilarious doses of the wild, wacky and profane.

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National Book Council of Malaysia at Center of Malay Rights and Licenses Business

Q&A with Adibah Omar, Project Manager at the National Book Council of Malaysia

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Talking about Self-Publishing in Germany and China

China and Germany discuss self-publishing with epubli and Cloudary at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

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