Author Archives: Siobhan O'Leary

Germany’s Digital Innovators on Display at Publishers’ Forum

Klopotek's Publishers' Forum attracted more than 300 attendees

The Publishers Forum in Berlin addressed the growing development of digital products like enhanced e-books, digital textbooks, e-book subscriptions.

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German E-books Get ‘Proof of Life’ as Bestseller Lists Launch

Der Spiegel will carry the new e-book bestseller lists

In Germany e-books represent just 5.4% of book revenue, but the segment is growing and should get a boost from the country’s first e-book bestseller lists.

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German Publishers Fuel Digitization, Billions Spent in 2011

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Reflecting a shift toward investments in digital business models, Germany’s book trade came invested €0.78 billion in acquisitions and development in 2011.

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Greek Bookseller Fights on Despite Austerity, Riots in Athens

Athenian bookseller Foteini Tsigarida discusses bringing her family business into the 21st century amid a disastrous economy in Greece.

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New Book Prize Offers 20,000 Euros to German Self-Publishers

Online voters will determine which self-published books deserve to win Der Neue Buchpreis and cash at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair.

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Sprechen Sie Kobo?

Kobo has launched in Germany, the cornerstone of a plan to dominate European e-bookselling.

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“A German Lid for Every Russian Pot”: Schischkin Wins €25,000 Int’l Lit Award

This year’s International Literature Award has gone to Russian author Mikhail Schischkin for his novel Venushaar [Maiden's Hair], published in Germany by DVA.

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Germany’s PaperC Becomes First E-bookstore to Offer Individual Pages from Elsevier

PaperC has partnered with Elsevier and will be the first e-bookstore to offer individual pages and chapters for sale from the publisher.

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Rethinking Book Club Biz, Bertelsmann Disbands “Direct Group”

After scaling back its book club business over the last three years, Bertelsmann is disbanding its Direct Group as a stand-alone division as of June 30th.

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Germany’s Galiani Verlag to Publish Ai Weiwei’s Blog as Book

By Siobhan O’Leary BERLIN: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei had plans to temporarily relocate to Berlin when he was detained by police at Beijing airport on April  … 

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