Feature Articles

News, trends and opinions on book publishing from around the world. Our feature articles are written by journalists, authors, digital innovators and publishing professionals, each with specific knowledge and experience in their respective international markets.

E3 Software Aims to Streamline Literary Rights Management

E3 Rights Manager

Barcelona-based E3 has spent a decade developing a software as a service platform to help literary agencies and others manage rights more efficiently.

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Why I Publish Ebooks on Paper for South Africans

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Arthur Attwell, founder of Paperight, explains why his company has leveraged the network of photocopy shops throughout South Africa to cater to hard-to-reach readers.

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Using Arabic Literature to Bridge Cultures in a Post 9/11 World

Rafik Schami Dark Side of Love

Arabia Books, celebrating its 5th anniversary, is on a mission to promote cross-cultural communication by publishing English translations of top Arabic writers.

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Why Interactive Fiction is “Just Really Hard to Do”

The Numinous Place aims to capture and play with our conflicting realities, both physical and digital.

Despite celebrity backing, transmedia platform The Numinous Place has struggled to launch. Its story offers a case study in the challenges of developing interactive fiction.

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How Japan’s Discover 21 Hits Hot Trends to Produce Bestsellers

Yumiko Hoshiba, President, Discover 21

Tokyo’s Discover 21 publishing house, now launching in New York, has published a string of bestsellers at home by asking authors to address real-world issues with originality.

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On Finding Your (International) Voice

Scot Gardner

Australian YA author Scot Gardner talks about the challenges of writing for an international audience while staying true to his local culture.

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Number of Publishers’ Branded Reader Communities Set to Explode

Jane Tappuni

Publishing Technology’s recent study reveals a majority of publishers plan to maintain or launch multiple branded online reader communities in the next two years.

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Putting the Brand Before the Book Produces Profits

Helen Nathan

Helen Nathan came up with a brand and marketing plan before for her series of baking books for kids before the books were written. Today, licensing deals yield 4x her book royalties.

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How Do You Like Your Classic Lit: In a Ball Gown or Lingerie?

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Penguin and Clandestine Classics have very different takes on how to lure buyers into buying new editions of classic literature: one amps up the class, the other, the crass.

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El Paso’s Cinco Puntos Breaches Border with Bilingual Books

Author Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a mainstay of the catalog.

The El Paso-based publisher of this year’s PEN/Faulkner Award, has carved a niche as a purveyor of bilingual books in translation by focusing on the US-Mexico border region.

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