Global Trade Talk

Publishing industry news and announcements from the US, UK and international markets.

New Zealand to Be 2012 Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair

By Hannah Johnson New Zealand will be the Guest Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2012, made official today in Auckland as FBF Director  … 

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BEA Video Interview: Mike Shatzkin on Publishing’s Priorities for 2011

By Edward Nawotka Publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin discusses the erosion of shelf space in bookstores, publishing innovation, English as a disruptive force overseas, and the  … 

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BEA Video Interviews: Lasse Winkler, Svensk Bokhandel, Sweden

Lasse Winkler, editor of Svensk Bokhandel (The Swedish Bookseller), spoke to Ed Nawotka about the current state of the e-book market in Sweden, as well  … 

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#BEA11: International Rights – “Hope In A Rapidly Changing World”

By Rachel Aydt International rights deals provide a growing revenue stream many agents, even as advances from publishers continue to shrink. Tuesday’s panel “What is  … 

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BEA Video Interviews: Marcello Gioia, Copia, Brazil and Latin America

Marcello Gioia of Copia talks with Ed Nawotka about the launch of Copia’s social reading platform both in Brazil and Latin America, as well as  … 

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#BEA11: New Data Shows Growth Across the Publishing Industry

By Hannah Johnson Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) presented a new statistics report called BookStats, aimed  … 

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BEA Video Interviews: Erik Rigters, eBook.nl

By Edward Nawotka In this short film, Erik Rigters of eBook.nl discusses the Dutch e-book market. He says: “In general, we can be said to  … 

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Updated: Buyer Bids $700m Billion for Barnes & Noble

Liberty Media — a company that also owns cable networks QVC (a shopping channel) and Starz (focused on broadcasting movies) has made an offer $17  … 

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Should Publishers Open Bookshops? London’s Book Industry Conference, Day 1

By Roger Tagholm LONDON: Curatorship and discoverability -– these were the buzz terms at the UK’s Book Industry Conference (BIC) which opened on Monday in  … 

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Ex-Penguin Canada President David Davidar Launches Aleph Book Co. in India

Ex-Penguin Canada President David Davidar will be focused on Aleph Book Company, a new publishing house headquartered in New Delhi, India.

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