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Frankfurt Preview: Director Juergen Boos Discusses Economy, Rights, China

By Edward Nawotka “If you’re talking about an economic crisis, then you have to talk about an economic crisis hitting American and UK publishers alone,”  … 

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Bonus Material: Li Jiwei on His “Book Mountain” for the Frankfurt Book Fair

By Edward Nawotka Artist Li Jiwei’s “Book Mountain” is the artistic centerpiece of the official Chinese exhibit at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. The installation  … 

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Bonus Material: Harvard to Digitize 51,000 Rare Chinese Manuscripts

By Edward Nawotka Harvard University and the National of Library of China signed a multi-million dollar partnership deal on Friday to digitize 51,000 volumes of  … 

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German Buch News: Dissident Ai Weiwei to Miss Frankfrurt; Looking at Pausanio.de

By Siobhan O’Leary The Süddeutsche Zeitung reports that Chinese dissident artist and architect Ai Weiwei has decided not to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair for  … 

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Bringing Asia to France

By Olivia Snaije ARLES: “Asia is vast enough to be our only concern” is the motto of Editions Philippe Picquier, the French publishing house based  … 

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Bonus Material: Working with Chinese Publishers

By Olivia Snaije Establishing contacts with Chinese publishers can seem daunting, but Chen Feng of Editions Philippe Picquier says all publishers have at least one in-house person  … 

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Saving Face

Editorial by Edward Nawotka Ever since the controversy surrounding the appearance of Chinese dissidents Bei Ling (貝嶺) and Dai Qing (戴晴) at the symposium “China  … 

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Bonus Material: Ex-FBF Director Weidhaas on Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Program

By Peter Weidhaas Each year since 1988, the Frankfurt Book Fair has invited a Guest of Honor to the Book Fair, giving a country or  … 

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Global Trade Talk: NYPL’s 500,000 Books on Demand; China’s Big Media Ambitions; Lost Symbol in Spanish

By Edward Nawotka On Friday, The New York Public library announced that it is offering half a million of its public domain titles on demand,  … 

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German Buch News: Praise for Google Settlement Delay; Frankfurt as a Refuge

By Siobhan O’Leary The Börsenverein (German Publishers and Booksellers Association) and VG Wort held a press conference yesterday in Frankfurt to discuss the implications of  … 

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