Publishing Perspectives aims to bring you new and important stories from the international publishing community, stories that don’t always get reported in English. Today, we present our list of this year’s best stories from Europe that represent the major issues and developments there over the last 12 months.
France
France’s Fnac Introduces FnacBook, E-Reader War Heats Up
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French Publishers Launch E-book Distribution Platform
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New Study Finds Dramatic Difference Between Author Rights in Germany, Spain, France and UK
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Germany
Making Open Access Pay
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Online Bookselling in Germany: Word-of-mouth vs. Online Search
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Germany’s Thalia Bookstore to Launch Dedicated E-Reader in October
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Germany Challenges Google Books at Its Own Game
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Spain
In Spain, Two Special Alliances Form to Tackle E-Books Head On
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Full Details of Spain’s Libranda E-book Platform Launch
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UK
Report from the UK’s FutureBook Conference: Bringing Great Writers into the Digital, Multimedia Mix
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What Publishers Today Can Learn from Allen Lane: Fearlessness
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Author Contracts 2.0: Putting Cash Before Copyright and Control
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“E-book ISBN Mess Needs Sorting Out,” Say UK Publishers
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