Inception’s Bookful app has the advantage of the beloved Beatrix Potter content and other Penguin Random House brands on which to base its first six digital books.
FutureBook Awards 2018 Shortlists Announced at Frankfurt
With nominees in five categories, the Futurebook Awards highlight people, projects, and companies focused on digital publishing and formats.
Setzer, Bodour, Confirmed at Frankfurt for IPA Leadership
In its general assembly seated at Frankfurt, the 65-nation, 76-organization International Publishers Association has affirmed Mexico’s Hugo Setzer and the UAE’s Bodour Al Qasimi to the new leadership cycle beginning January 1.
US National Book Awards Finalists: This Year Including Translations
There’s special interest at Frankfurt in the new category for translated literature, as the 2018 National Book Awards in America announce finalists.
Women Should Be Seen AND Heard: Women Writers from Asia Pacific
Continuing the discussion of femal writers in Frankfurt, a standout panel of women from the Asia Pacific region discussed gender and social perceptions of women.
Mexico’s Hugo Setzer on Politics and Publishing in a Complex Market
Hugo Setzer’s Manual Moderno publishes some 40 new titles per year and has an active catalogue of around 400 books in Mexico, a market in which, he says, censorship “is coming very close.”
Frankfurter Buchmesse’s THE ARTS+ Contextualizes AI, Innovation, and Cultural Legacy
THE ARTS+ at Frankfurter Buchmesse looks at the ‘cultural heritage of tomorrow,’ introducing a new creative AI forum, and stating three ‘micro-conferences.’
Beyond the Book: MIT Media Lab and MIT Press on the ‘Frankenbook’ Project
A collaboration of MIT Press and MIT Media Lab is behind the PubPub development for Arizona State University’s ‘Frankenbook.’ A discussion is coming to Beyond the Book.
Notes: Future!Publish Program at Leipzig; Canada’s Greystone Sends 15 to London
As the spring trade-show season heats up, Leipzig announces a second year of the Future! Publish Young Talent Days and a Vancouver-based independent publisher is sending a big contingent to London Book Fair in April.
Are Ebooks a ‘Stupid Product?’ Hachette CEO Discusses the Format
In an interview Hachette CEO Arnaud Nourry describes ebooks as ‘exactly the same as print, but electronic.’ The bigger question is whether that’s what consumers want.