The Dutch Foundation for Literature is offering translators a fixed fee for sample translations and additional support to publishers on production, promotion.
Coronavirus Notes: Events Going Digital, Spain’s Readmagine Among Them
Speakers and topics are being announced as registration opens for Madrid’s Readmagine conference, which plans its online events in June.
Coronavirus Worklife: South Africa’s Imagnary House Weathers Lockdown
‘We saw all bookstores closed’ in South Africa’s lockdown, says Brad Harris, children’s book publisher at Imagnary House.
A New Global Association of Literary Festivals Officially Launches
A timely development for literary festivals during the coronavirus pandemic, the new Global Association of Literary Festivals opens with more than 30 members.
Coronavirus Resources: Frankfurter Buchmesse’s The Arts+ Opens a Way for Publishers to Pitch Their IP
As the pandemic narrows sales channels in publishing and other industries, Frankfurter Buchmesse’s The Arts+ offers a new forum for creative content.
Bologna’s Digital Event: 60,000 Online Visitors, 75 Percent International
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair drew twice as many visitors online than it draws in a real-life regular staging in northern Italy.
Coronavirus Updates: BookExpo and ‘BookConline’ Go Digital May 26 to 31
The next publishing trade show to go digital is the United States’ BookExpo, with its public-facing BookCon set to have an outing online, too.
Coronavirus: Italy’s Literary Agents Form ADALI, Their First Association
Offering a ‘360-degree view of the potential, Italy’s agents are organizing ADALI during the ‘critical situation’ imposed by COVID-19.
Trump Administration Would ‘Eviscerate’ Copyright, Say Industry Players
The US Office of Science and Technology Policy effort to change IP protections in research publication draws ‘serious legal, policy, and economic concerns.’
Coronavirus Worklife: Russian Publishers See Bookstore Sales Plummet
As much as 75 percent of the Russian book industry’s usual domestic profits may be lost during the closures of physical bookstores in the pandemic.