From business ‘agility’ to a memoirist’s breakthrough—with Beckett and James Joyce in the mix, as well—these are books to watch as we go deeper into Fall 2018.
Morten Hesseldahl, CEO of Gyldendal: ‘Stop Safeguarding an Old Culture’
After some time working in other media and cultural sectors, Morten Hesseldahl returns to the book industry as CEO of Denmark’s oldest publishing company, Gyldendal, with fresh observations.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Wildcard Winners: Reisedepeschen Verlag and UNSILO
Citing a record 457 submissions, Frankfurter Buchmesse–coming up October 10 to 14 this year–awards free exhibitor stands to a Danish artificial intelligence platform and a community publisher with bloggers.
Children’s Fun Publishing Celebrates 25 Years of International Business
After 25 years in business, Chinese publisher Children’s Fun Publishing celebrates its international activities and children’s books at the Bologna Book Fair.
At Copenhagen’s Literary Festival Kbh Reads, Consumers See and Hear Editors at Work
Taking audiences behind the scenes of the editorial process, publishing house editors at the recent Kbh Reads festival showed how they handle their work—and an author’s.
Danish Publisher Rosinante Enters a Rights Partnership With the UK’s Rogers Coleridge & White
Looking for wider sales for its Danish authors in English-language markets, Copenhagen publisher Rosinante & Co. has inked a new partnership with the UK agency Rogers Coleridge & White.
A Different Direction in Denmark: Palatium Pivots Into Publishing
An aggregator of English-language ebooks by self-published authors, Palatium sees more business potential in publishing books…for now.
Industry Notes: Denmark’s Hay Festival Aarhus; Jon Fine Named to Open Road
The Hay Festival opens its first event dedicated to young readers’ work in Denmark. And in New York, Jon Fine is named publisher at Open Road Integrated Media.
Danish Postcard Books: ‘A Very Precise and Highly Compact’ Format
‘The readers feel the book was written to them,’ says one of two authors of ‘postcard books’ in Denmark, books ‘sent from somewhere unknown,’
The Danish Digitization Debate and Educational Publishers’ Dilemma
‘We need to leave the old distinction between analog and digital behind,’ says a Danish educational publisher. But is the new approach working?