UK and US editors are in Germany this week—on a trip organized by the Frankfurter Buchmesse—and hearing German publishers address a big issue in the market right now: finding more book buyers.
With Fewer Debut Novels Selling, What Do Editors Want To Tell Authors?
In a tightening market for fiction and especially for debut authors looking for that big break, editors can be choosier—and many are more dependent than ever on literary agents to find their next debuts.
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.
Daniel Hahn on Translation, Awards, and Dodging Oblivion
He’s just won a major award for a book that doesn’t name him on its cover. Translator Daniel Hahn has endowed a prize for new translators and their editors.
Australia Has a New Award for Editorial Excellence: The Rosie
A new competition has been announced in Australia’s publishing community. And this time, the honorees aren’t authors but editors.
International Editors Observe Trends in the German Book Market
Contrasts and comparisons, challenges and opportunities: a group of English-language children’s book editors share their observations of the Germany market following their summer German Book Office tour.
That Long, Rocky Road: Why Is Dystopian Fiction Evergreen?
‘We’ve been waiting for another type of book for the last two years,’ says one editor in Paris. So far, though, it’s a dystopian fiction double-down. To some in Europe, ‘This is another wave of Americanization.’
India’s Palash Krishna Mehrotra on ‘House Spirit’
‘People who write well and are very readable’ are featured in the new anthology, Mehrotra says, and ‘I have a reputation for drinking.’
‘Groundbreaking’: A Few Words With Laura Perciasepe on Spanish Work in Translation
‘Book discovery has changed a lot over the years,’ says Riverhead’s Laura Perciasepe, who sees boundless opportunity for works in translation.
At BEA: Buzz May Not Bring Sales, But It Does Bring Curation
Not in every case does an Editors’ Buzz panel spot at BookExpo America ensure good sales in the autumn. But there’s a curatorial factor at work that may pay off in the longer term.