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Book Fairs: Jerusalem Fellows and London’s Rights Introduction
Calls are out now for June’s Jerusalem International Book Fair fellows and London’s ‘Introduction to Rights’ program registration.
Israel’s Short-Lived Fixed-Price Book Law: A Rights Agent’s Viewpoint
International publishing rights agent Stephanie Barrouillet of Tel Aviv describes the effects of a short-lived fixed-price law, just repealed by Israel.
After Years of Contention, Israel’s National Library Gains Kafka Collection
Promising that the Kafka-Brod papers will be made ‘accessible in the broadest way for generations to come,’ a long legal controversy comes to an end at the National Library of Israel.
Big and Small, Old and New: Oxford University Press and Its Israeli Startups
‘The world of publishing has evolved one small step and then stopped,’ says a digital entrepreneur, one of three whose Israeli startup is collaborating with the venerable Oxford University Press.
Amid Controversy, Israel Repeals Its Fixed Price ‘Book Law’
Israel has repealed its Law for the Protection of Literature and Writers, which required fixed book prices for 18 months and minimum author royalty rates.
The State of Jewish Digital Publishing (Part 1)
Ben Denckla outlines the challenges of creating reflowable digital texts that incorporate challenging elements present in a wide variety of Jewish books.
Total BooX: Ebooks for the Way the 21st-Century Reader Reads
When it comes to catering to Millennials, Total BooX believes that eliminating the friction in the traditional ebook purchasing process is key.
In Jerusalem, A “Retreat” for Editors, Agents and Scouts
For the 30th Jerusalem Book Fair Fellowship Program, 35 alumni — editors, agents and scouts — joined 39 new fellows for a week of professional networking.
Celebrating German-Israeli Relations Through Books
Events at the book fairs in Jerusalem, Leipzig, Bologna and Frankfurt are honoring the Jubilee year of German-Israeli diplomatic and literary relations.