Will Evans, publisher of Deep Vellum Press, discusses building a translation publishing house from scratch with help of mentors and the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Germany’s Suhrkamp: Rights Management as a Mission
Berlin-based Suhrkamp publishing house actively manages 50,000 rights contracts as part of its mission to sustain and spread Germany’s literary patrimony.
Germany’s Suhrkamp Files for Bankruptcy in Attempt to Restructure
In the deepening turmoil surrounding German publisher house Suhrkamp Verlag, the house has filed for bankruptcy and will use a new law to attempt to stay in business.
Power Struggle Threatens to Destroy Germany’s Suhrkamp Verlag
Germany’s Suhrkamp Verlag has been embroiled in an ugly power struggle that may lead, at the behest of the courts, to the dissolution of the prestigious publisher.
India’s Seagull Books: Building a Global Business by Trusting in Translators
By relying on translators to guide him in buying world English rights to European literature, India’s Seagull Books is a major player in the West.
Seiler’s Die Zeitwagge Fan Fav at Leipzig Book Fair
By Siobhan O’Leary Online voting for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize has ended and Suhrkamp’s Die Zeitwaage (The Timing Machine) by Lutz Seiler is the crowd favorite with 38% of the vote (read through the book here). Readers had the opportunity to vote for their favorite nominee in the fiction category on the official website of the prize, as well …
German Buch News: Suhrkamp Shares Sold; Logistep Fights Piracy
By Siobhan O’Leary CFO of anti-piracy firm Logistep, Richard M. Schneider, discusses the battle to defeat illegal file sharing using his company’s sophisticated anti-piracy software. In an interview with BuchMarkt, he reveals that Logistep’s own software can identify offenses in real time, including the name and size of the protected work. The company’s next move is to contact the Internet service provider, …
German Buch News: Vodafone Plans Open E-book Platform; Suhrkamp Sells Archive
By Siobhan O’Leary Mobile service provider Vodafone is planning to launch an open content platform for e-readers next year. Werben & Verkaufen magazine reports that the new platform will be introduced at the CeBit convention in March 2010. Several publishers, including Axel Springer, have already signed a letter of intent to make their content available on the platform and the …