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Five Bogotá Book Fair Fellows? Viewpoints on Selling Rights Today
by Andrés Delgado Darnalt
23 Apr 2018 at 11:30pm
Can publishing advances sustain literary agencies in Latin America? And could stories of violence be what publishers this season are looking for? These and other issues are discussed by rights specialists among the Bogotá Book Fair fellows.
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Rights Roundup: Crises, Confidence, and Correspondence for Sale
by Porter Anderson
23 Apr 2018 at 11:30pm
What can happen in '180 Seconds'? That' the crux of one of the titles in our rights roundup, which gathers the work of Spanish, American, French, Finnish, Swedish, Polish, and Greek authors.
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Latvia?s Kristaps Ozoli?? on Diversity and Rights: ?Slightly Too Exotic?
by Mark Piesing
23 Apr 2018 at 11:30pm
The Latvian pubishing house Mansards has translated more than 60 works, and after our exchange with its lead editor Kristaps Ozoli??, we look at some of the house's rights action.
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The UK?s Women?s Prize for Fiction Shortlist Names Six Authors
by Porter Anderson
23 Apr 2018 at 4:09am
In its new approach to a "family of sponsors"?allowing the prize program to use its own name?the Women's Prize for Fiction names its 2018 shortlist, supported by sponsors Baileys, Deloitte, and NatWest.
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Publishing?s Darker Stories: Focusing on Freedom to Publish in London
by Porter Anderson
22 Apr 2018 at 11:30pm
In a never-before staged seminar event, London Book Fair this year presented a mini-conference on the freedom to publish with the International Publishers Association and featuring the widow of slain publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan.
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PBS Announces Its ?Great American Read? Program?s 100 Titles
by Porter Anderson
22 Apr 2018 at 11:30pm
Quite different in its approach to a national reading-advocacy event from 'Canada Reads,' PBS' 'Great American Read' project has named its 100 contenders for 'best-loved novel.'
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BIEF?s Nicolas Roche on French Publishing in the World: ?Meetings All Year Long?
by Porter Anderson
19 Apr 2018 at 11:30pm
About six months into his new role as managing director of the Bureau international de l'édition française, or BIEF, Nicolas Roche is leading the French publishing industry's outreach program to open new markets and develop new readership for France's literature.
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Industry Notes: AAP Announces Book Expo Panels; UK?s Sunday Times Prize Opens...
by Porter Anderson
19 Apr 2018 at 11:30pm
Three Big Five CEOs are scheduled for a session from BookExpo and the Association of American Publishers. And the UK's award for writers aged 18 to 35 opens for submission.
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Readers Rack Up Pages Read in Free Translations from AmazonCrossing for World...
by Porter Anderson
19 Apr 2018 at 6:18am
A fast-updating ticker from Amazon Charts is displaying how many pages have been read in nine AmazonCrossing translations that can be downloaded free through April 24 in recognition of World Book Day.
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Abu Dhabi International Book Fair Features 25 Translations from French, Engli...
by Porter Anderson
18 Apr 2018 at 11:40pm
With 1,350 exhibitors on tap and more than 800 sessions and events planned for visitors, the 28th iteration of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is expected to showcase some 500,000 titles and to introduce the Kalima Translation Project's latest volumes.
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