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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Tracking Trends in International Book Sales
After the past few years of extreme turbulence, it's heartening to see growth in book sales in many countries—although many continue to experience uncertainty and challenge.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Contributing to Open Access Journals Has Its Challenges
Open access journals have revolutionized the dissemination of research findings, promoting the free exchange of knowledge across borders—but unfunded researchers still face when striving to contribute to them.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: The War Against Books and Libraries
PW spoke with Richard Ovenden, director of the Bodleian Libraries of Oxford University, on his take on book banning in America.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Editor Q&A: C.J. Evans
We spoke with C.J. Evans, the editor-in-chief of Two Lines Press, a leading independent publisher of international literature in translation, on trends in literature and more.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: The Birth of Korea’s Charm Agency
For decades, most English-language publishers had no Korean books on their lists. Now their popularity is soaring. Agent Barbara J. Zitwer digs into why that is—and why now.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Introducing Nihar Malaviya, New Penguin Random House CEO
Nihar Malaviya, the new CEO of Penguin Random House, shares a bit about himself and his vision for leading the world’s largest trade publishing company.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Artificial Intelligence and the Law
The law is usually reactive at best to questions of new technology. That’s still true with AI, but an extensive amount of work is underway to chart an applicable regulatory landscape, explains lawyer Duncan Calow.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: PW Talks with Tracy Fisher
PW spoke with Tracy Fisher, partner and head of the international rights team at William Morris Endeavour (WME), which has debuted on the New York Times bestseller list 353 times over the last five years, and 37 of those titles have hit the #1 spot.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Fair Opens, but Global Tensions Take a Toll
The 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair opened on Wednesday, October 18th. Expectations were high for this year's event, with the fair celebrating its 75th anniversary, but geopolitical tensions—most prominently the war between Israel and Hamas—are having an impact.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Paulo Coelho Returns With 'Maktub'
Paulo Coelho’s new book, 'Maktub,' will be published in a global English-language edition in March 2024.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Listening to the Science, Acting for the Future
In anticipation of the global stock-take taking place at COP28 next month, the UN has reported that global action on climate is not on track, and that raises the prospect of continued weather extremes and threats to ecosystems.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Thema at 10: An International Success Story
At this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, the publishing community will have the chance to celebrate the success of a truly collaborative, international effort: the 10-year anniversary of Thema, the most widely used subject classification for markets outside North America.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Find Your Reykjavík Moment
Iceland’s participation as the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair played a pivotal role in the global expansion of Icelandic literature, not only in Germany but also in other regions.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Why Public Libraries Must Bring Back the Books
Tim Coats argues that the number of visits to public library buildings has been in decline since 2011 and the solution to this problem is to bring back print books that were removed and remain committed to adding more.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Australia Market Growth Stalls
Books+Publishing takes a look at trends in the Australian book market so far this year.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Business Book Summaries Are Big Business
Ed Nawotka spoke with getAbstract's co-founder and CEO Thomas Bergen on the company 's evolution.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Mind the Gender Gap on Wikipedia
Thanks to volunteers who marked this year’s International Women’s Day with an “edit-a-thon,” the gender gap on Wikipedia has narrowed.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Publishers Without Borders: A New Way for Publishers to Meet
Publishers Without Borders' raison d’etre is to provide a platform where publishers around the world can meet and socialize, providing support and information on book fairs and trade events to international colleagues.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: A New Way to Discover Arabic Lit
LEILA is a new website that aims to be an English-language resource for international publishers interested in contemporary Arabic literature.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Celebrating 75 Years
The modern Frankfurt Book Fair was launched in 1949 as a small book show in Frankfurt’s Paulskirche, with the participation of 205 German publishing companies. This year, it celebrates its 75th anniversary.
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