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NewsBertrams Goes Bankrupt
The Bertram Group, one of two major U.K. book wholesalers, has gone bankrupt. Asset sales have been agreed to, and the majority of its employees have been let go.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Updates Exhibitors on Changes
The Frankfurt Book Fair updated exhibitors on changes, which includes getting free additional booth space, the option to reserve a co-working space, or cancel with a full refund before August 15.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Penguin Random House Will Not Attend Frankfurt
Penguin Random House is the last of the Big Five American trade publishers to announce they will not attend this year's Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Launches Facebook Rights Community
The Frankfurt Book Fair has launched Pitch Your CIP, a new Facebook-based community to connect rights holders and facilitate books-to-film pitches and other intellectual property exchanges.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Hachette, Bloomsbury Won't Travel to Frankfurt
Hachette Livre and Bloomsbury Publishing are the latest publishers to announce they won't be sending employees to the Frankfurt Book Fair this year.
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Vietnam's Liberal Publishing House Wins Prix Voltaire
Liberal Publishing House, a clandestine publisher founded last year by dissidents to challenge the authority of the government of Vietnam, has been awarded the 2020 Prix Voltaire from the International Publishers Association.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
S&S, Macmillan, HarperCollins Won't Send Staff to Frankfurt
S&S, Macmillan, and HarperCollins confirmed that they will not be sending U.S. staff to this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. All said they are open to participating in digital or virtual events.
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W.W. Norton Names New U.K. MD
Norton has named John Donovan managing director of its U.K. operations as the company integrates its international sales operations into a single group.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Organizers Fine-Tune Upcoming Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair will be limited to 20,000 fairgoers at any one time to ensure safety, said book fair director Juergen Boos. Meanwhile, Random House, Holtzbrinck, and Bonnier have announced that they won't exhibit, but will take part in other events.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Will Take Place, Organizers Vow
The German state of Hessen gave the Frankfurt Book Fair permission to go ahead. The fair, scheduled for October 14-18, will be significantly smaller to maintain social distancing. Many events are moving online.
