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  Aussie Rights Trade on the Rise

  676 readersBy Andrew Wilkins While its domestic book trade may be in a dip, Australian rights activity is on the rise, with its income from rights sales increasing over the past year, according to Think Australian’s just-published annual survey of Australian rights managers and agents. Over 70% reported increased rights income, while only 11% reported a drop.

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  Pop Up Private Club Adds Glamor to the LBF Agents Center

  523 readersLondon's famous Ivy Restaurant is running at pop-up version of its private club, complete with champagne and catering, at the Rights Centre at the London Book Fair.

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  Around the World in Four Book Fairs

  1442 readersBy Andres Hax In this time of the year it would be impossible to speak of the publishing industry in general, and the Spanish language one in particular, without mentioning the two major international trade shows soon to take place: LIBER, in Madrid running from October 5-7; and, of course, the Frankfurt Book Fair from October

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  Tools of Change travels to Italy

  1095 readersFrom the press release: O’Reilly Media and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair today announce the first Tools of Change for Publishing event at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. TOC Bologna will be a one day conference held on Sunday 27 March 2011 in Bologna, focussing on digital and mobile technology. This new collaboration between O’Reilly

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  Rights Market in China is Booming, But Complicated

  488 readersThis article was produced during the Frankfurt Book Fair in cooperation with GigaOM By Laura Hazard Owen, GigaOM “Times are hard,” Diane Spivey, Rights and Contracts Director at Hachette’s Little, Brown Book Group, acknowledged in her introduction at the 26th annual International Rights Directors Meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair. “To continue to grow, or even hold

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  At Hong Kong Book Fair, 1 Million Expected, 40% Buy English

  1250 readersBy Dan Stahl The London Olympics isn’t the only international extravaganza where records may be broken this summer. After drawing an unprecedented 950,000 people in 2011, the Hong Kong Book Fair, which runs 18-24 July, could reach a million this year. To put that number in context, the Frankfurt Book Fair attracted about 300,000 visitors last

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  10 Things You Need to Know About Selling Rights

  521 readersBy Vinutha Mallya Lynette Owen of Pearson Education speaks in Frankfurt about best practices for selling rightsYou made the journey to the biggest book fair, and now you’re wondering how to make the most of it. An intensive “Rights Express” seminar on Wednesday by the legendary Lynette Owen, Copyright Director at Pearson Education presented practical advice

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  Tokyo International Book Fair: What It Is and Isn’t

  2558 readersBy Hiroki Kamata, Editor, E-Book 2.0 Magazine E-readers at the Tokyo Book Fair 2011 The 19th Tokyo International Book Fair (TIBF) was held this year together with the International Electronic Publishing Expo (EPX), previously less prominent and called the Digital Publishing Fair. It has now become an integral part of the show and occupies the same exhibition

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  Download Our 2012 London Book Fair Print Edition

  1620 readersBy Edward Nawotka The London Book Fair opens today Earls Court with news coming in from all four corners of the globe. We’ve put together a special London Book Fair Edition with features, panel previews, author profiles, editorials and more. You can download the entire edition here: Publishing Perspectives LBF 2012 Edition (PDF, 19 MB).

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  Download our Frankfurt Show Daily Issue for Wednesday, October 12

  9377 readersBy Hannah Johnson The Frankfurt Book Fair officially opened yesterday evening, ringing in the 2011 Fair with Iceland as the Guest of Honor this year. Speakers also discussed this year’s cooperation with car-maker Audi, whose pavillion in the Fair has become a hive of activity — it is home to the Press Centre, the StoryDrive conference