Issue November
Book Fair
After the Fair is before the Fair: special rates for early birds
Through to 30 November, the early-bird discount still applies to registrations for the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009. Other dates to note and information for exhibitors can be found on our website. 
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Podcasts, blogs and more: that was the Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair 2008 came to an end just under a month ago, and it will be more than 340 days before the next Fair opens for business. Making the wait for 2009 seem a little less endless, here's a look back at 2008: for listening and watching - and for looking forward to the next fair. more
22nd International Rights Directors Meeting: words and images
With just short of 370 participants from all over the world, this year's International Rights Directors Meeting chalked up a record attendance. For anyone who was unable to be there or would like to review the concentrated mass of expertise, the opportunity is available to do so here and now. more
International Activities
China's "going-out policy": going public and financial help
China, Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009, is pursuing a policy of cultural openness and has set up a programme to provide funding for translations - worth a total of around 500,000 euros. more
First German-Argentinian translation workshop
In 2010, Argentina will be Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair. In anticipation of this occasion, a German-Argentinian translation workshop will be held next spring in Buenos Aires, the first of its kind. more
No sign of a hangover: Istanbul Book Fair
Only a few days after the Guest of Honour appearance in Frankfurt, Turkish publishers were able to say hello to their new business partners yet again - this time at the book fair in Istanbul. more
ReadOn
German Book Prize winner Uwe Tellkamp: an interview
His novel "Der Turm" ("The Tower"), winning him the German Book Prize 2008, is just under 1,000 pages long. But Uwe Tellkamp sometimes needs no more than a single word to make himself understood. more
Trade Information
China: Grass, sheep and wolves - a future scenario
The new media are developing rapidly in China, digitisation is in the fast lane. What that means for the future of the industry and the role that is played here by the natural balance between grass, sheep and wolves, is explained by Cheng Sanguo, an expert on the industry. more
International: Digitisation - quo vadis?
Digitisation will continue to create movement in the industry. Where this path might lead is shown by an international survey of the industry carried out by the Frankfurt Book Fair. The most surprising estimates and the most important results are available to you here. more
UK: Launch of "BookBrunch" online site for the industry
Set up by Liz Thomson and Nicholas Clee, the new internet portal "BookBrunch" has been providing the latest information from the book industry on a daily basis since October. Why? How come? What's behind it? You can find out from our short interview with the two founders. more
International: Google Book Search legitimised
The "Google deal" on the use of digitised books has attracted a great deal of attention and is assessed very differently: international reactions range from euphoria to outrage. more
Canada: Industry Focus at Toronto's International Festival of Authors
Five days of adrenaline - for many, Frankfurt is a craving that demands satisfaction. Riky Stock of the German Book Office (GBO) New York reports where those book-people met up right after the Book Fair. more
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