I spend a good part of the day giving interviews to German, Swiss and Austrian media, while trying to get a reading of the many dimensions of the at first rumored, and now confirmed merger of two leading trade publishing houeses, Random House and Penguin. These are the easy to comprehend aspects: When German Bertelsmann [...]

Amazon gibt immer mehr den Ton an, auch was die Aufmerksamkeit fĂĽr mögliche nächste Erfolge ausmacht. Die Zeichen stehen auf Sturm (…) In allen diesen Veränderungen, Verlagerungen und Beschleunigungen kommt den Internetseiten von Amazon eine zentrale Rolle zu. Bestsellerlisten mit ihren zehn oder 20 Spitzentiteln bilden nur die alleroberste Spitze des Eisberges ab. Doch abseits [...]

The CEO panel debate at the Frankfurt Book Fair is hosting leaders of this transformation, to discuss the transformation of the industry, and its future perspectives as they are shaped by their companies. Wednesday October 10, 2012, from 14:30 to 16:00 Hall 4.2, room Dimension. Speakers: • Santiago de la Mora, Director, Print Content Partnerships, [...]

A little tired I am, I admit, and spent hours just, at first, pointlessly wandering around at the New York West Side (yes, where the wonderful Musical by Lenny Bernstein was set), to wind down from 4 days of most compact talking and looking, and listening, and interacting. Working for BookExpo America now since 2003, [...]

Invitation To attend a session at the London Book Fair to discuss international statistics and perspectives of publishing markets Monday, April 16, 2012, 10:00 to 11:00 am Thamse Room (Earls Court, level 1) Details: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en/Sessions/504/Global-Publishing-Statistics-Trends-and-Developments In 2011, the International Publishers Association (IPA) launched an initiative to survey “Global Publishing Markets”, and contracted Rüdiger Wischenbart Content [...]

The Diversity Report 2010 aims at portraying and mapping how a significant sample of the best renowned contemporary authors of literary fiction in Europe shape cultural diversity (and its limits) across 15 European book markets. Translation of works of fiction makes stories, memories and idea travel across cultural boundaries. And literary authors and their work [...]

Natürlich ist die Suche nach eBooks noch ziemlich mühsam, zu unberechenbar ist das Angebot, zu willkürlich, was von Verlagen digital zum sofortigen Download angeboten wird, und was nicht. Und die Wirrungen enden nicht mit der erfolgreichen Suche. Die fangen mit dem Fund erst so richtig an. Das Auffälligste ist gewiss, wie durchgängig hier, auch bei [...]

The first debate of industry leaders, based on the Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry, found an audience of over 150 publishing professionals at the first day of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2010. Co-organized by Livres Hebdo, buchreport, Publishers Weekly and The Bookseller, and kicked off with some key findings of the Global Ranking that [...]

With Melinda Nadj Abonji winning the Deutscher Buchpreis very unexpectedly (and Jung und Jung Verlag proving in a most stunning way that a very small publisher can land a very big hit in German language lands indeed!) I am, first of all, in line for all the best wishes! What an accomplishment! This said – [...]

The Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry 2010: Facts, Trends, Outlook. Industry leaders discuss the business of publishing today. Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 14:30 – 16:00 Frankfurt Book Fair, hall 4.2, Room Dimension Organiser: Livres Hebdo with buchreport, Publishers Weekly and The Bookseller. What is the state of the publishing industry? What are the powerhouses, [...]