We had a full house on the International Stage at the Frankfurt Book Fair as the two top executives shared thoughts and strategies that went far beyond the future of one of the world’s leading publishing houses.

Sarnoff emphasised how important it is for the publisher to receive major financial investment following the private investors’ takeover, in order to exploit not only new bestsellers but also a backlist stretching back a century.

And yet, Karp added, it will still be an operation that carefully develops one author and one title at a time, not just for the American audience, but for readers around the world.

So expect new investments in authors and titles, new acquisitions of other international book companies and the exploration of publishing models that go far beyond traditional approaches.

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