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With Frankfurt's agents and scouts center an early sell-out, the fair recommends quick bookings in the Publishers Rights Corner, scheduled for October 10. The post Frankfurt Book Fair’s LitAg Sells Out; Publishers Rights Corner Is Open appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

‘Myriad characters fighting fate in their own way,” says YZ Chin, are featured in her story collection honored by Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Changing and Challenging Circumstances’ eminist Press at City University of New York (CUNY) has announced its 2016 Louise Meriwether First Book Prize winner. Submissions for…

With programming for adult and children's markets, the nine-day Emirate Airline festival in Dubai faces both the Arab world and internationalism. The post Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai: ‘Peace, Tolerance, Happiness’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

As do many parts of the international marketplace, India's book retail districts like Delhi's Nai Sarak face growing competition from online retail. The post Another Pressure Point in Bookselling: Delhi’s Textbook Market Nai Sarak appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

At the Festival Neue Literatur, author Garth Greenwell calls on writers and publishers to use their art to resist 'moral darkness' of today's politics. The post Garth Greenwell at Festival Neue Literatur: ‘This Peculiar Moral Darkness’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

In an effort to combat counterfeit print textbooks, distributors partner with publishers on a protocol of inspection and alerts. The post Three Publishers, Two Distributors: Combatting Counterfeit Print Textbooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

When you ask leading university press personalities, the phrase you keep hearing about the 'sheer joy' of attending trade shows is?—'face-to-face.' The post LBF Ahead: University Presses Rally for Trade Shows appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

'There is the question of quality,' concedes an agent about teen authors being published in India. Finding 'new voices' is the strategy, says one editor. The post In India, Teen Authors Land Book Publishing Contracts appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The United Arab Emirates launches project to establish a Reproduction Rights Organization at a special forum in Sharjah led by Bodour Al Qasimi. The post UAE Begins Formation of First Arab Reproduction Rights Organization appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The 2016 publishing sales data shared by Author Earnings at Digital Book World reminded me of all the times I have been the sad-sack tasked with managing the “death squeeze.” I went through it in the consumer photo business, the paper atlas business, and then the CD-ROM mapping software business. Each of these industries relied…