Discovering the 15th Thessaloniki Book Fair

The 15th TBF opens its gates to the public with the motto  “We listen, we read, we discuss!” On Thursday, May 3, 2018, the 15th Thessaloniki Book Fair, opens its gates.. | Continue reading


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The 2018 Creative Europe call for support to literary translations projects: it’s time to apply!

Learn more on the new Creative Europe call for proposals for ‘Support to Literary translations projects’, the European Commission’s programme for European publishers supporting the promotion and access to EU.. | Continue reading


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Discovering the London Book Fair

From very modest beginnings in the Berners Hotel near Oxford Street in 1971 as the Specialist Pub – lishers’ Exhibition for Librarians, The London Book Fair – it took the.. | Continue reading


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ARDITO event on “Managing Value in Published Content” @ London Book Fair

The EU co-funded ARDITO project will hold its 3rd ARDITO workshop on Monday 9 April 2018 which focuses on “Managing Value in Published Content” to tie in with the London Book.. | Continue reading


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ARDITO event on “Managing Value in Published Content” on the eve of the London Book Fair

The EU co-funded ARDITO project will hold its 3rd ARDITO workshop on Monday 9 April 2018 which focuses on “Managing Value in Published Content” to tie in with the London Book.. | Continue reading


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Discovering Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2018

With over 50 years of experience, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair has succeeded in bringing together a unique and diverse global audience: the result is the world’s premium copyright business.. | Continue reading


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Aldus events @ Bologna Children's Book Fair 2018

After the successful conference “New Trends in Children’s book publishing” on last September, Aldus returns to Bologna with a series of events addressing digital innovation from an international perspective at Bologna.. | Continue reading


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Aldus events @ Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2018

After the successful conference “New Trends in Children’s book publishing” on last September, Aldus returns to Bologna with a series of events addressing digital innovation from an international perspective at Bologna.. | Continue reading


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Highlights from Tempo di Libri 2018

The second edition of Tempo di Libri, the Italian Book Fair based in Milan, ended successfully with 97,240 visitors (+ 60% over the previous year).  The 2018 edition of the.. | Continue reading


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ARDITO showcase at EU Council Presidency conference

On 15 March, ARDITO project will be represented at a conference on intellectual property organised by the EU Council Presidency in Sofia, Bulgaria. The presentation will show how ARDITO tools.. | Continue reading


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European support to the book sector: translation grants and opportunities for publishers

Which are the main initiatives promoting European literature and encouraging readers’ interest in non-national literary works? How the European Union promotes works translations by means of grants and funding opportunities?.. | Continue reading


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Aldus events@Riga Book Fair 2018

From 23 to 25 February, the International Exhibition Centre Ķīpsala in Riga will turn into an inspiring book town, where writers, translators, publishers and readers will meet at  Latvian Book.. | Continue reading


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Discover Vilnius Book Fair 2018

The 19th Vilnius Book Fair, from 22 to 25 February, will traditionally present new books in commerce, host discussions and program for professionals, exhibitions, and meetings with foreign guests that.. | Continue reading


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Vilnius Book Fair 2018 – Professional programme

Here follow the appointments for book professionals of the Vilnius Book Fair 2018 programme. This year programme will focus on the challenges in today’s book distribution and sales, the initiatives to.. | Continue reading


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EUPL 10th anniversary special edition writing contest: “A European Story: EUPL Winners Write Europe”

The European Union Prize for Literature celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2018, and it does it by organising a special edition of the prize: the writing contest “A European Story:.. | Continue reading


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European Book Publishing Statistics 2016

The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) represents 29 national associations of publishers from the European Union and the European Economic Area Member States. The present survey is based on reports.. | Continue reading


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ARDITO presentation @ Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works

ARDITO, the EU-funded project coordinated by the Italian Publishers Association through its IT branch mEDRA, will participate to the conference Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works of the Department.. | Continue reading


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ALDUS events calendar @Più Libri Più Liberi 2017

Here follows the full calendar of Aldus events scheduled between 6 -8 December 2017  at PLPL, the Rome Book Fair. December 6 Essere piccoli in un mondo sempre più grande.. | Continue reading


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Moving from EPUB 2 to EPUB 3 is a breeze, an interview to Luc Audrain

A recent survey submitted to some European publishers has shown that most of them publish e-books in EPUB 2 format and that the biggest obstacle perceived in moving to EPUB.. | Continue reading


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Internationalization and experimentation: Aldus @ Più Libri Più Liberi 2017

For the second year, Aldus, the European network of Book Fairs coordinated by Associazione Italiana Editori and co-funded by the European Commission within the Creative Europe program, presents itself to.. | Continue reading


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Discovering Più Libri Più Liberi 2017

The first fair dedicated to small and medium publishers, Più Libri Più Liberi (also known as Rome Book Fair) conveys its message directly through its name: more books for more.. | Continue reading


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New Trends in Children’s Book Publishing

On 21 September 2017, the international conference ‘New Trends in Children’s Book Publishing’, jointly organized by the Italian Publishers Association (AIE), Bologna Children’s Book Fair and Aldus network in the.. | Continue reading


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W3C Publishing Summit 2017: How Web Technologies are Shaping Publishing Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond

The web is the universal publishing platform: the first-ever W3C Publishing Summit will allow partecipants to learn how web technologies are shaping publishing today, tomorrow, and beyond. Publishing and the web interact in innumerable ways... | Continue reading


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Discovering Frankurter Buchmesse 2017

Once a year Frankfurt becomes the most important international trading place for content, from novels and childrens’ books to academic databases. Publishing professionals from around the world meet here with.. | Continue reading


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European Book Fairs. Facts and Figures 2017

The second edition of European Book Fairs. Facts and Figures, jointly developed with the contribution of national and international Book Fairs joining ALDUS – the European Book Fairs’ network, provides.. | Continue reading


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ALDUS programme @ FBM 2017

Wednesday, 11.10.2017 10.00 – 10.45, THE ARTS+ RUNWAY VOICES FOR A UNITED WORLD OF CREATIVITY Creativity has never known boundaries. But there have always been limits. Today, thanks to digitisation.. | Continue reading


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39th International Supply Chain Seminar 2017

EDItEUR’s annual International Supply Chain Seminar, a mini-conference dedicated to metadata and content standards for book and e-book publishing is the traditional pre-Frankfurt appointment for publishers, distributors, booksellers and service.. | Continue reading


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The business case of ARDITO

Co-funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, ARDITO is a project aimed at providing simple tools and services to support SMEs in the creative content sector to.. | Continue reading


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Audience engagement and reading promotion in European Book Fairs

Aldus invited European Book Fairs to tell about their initiatives and collaborations in the field of audience engagement and reading promotion, by answering some questions: What are the most interesting and.. | Continue reading


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THE ARTS+ Innovation Summit

THE ARTS+ is a fair, business festival and international meeting place for the culture and creative industries, launched in October 2016 during the Frankfurter Buchmesse. The goal of the new.. | Continue reading


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The IPA Global Book Fair Report – 2017 Edition

Every year, the Global Book Fair Report published by the International Publishers Association (IPA) provides a comprehensive and authoritative compendium of world book fairs. A key finding of the 2017.. | Continue reading


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Discovering Lisbon Book Fair

A bit of history Officially, Lisbon Book Fair took place, for the first time, in May 1930, in Rossio Square, for 12 days, with 17 stands. The following year, in.. | Continue reading


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What do you wear to a Book Fair?

This year the Bologna Children’s Book Fair launched a new fellowship program for young international publishers interested in networking opportunities and information exchange within the publishing world. «Our focus was.. | Continue reading


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Bologna Digital Media 2017 Edition

So our second Bologna Digital Media event wrapped up last month and boy what a time we had – so many new ideas and a lot of new technology was.. | Continue reading


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The Past, Present and Future of the BolognaRagazzi Digital Award

In 1996 – two years before Google and 14 years before the iPad- the Bologna Children’s Book Fair asked me to help them design a global technology prize. The task.. | Continue reading


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The EUPL anthology of winning authors 2017

Every year, the European Union Prize for Literature celebrates and showcases emerging literary talents from different European countries thereby helping to promote Europe’s cultural and linguistic diversity.  The Prize, open.. | Continue reading


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EUPL 2017 Awards Ceremony

On 23 May 2017, at 19.30 European Union Prize for Literature winners will receive their awards during a public Awards Ceremony at Concert Noble in Brussels, in the presence of European.. | Continue reading


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How to innovate publishing: the international view

Technology is the driver of innovation in book publishing – this hasn’t changed since Gutenberg invented the printing press. Yet what’s new today is that technology = digitization touches on.. | Continue reading


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It’s Tempo di Libri

The chance for each reader to create his/her own journey and his/her own Tempo di Libri (“Time for Books”): at Fiera Milano Rho until 19:30 and, with Fuori Tempo di.. | Continue reading


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Visiting Vilnius Book Fair

On February took place Vilnius Book Fair which hosted two debates in the framework of the Aldus project. First was a panel discussion on “The Bestseller: Books Race in the World and.. | Continue reading


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What makes a good app?

Ilaria Tontardini from the Hamelin cultural association will introduce you to some of the best apps for children published over the last few years She will see  which of them.. | Continue reading


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Discovering Bologna Children’s Book Fair

With over 50 years of experience, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair has succeeded in bringing together a unique and diverse global audience: the result is the world’s premium copyright business hub.. | Continue reading


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Picture books and AR – A Match Made in heaven?

Two app makers from Denmark and France and a publisher from Finland join Terence Mosca and present their game changing ideas as well as different experiences about making picture books,.. | Continue reading


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Presentation of the Children’s Laureates Programme

A conference dedicated to those organizations interested in networking on Children’s Reading Promotion. A discussion moderated by Julia Eccleshare covering the following subjects: The plus of Children’s Laureate on the.. | Continue reading


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Children’s Laureates

An exciting performance and a meeting with the Children’s Literarature Ambassadors: Chris Riddell (UK), Leigh Hobbs (Australia), PJ Lynch (Ireland), Anne-Marie Körling (Sweden), Jan Paul Schutten (The Nederlands), María Baranda.. | Continue reading


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Writing on children’s book and on reading

This meeting on research into children’s books and reading is prompted by the fact that alongside a thriving children’s book industry, publishers are increasingly turning their attention to scholarly work.. | Continue reading


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Transmedia: The Medium is the Message?

Part One A talk on new transmedia content, or how children stories can be developed and enjoyed across multiple forms of media: webs, blogs, apps in smartphones or tablets, TV.. | Continue reading


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Kids App Collective Presents Making Great Kids Apps

The Award winning Kids App Collective share their crucial tips ( and some tricks) to make great Kids Apps and the different processes and outcomes from working within this creative.. | Continue reading


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