Translation and cultural context

The talk is followed by the presentation of the translation support programme of the Institut Ramon Llull Speakers Anna Casassas, translator; Francesco Ferrucci, translator (Catalan) | Continue reading


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Ideas and innovation in Illustrators Today Bringing Digital and Paper Books Alive?

A great panel of experts from across the industry will discuss some of the following: How does text and image work across formats? What are some excellent innovative examples in.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

The 2017 Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award Winners

Join the charismatic Warren Buckleitner for his annual show and tell presenting the best in children’s app from this year’s coveted Bologna Ragazzi Digital awards Speakers: Warren Buckleitner and Valeria.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Dust or Magic Masterclass

Programme 2:00 Registration desk opens 3:00 Welcome and Introductions. Bologna Children’s Book Fair. 3:05 Mark Schlichting: How to Create Experiences Children Love.  Mark is a pioneer of the children’s digital space. He is  best known.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

The Book Sector in Europe: Facts and Figures

In occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) produced a statistics publication that provides a wealth of data and information about book publishing and the book sector in.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

What to expect from London Book Fair?

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


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What publishers want

Book fairs offer unique opportunities for readers to meet authors, agents find the perfect place to organize business meetings while publishers juggle between presentations, promotions and meetings, taking advantage of.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

P2P for publishers

P2P will be organised for Lithuanian, Latvian, Romanian, Valencian, Slovenian publishers, participating in Vilnius book fair. Event for registered participants. Moderator: Aida V. Dobkevičiūtė Partecipants: 10 Valencian publishers, 4 Romanian publishers,.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Bob Dylan lyrics in LT, LV, RO, SI and Valencian

LLA and international projects partners will hold public readings in different languages of this year’s Nobel prize winner for literature Bob Dylan lyrics. Poems will be read in Lithuanian, Latvian,.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Book Piracy: Theft of Free Advertising?

Publishing experts and authors from Lithuania, Slovenia, Latvia, Romania and Valencia will discuss book piracy online, the challenges intellectual property is facing, damage for authors, publishers and society. Lithuanian publishers.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

The Bestsellers books race in the world and Lithuania

Miha Kovač, Slovenian publishing professor and the editor of “Mladinska Knyga” publishing house, will present the global research on bestsellers. Publishing experts from Lithuania, Slovenia, Latvia, Romania, Valencia and publishers.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Discovering Vilnius Book Fair

The Second Christmas – this is how Lithuanian publishers call Vilnius Book Fair, which awaits its fans every February. Publishers around the globe rush to publish the most interesting and.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Book fairs and exhibitions in Europe

On 7 December took place an Aldus seminar on innovation models in book fairs, organised by Ediser, the services company of the Italian Publishers Association, at Più Libri Più Liberi,.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

The New York Public Library and the European Digital Reading Lab team up for a better e-reading experience

The European Digital Reading Lab (EDRLab) is an innovative non-profit organization based in Paris, headquarter of both IDPF and the Readium Foundation and member of the W3C. Its main objectives.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Merchants of stories. Report on the import /export rights in Italy in 2016

In recent years, the trade of rights has been playing a crucial role within the publishing houses: as for the import, to start building a catalogue and to offer readers.. | Continue reading


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Report on publishing in Italy 2016: Highlights

The Italian book market makes an official return to growth after four years of crisis. This is what the numbers say, and not only turnover data. The sector turns its.. | Continue reading


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Italian books abroad (and foreign books in Italy) 2016

This guide presents most of the addresses and reference details of professionals in the publishing sector, for both Italian and foreign operators concerned with the import/export of books and publishing.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Selling and buying rights. When the fairs change geography

Bookfairs are the instrument for a publisher to buy and sell authors’ rights. In occasion of the second edition of the “Observatory on the sale and the purchase of rights”, organized.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

There are 400.000 euros for you. The new European tender for translations

“Internationalization” is one of the central ideas of this edition of Più libri più liberi and a central theme of ALDUS, the european network of bookfairs. The other idea is.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

European Book Fairs. Facts and Figures 2016

Europe features a rich variety of national and international book fairs. Traditionally, the former are the most important appointment for books and reading promotion: open to the grand public, they.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Metadata as opportunity

As the success of the 2015 edition proved, the EDItEUR’s International Supply Chain Seminar, relaunched last year as a mini-conference one day ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair, is an.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Reading Europe – new approaches to the promotion and networking of European book markets

On 22 October 2016, FEP participated in a workshop organised by the Frankfurt Book Fair in the framework of the Aldus project to discuss new approaches to the promotion and.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Frankfurt Rights Meeting 2016

On 18 October 2016, FEP participated in the 2016 edition of the Frankfurt Rights Meeting, an annual conference and networking opportunity for professionals engaged in international rights licensing and promotion... | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Creative Europe – Literary Translation Projects grants

On 20 October, FEP attended a presentation of the EU 4-year support programme for publishers for literary translation projects, by Arnaud Pasquali and Piero Fratini, from the Education, Audiovisual and.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

THE ARTS+ – The politics of creativity

On 19 October 2016, FEP attended a workshop on “The politics of creativity” within THE ARTS+, the space dedicated to the international cultural economy and new business models in the.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

The audiobooks’ market. Whispers and screams: the readers are listening

Is audiobook becoming a market? How much does it count in trade channels? It is an opportunity to exploit the secondary rights of many books. Which spaces do they have.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Customers and bookshops. A new bookshop should be original

Customer engagement is a driving factor in sale points’ innovation. This is what a study by Università di Roma Tre tells us. What about bookshops? What kind of practices and.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Bookfairs and exhibitions in Europe

At Più Libri Più Liberi last year the keyword was “Concentration” while this year is “Fair” for many reasons: this is the 15th edition of #plpl which is going to.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

European Book Fairs united: The European Book Fairs’ Network ALDUS in Frankfurt

A European newcomer to this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair was ALDUS, the network of European book fairs. “The Frankfurt Book Fair has long-established ties with over 20 book fairs all.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

Innovation Day in Brussels

On 12 October, FEP, in collaboration with STM, organised an Innovation Day in Brussels, in the framework of the Aldus project. It was an innovative event format to show the.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 7 years ago

IDPF and W3C: technical tests of collaboration between publishing and web at TPAC 2016

the review of TPAC 2016, the annual meeting of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Technical Plenary | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

The business case of Papego, the winning startup of ContentShift programme

ContentShift, the accelerator for startups launced by Boersenverein and dedicated to fostering innovation in the content industry, has named Papego its startup of the year during the 2016 edition of the Frankfurt.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

Reading Europe – new approaches to the promotion and networking of European book markets

What tools do the intermediaries of literature need in order to devise innovative promotion formats? The Frankfurt Book Fair presents three successful models. The Network of European Book Fairs, ALDUS,.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

Working Meeting of European grant translation institutions

Annual working meeting of the European network whose members are investing in translation support programmes – with the aim to give their literatures increased visibility internationally and in their respective.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

European Union Prize for Literature: chances and opportunities

Diversity, the will to experiment, and an understanding of literature that crosses borders: three cultural-political viewpoints upheld by the “European Union Prize for Literature”. What is the underlying concept of.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

EUPL reception with international publishers and agents

The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) invites you to celebrate the Slovenian EUPL 2016 winning author Jasmin B. Frelih who will be present at the Slovenian Stand. The event.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

Reading à la carte in France: a literary land presents itself

France will be Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017. To let international publishers, literary editors and scouts familiarize themselves with current trends in the French book market,.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

Ask the expert: Consulting on the Creative Europe Programme by the European Union

Funding for culture and publishing ventures is an increasingly important topic for publishers. Experts from funding institutions DG Culture and Executive Agency Creative Europe will disseminate information about funding possibilities.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

Lithuania as guest of honour at the Leipzig Book Fair 2017 programme

The Lithuanian Publishers’ Association will present Lithuania as Guest of Honour of Leipzig bookfair 2017, promoting a country focus on the book market of the Baltic country. Warm welcome from:  .. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

The Arts+: the politics of creativity

Breaking the mould: Innovation policies for the European creative and cultural sectors The creative and cultural sectors create jobs and growth in the European context today. Their creativity often spills.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

Promoting translation rights with the help of prizes: Accelerators for success?

How can prizes stimulate the translation of works of lesser spoken languages and emerging authors? Which are the opportunities and how to access and better exploit these instruments? In the.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

EUPL sponsors Tuesday morning coffee at the Fair

In the morning of the 18th October, come and drink coffee and learn more about EUPL winners in the Literary Agents & Scouts Centre as well as in the Publisher’s.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

EU Grants for Literary Translation – the EUPL leaflet

The EU Grants for Literary Translation are aimed at publishing houses or publishing groups wishing to translate literary works (poetry, novels, short stories, comic books, plays etc.) from one European language into another... | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

World Directory of Children’s Book Translators

In 2008 the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and the UNESCO – Clearing House for Literary Translation launched the first World Directory of Children’s Book Translators dedicated to all professionals in.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

The EUPL anthology of winning authors 2016

The European Union Prize for Literature recognises the best new and emerging authors in Europe. The EUPL 2016 book gathers information on the Prize, the winners, and excerpts of their.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

AIE overview of the Italian Book Market

A presentation of the Italian Book Market held in 2016 by Alfieri Lorenzon, Director of the Italian Publishers Association (AIE). This presentation provides a comprehensive picture of publishing in Italy,.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

Report on the Lithuanian Publishing

Publishing in Lithuania over the years of independence has undergone the same developments as its counterparts in Eastern Europe: •  The deterioration of the old structure of publishing •  The.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago

Grants and awards for the translation of Italian works

A guide to the Italian institutions and organisations providing support to foreign publishers and translators for the translation of literary works by Italian authors into other languages. The guide is.. | Continue reading


@aldusnet.eu | 8 years ago