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From left: Gvantsa Jobava, editor and international relations manager for Intelekti Publishing, and head of the Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association; Mamuka Bakhtadze, prime minister of Georgia; Medea Metreveli, director of the Georgian National Book Center (Image: Johannes Minkus) Georgia Charms World Publishing

‘Something very good indeed is happening today for centuries-old and unknown Georgian literature,’ says Georgian author Aka Morchiladze. He and many others from Georgia are in the Frankfurt spotlight this week to present their country’s culture and character to the publishing world.

PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 1 FROM PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES

Free Speech and Doded Questions New at the Fair: Frankfurt Kids he first official day of the Sargent, the Macmillan CEO, said TFrankfurter Buchmesse saw in his CEO Talk comments that warm temperatures, even amid the American market hasn’t seen chilling worries about the worl’s the apparent attrition of book political realities. buyers that a Börsenverein survey German federal president indicates has removed close to 7 Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned million readers from the German that “human rights are not respect- market. ed by everyone and every country.” But even Sargent, known as Indeed, as trade visitors to the first Big Five publisher to stare the fair moved briskly through down Donald Trump, was unwill- the sunlit Agora, Frankfurt vice ing to take on what may be even president Claudia Kaiser opened a higher power than the White © Marc Jacquemin / Frankfurter Buchmesse a discussion of diversity in ’s House. When an audience mem- contemporary literature by recog- ber pointed out to him that Am- nizing the suffering that has fol- azon is said by many to have too hildren’s books are a strong the Illustrators Corner. The fair lowed the earthquake and tsunami much market share and asked who Csegment of publishing glob- plans to grow this space over the in . “We must support Sargent would side with in a show- ally, and Frankfurt is giving chil- coming years and to further invest everyone there,” Kaiser said, “as down, Trump or Jeff Bezos?—Sar- dren’s and young adult books more in its children’s book initiatives. they try to rebuild their lives.” gent didn’t miss a beat: visibility this year with its new The stage program includes Meanwhile, as industry dy- “No comment.” Frankfurt Kids area. Located in the business breakfasts, presentations namics triggered debates about Foyer between Halls 5.1 and 6.1, on children’s books from various how long audiobooks can domi- this space includes an exhibition of world regions, book prize cere- nate profits and the prospects for Porter Anderson international children’s books and monies, and trend reports on toys, EPUB4 in the marketplace, John Editor-in-Chief toys, the Frankfurt Kids Stage, and comics, books, and more. • Today’s Event Highlights: Thursday 11 October

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PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 3 AUDIOBOOKS

Frankfurt’s First Conference on the Evolving Audio Market

chunks, like hit singles. And pro- Michele Cobb speaks at Frankfurt’s first Audiobook Conference on Wednesday (Image: Roger Tagholm) duce serial content too,” which appeals to the Netfllix generation. The trend is for “access as opposed to ownership,” and he clearly be- lieves streaming is the way for- ward. “Our streaming turnover was 1 percent in 2015, 17 percent in 2017, and is expected be 42 per- cent in 2020.” Henrik Lindvall of Sweden’s Storytel spoke about the challenges of the Indian market, among which By Roger Tagholm sales were up 5 percent by val- smart speaker usage, something was the fact that it is not covered ue and 30 percent by volume. In that John Ruhrmann, director by any government policies and France, while physical sales (CDs) of business relations at German regulations. “So audiobooks at- elcome to “the happiest were down by 9 percent, digital audiobook distributor Bookwire tract 18 percent GST [Goods and Wroom in the Fair” was how sales were up 75 percent and vol- thinks can only increase. A break- Services Tax] as they are not de- Frankfurter Buchmesse vice pres- ume sales were up by 85 percent. through in smart speaker take-up fined in any category while printed ident Thomas Minkus introduced In Italy, value sales were up by 51 and voice AI were among trends books attract zero GST.” the Fair’s first ever Audiobook percent and volume sales increased he thinks should be watched. However, in closing he not- Conference yesterday. Audio- by 81 percent. “Right now you have 54.4 million ed: “The biggest positive factor is books are the success story of the She noted a trend in the US smart speakers in the US, but this the size of the population and the moment, and Michele Cobb of the that was being seen in other coun- is expected to double by 2020. The ancient love for stories. The Ma- US-based Audio Publishers Asso- tries too: “Fifty-six percent of lis- smart speaker is becoming the habharata and Ramayana—the two ciation had plenty of data to back teners said they were just relaxing, digital fireplace; it is what we will stories that define India—were this up. not doing anything else when lis- gather around to hear a story.” narrated for centuries before being She said that in the US, au- tening to audiobooks. We’ve all He agrees with Penguin Ran- written.” diobook sales were up 34 percent grown used to the idea that we dom House chief Markus Dohle It made the audience realize and then gave a whistle-stop tour listen to audiobooks when we’re that “listening is the new reading” one curious fact; the rise of audio- of markets around the globe. So doing something else, but for some and had some specific pieces of ad- books is taking us back to where it we heard that for the year to No- people that isn’t true. We’re all so vice to help publishers grow their all began, before printed text, when vember 2017, audio sales in the busy these days, there’s a move to audio sales. Among these was an we gathered around a fire, and a UK were up 16 percent by value just listening to a story.” invitation to “hack your own prod- village elder or a parent said “once and 18 percent by units. In Japan, She said there was a rise in uct” and “Cut it into three-minute upon a time . . . ” •

New Rights Deals Reported to Publishing Perspectives

By Hannah Johnson by Galerna. return from a trip to Spain. . . . On her website, author Anna- As the agency describes this She waits for him as a sort of Pe- bel Abbs describes her book as a , “La separación begins the nelope who instead of knitting and “fictionalised story of Lucia Joyce’s n Tuesday, several literary very night Lucía resolves to split unweaving, writes and erases her affair with a young Samuel Beck- Oagents reported some of their up with her husband and face the thoughts in a notebook.” ett and then a young Alexander Frankfurt rights deals to Publishing changes, some painful and others Calder. The only daughter of Irish Perspectives, among them a story not devoid of humour, that this The Joyce Girl by Annabel author, James Joyce, and Nora Bar- of love, a story of loss, and a ride new life will bring.” Abbs nacle, Lucia aspired to be a modern through avant-garde Paris. Sharon Galant at Zeitgeist Literary dancer. Talented and ambitious, Cuaderno Ideal by Brenda Agency has sold North American she trained with many of the most La Separación by Silvia Lozano rights to Harper Collins’ William famous dancers of her time. The Arazi Also from Agencia Literaria Car- Morrow imprint for The Joyce Girl novel switches between past and Laura Palomares at Agencia Lit- men Balcells, Carles Masdeu has by Annabel Abbs. This novel was present as Lucia retells her story to eraria Carmen Balcells announced sold World English rights to Ed- first published in the UK by Im- pioneering psychoanalyst, Doctor two new deals for La Separación by inburgh-based Charco Press for press Books, and rights have addi- Carl Jung.” • Silvia Arazi: Czech rights to Meta- Cuaderno Ideal by Brenda Lozano. tionally been sold into Australia/ fora and Macedonian rights to Ars The book was originally published NZ (Hachette), German (Aufbau Lamina. in Spanish by Alfaguara in 2014. Verlag), Turkish (Hep Kitap), The book has already been sold The agency describes this nov- Spanish (Galaxia Gutenberg), Rus- into Arabic (Masaa) and English el as “a love story narrated from sian (Centrepolygraph), Bulgarian Have foreign rights deals to in India (Yatra Books), and it was the point of view of a woman who (EMAS), and Poland (Wydawnic- report? Submit them online at first published last year in Spanish waits for her boyfriend Jonás to two WAM). http://bit.ly/PPrightsdeal

4 PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 POLITICS

Freedom in Turbulent Times: Steinmeier in Frankfurt

By Holger Heimann tions, he said. Nevertheless, the Federal President and his guests tried to find answers as well. he current state of society Steinmeier pointed out that Tand democracy was the top- the Universal Declaration of Hu- ic of a discussion at the Frank- man Rights as a reaction to the furt Pavilion, a new, iconic event atrocities of World War II should venue at the book fair with the be used as a standard around which Federal President of Germany, countries should orient them- Frank-Walter Steinmeier; the selves. “We need it as a basis of in- Croatian author Ivana Sajko, the tervention”, he said, knowing that recipient of this year’s Internation- the human rights are not respected al Literature Award from the Haus by everyone and every country. der Kulturen der Welt; and Belgian Steinmeier mentioned the hun- Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and author Ivana Sajko writer Stefan Hertmans. Under the dreds of journalists and authors (Image: Johannes Minkus) title “On Opining. How to Defend all over the world who have been Freedom in Turbulent Times” the murdered or sent to prison. three participants discussed “How Ivana Sajko spoke about the Europe are a kind of laboratory it is a social problem. “We need to to Defend Freedom in Turbulent role of literature in this situation. for how people of different na- find a language,” he appealed. Only Times,” while populism and ex- In her opinion, literature brings tionalities live together. He said through practice, not theory, can treme views stoke fears. to us many individual stories, sto- we live in a time of mixed iden- we find out how Europe should be, People are worried about the ries of fear and problems that are tities, the longing for fixed iden- he said. position of democracy in mod- invisible. “Literature can give us a tities he called “a kind of disease.” This is something Steinmeier ern societies, said the director of vision of where to go from here.” The question remains: “How can agreed with. He said at the end, the book fair Juergen Boos at the Stefan Hertmans pointed out we be more relaxed about differ- you cannot prescribe ideals. But beginning in his introduction re- that literature is an exercise in ent identities? And how can we we all should live and practice it so marks. The fair cannot give defi- empathizing with other people. explain that to the people at the that change will happen. • nite answers, but it can ask ques- He thinks that certain places in bottom of society?” For Hertmans,

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National Book Trust India is in Frankfurt for the 25th year Consultant Seth Russo and His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammad al (Image: Dorothea Grimberg) Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah (Image: Roger Tagholm)

Laura King and David Stephens of Lovell Johns celebrate 25 years as David Higham Associates, from left: Allison Cole, Emily Randle, and Claire exhibitors in Frankfurt (Image: Dorothea Grimberg) Morris (Image: Roger Tagholm)

The Marsh Agency celebrates 25 years of coming to the Frankfurt Book Fair, Agent Kelly Falconer and publishing entrepreneur Richard Nash pictured here are Jemma McDonagh and Imogen Bovill (Image: Riky Stock) (Image: Roger Tagholm)

6 PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 PHOTOS FROM THE FAIR

The Loewe Verlag stand in Hall 3.0 features an actual tree house to celebrate Juergen Boos, Frankfurt Book Fair director, in conversation with Georgian the series The Magic Treehouse (Image: Johannes Minkus) author Aka Morchiladze (Image: Johannes Minkus)

Literary agent Danny Baror celebrates 25 years attending the Frankfurt Book Pachinko author Min Jin Lee with Frankfurt Book Fair vice president Claudia Fair with his own agency, Baror International. (Image: Riky Stock) Kaiser (Image: Johannes Minkus)

Delegation from Canada ahead of their tour of the Frankfurter Buchmesse, with the Honorable Stéphane Dion (center), Canada’s Ambassador to Germany and Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe (Image: Johannes Minkus)

PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 7 AUTHORS FROM ASIA PACIFIC

Women Should Be Seen AND Heard

Authors Laksmi Pamuntjak, Andrea Pasion-Flores, and Kamila Shamsie, with moderator Claudia Kramatschek (Image: Johannes Minkus)

By Olivia Snaije 2016 LiBeraturpreis for authors The issue isn’t just about wom- to say stop, look at the books you from , Asia and Latin Amer- en writing certain kind of books publish.” ica for her novel Amba, said that and men others, said Shamsie, “It’s Pasion-Flores said that as a n a talk with women writers she was very happy to have won the way the books are being read.” publisher she is always on the Ifrom the Asia Pacific region, the prize because “the greatest She has noticed that writers from lookout for women’s writing and three authors discussed the val- challenge for a writer in Indone- Pakistan, such as Mohsin Hamid when she is in the process of edit- ue of women’s prizes, stories by sia is to be heard. Not much of our or Nadeem Aslam often have a ing a book she looks closely “at the women, how women authors are literature has traveled.” However, strong romantic line in their nov- treatment of women’s characters. read, and how social and political she said, “I don’t think any wom- els. But it has been pointed out to If I find something offensive, we tensions in their countries affect en would like to be undervalued her that as a female author, even will discuss this with the writer. their writing. or overlooked for [simply] being a if she writes about politics, the It’s to help bring out a great story One of the speakers, Paki- woman but at the same time they romantic side is talked up and the all the while with careful reading.” stani-British author Kamila Sham- don’t like to be encumbered by just political side downplayed, contrary Even in her own work, a col- sie, won the 2018 Women’s Prize that, being a woman. That is the to male authors. lection of short stories called For for Fiction for her novel Home Fire. paradox.” Nevertheless, said Pamuntjak, Love and Kisses, she found she had She said that she felt the prize—set It’s important for there to be “the world is experiencing a seis- been affected by the social culture up in 1996 to counter the lack of women’s prizes, said short-sto- mic shift on how we pay atten- in the Philippines where “there is women on literary prize lists—has ry writer Andrea Pasion-Flores, tion to women. Even I have been a deeply ingrained sense of shame shown how “action can transform a former literary agent, and cur- affected by heightened feminist among women and women should literary culture. Some people think rently general manager of Anvil awareness.” be seen and not heard.” progress and action come with the Publishing in the Philippines. Pa- And what about gender im- There have been recent events passage of time, but I believe you sion-Flores has also noticed that balance in publishing? In 2015 in the Philippines in which wom- have to take action. In Britain, the the portrayal of women in Shamsie had published a provoc- en politicians have been publicly creation of Virago [a publisher of often “feels like they’re accessories ative article in the Guardian call- shamed, said Pasion-Flores and books by women] and this prize or not as well-developed as char- ing for 2018 to be a year in which there is an atmosphere of “toxic were part of this action. The num- acters.” A prize that recognizes only women writers should be masculinity . . . It has been accept- ber of women shortlisted for the how women write about women published, to redress the balance. ed that the macho attitude seems to [Man] Booker Prize rose expo- would fill a much-needed space, Although only the publisher And have paved the way for the type of nentially since the original Orange she added. “In the Philippines most Other Stories stepped up to the government we have right now.” [Women’s] Prize. We’re giving writers are expected to write about challenge, it made other publishers She is not sure, however that writ- women a platform. It’s meant a lot the nation, it has to be political or stop and look at their figures and ers have sufficient distance from to me as a woman, as a writer and historical. If you’re writing about realize that in fact they had been what is happening currently and as a feminist.” family, relationships, or your body, publishing more men. In the UK, doesn’t yet know if “the writing is Indonesian and author this is seen as less important than a said Shamsie, “Sometimes imper- ripe yet.” • Laksmi Pamuntjak, who won the big political story.” ative thinking just requires one

8 PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 CHILDREN’S BOOKS

CEO Talk: Sargent on Rowohlt and ‘Fire and Fury’

for Rowohlt in various roles since Rowohlt,” he said, “and I approved cease-and-desist effort, his first 2005 and had taken over the pub- the recent management change. . . . thought was, “We’re going to sell a lishing direction after the depar- I think the world of Barbara and shitload of books.” ture of Alexander Fest in 2014. I’m not going to sit here and say But he went on to reveal that She’s to be replaced on January 1 anything against her.” at their peak, pre-orders for the by Florian Illies—manager of the When asked if the change book on Amazon had run as high auction house Grisebach and an means that Holtzbrinck’s houses as 23,000 per hour. “This was un- author, himself. Many writers may be coming under a more cen- precedented,” Sargent said, “we have been loudly displeased. The tralized management regime, Sar- hadn’t seen it before. Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek was gent said, “I’m thinking of how to In general, the questions put quoted by Harry Nutt in the Ber- put this emphatically enough. The to him—by journalists whose news

Jon Sargent (Image: Johannes Minkus liner Zeitung saying, “Now another editorial decisions in the German outlets sponsor the Global Rank- woman has been dumped out like companies and the American com- ing of the Publishing Industry pro- rubbish. . . . We all share [her] fate, panies, in the UK company, and in duced by Rüdiger Wischenbart— By Porter Anderson we share it sisterly, because we are the Australian company, and in the were relatively mild, and elicited all worth nothing.” South African company, are made predictions from Sargent that print After taking care to first con- with enormous independence.” will survive digital challenges, and erhaps the most interesting el- gratulate Rowohlt—the publisher Sargent in the United States that long-form reading and story- Pement of the comments from of this year’s German Book Prize is now admired for showing cor- telling will weather the onslaught Macmillan CEO John Sargent on winner Archipel (Archipelago) by porate independence in January of electronic entertainment. Wednesday (October 10) at the Inger-Maria Mahlke—Sargent was when he responded to Donald His message was that reading, Frankfurter Buchmesse’s CEO guarded about the situation, which Trump’s effort to stop publication while challenged by many distrac- Talk had to do with the dismiss- has left many observers perplexed of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: tions, is safeguarded in today’s cul- al in late August of the head of as to why Laugwitz, seen as suc- Inside the Trump White House. He ture by its unique activation of the another Holtzbrinck publishing cessful, was sent packing. conceded, in answering Publishers consumer’s imagination. “We still house, Rowohlt. “I’m the guy who offered Weekly’s Andrew Albanese on the have 250-to-400-page books on Barbara Laugwitz had worked Barbara the job as publisher of issue that on hearing of Trump’s the shelf.” •

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PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 9 NEWS FROM THE FAIR

Quick Quotes: One-Question Interviews #fbm18: Tweets from Fair

Kenza Sefrioui Sofie Dewayani Journalist, Literary Critic, Editor, Executive Director, Litara En Toutes Lettres Q: Tell us about your publishing house? Q: Can you tell us about the books you brought A: Litara is an NDO founded in 2014 focused on to the fair? publishing children’s books to promote literacy A: This book [Islam et Femmes] is about import- in our country, especially in remote areas. Our ant issues about women and Islam. It won a books have quality illustration, with little text so prize in Morocco and just published the paper- it’s easier to read. These kinds of books are not back version in France. . . . We have four books provided in Indonesia by commercial publishing. about women’s issues because we think it’s im- Some of our books have won awards like those portant. One of the books has several stories awarded in Singapore, Slovakia, Korea, and The of feminine conditions in our country, another White Ravens in Germany. We’re a small pub- provides research on female strawberry pickers lisher of 4 people and some illustrators and some in Spain that are victims of a dangerous system; designers. We do a lot of online marketing and they are sexually harassed, abused, and raped and collaborate with schools, other NDOs, and gov- paid under wages. Another is on how to live to- ernment literacy projects. gether in Morocco and takes you through diffi- Our most popular book is A Playground in cult points of living together, such as the issue of My Wardrobe because of the quality of illustra- equality of men and women. Social justice is the tions and how it portrays a girl going on one main question of our work. adventure to another in her batik, a traditional dress in Indonesia.

Itzel Hsu Catalina González Restrepo Literary Agent, The Grayhawk Agency Poet and Editor, Luna Libros

Q: What books are popular in Taiwan today? Q: Tell us about Luna Libros. A: One title that is very huge in Taiwan right A: Luna Libros is an independent publishing now—it’s about education and how parents house founded in 2008. We publish books about should treat their children. Each family has their the geography, history, and main biographies of own kind of unhappiness. The TV series is an , and the humanities (mostly phi- anthology loosely based on the book. It’s kind losophy and history). We also publish , of like Black Mirror, and it’s on TV and Netflix. essays, and narrative nonfiction . . . One of our The book is called On Children—the title was in- new books is The Forgotten Irish Who Changed the spired by a poem—and it’s the #1 bestseller for Face of Latin America—the Irish were very im- many weeks. It was published a few years ago but portant for the independence of our countries. It after the TV series came out, the TV series tie-in was launched at the Guadalajara Book Fair. helped make it a bestseller. Interviews by Amanda Orozco

10 PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 EPUB DEVELOPMENT

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Ivan Herman, W3C, speaks on Web standards (Image: Mark Piesing)

By Mark Piesing EPUB that will bring it closer to current Web standards,” says Her- man, “and put right some of the eveloping standards re- mistakes of the last update, such as “Dquires a lot of tea, coffee, restoring the backward compati- and violence,” says Ivan Herman, bility with earlier versions. technical lead for publishing at “But there are plenty of chal- W3C. Herman was the keynote lenges with EPUB3. It is still root- speaker at the busy “Internet For ed in the XML world even though Publishers: What W3C can do for it has largely been abandoned. us?” presentation at the Frankfurt- There are content types that can’t er Buchmesse on Wednesday. be represented in EPUB such as The World Wide Web Con- audiobooks.” sortium (W3C) is an international An EPUB3 file can be seen as community that sees itself as the a frozen and packaged Web site— stewards of the open standards which causes problems. that ensure the long-term growth “Some publishers are not inter- of the Web. Tim Berners-Lee, the ested in packaging content. They inventor of the internet, is the want to publish on the Web. There director of W3C. They are sup- is a split in the community. This ported by a diverse ecosystem that split means that EPUB is often ig- includes big tech companies like nored by non-book publishers. Discover and buy international rights and permissions online Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, “Other publishers just want and publishers like Penguin Ran- more complex layouts.” dom House, HarperCollins, and The purpose of what Herman Hachette. calls EPUB4 is to address these “The world of publishing and challenges. Rights Buyers may enter our daily Book Fair competition the Web are not two different “The future is EPUB4. You to stand a chance of winning a 100€ drinks voucher worlds,” says Herman. “Many of will be able to publish in a brows- to use in the bar at the Frankfurter Hof! the issues raised by the publishing er or specialist reader, whatever industry are relevant to the web in the requirements of the business general.” model, and be displayed properly. These issues include accessibil- It should be able to be read online ity, and offline access. or offline. Any content that can be One of the critical goals of interpreted on the Web, like au- Every day at the Frankfurt Book Fair W3C is to develop and promote diobooks, should be functionally EPUB, ebook format used by compatible.” we will be picking one lucky winner iBooks, Kobo, Google Play, and a However, he concedes that it submission format for Kindle. does represent an “architectural Essential to achieving this goal challenge.” To stand a chance of winning... is the new version of EPUB—ver- The bottom line is, he says, sion 3.2—that is coming out soon, that “publications—with all their Simply register as a buyer for FREE by visiting: followed by a more radical update specialities and tradition—should of EPUB4 in the future. become first-class entities on the iprlicense.com/account/buyers “EPUB3.2 is an update of Web.” • IPR Stand, Hall 4.2, E19 [email protected] PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 11 VOICES FROM THE FAIR

What About Brexit? UK Publishers Weigh In

Micheál Ó Conghaile Jamie Joseph John Davies Simon Winder Bill Scott-Kerr and Julian Alexander

Micheál Ó Conghaile, Martinière called A Short History the Czech Republic and Slovenia. be fine, it could be disastrous. If a Director, Literature and of Birds. Birds are the original low- Now it takes us only three days to book is printed in Italy, how will Music from Ireland, Galway, skilled workers . . . But to be seri- truck books to the UK. What will it get into the UK? Everyone is in Ireland: ous, I think Brexit is going to be a happen afterwards? Are there go- denial. There is a worry that things “The whole thing is daft. It’s going disaster. Books and government ing to be border checks?” may grind to a halt, but then may- to cause so many problems in trade are doing very well and the one be not. The thing is, the last time between north and south. I think weird silver lining of the world go- Simon Winder, Publishing anything like this happened we some sort of border controls are ing to hell is that people are buying Director, Penguin Press: were still using carbon copies and inevitable. If we’re sending books books to explain what is going on.” “We’re neurotic about it because Roneo machines…” to the North, it could slow things we’re not quite sure what it means. up. I’m still hoping for a U-turn.” John Davies, co-owner, My worry is that we have a fa- Bill Scott-Kerr, Transworld, Grub Street: tal lack of expertise. No one can and agent Julian Alexander, Jamie Joseph, Senior “We’re starting to get worried remember what it was like be- a joint statement: Commissioning Editor, WH because we do a lot of printing in fore [Britain joined the European “We know what it all means—but Allen/Ebury: Europe. What might happen after Economic Community—which we just can’t tell you…” “I’m very excited about a book I’ve frightens us. At the moment we do became the European Union—in just bought from Editions de la most of our printing in the EU, in 1973]. We’re all guessing—it could Interviews by Roger Tagholm

A Megaphone for African Publishers at the Fair

By Porter Anderson “African publishing” at the cen- ter of the topic, as it is often the case, because this always involves ew to Frankfurt this year, the a listing of African publishers’ NPavillon des Lettres d’Afrique problems. This is absolutely un- can be found in Hall 5.1 B125 and derstandable as the problems are might be thought of as a hub for real, but we don’t want to miss African publishing at the fair. the essence of FBM here: a place The area includes a central dedicated to the international pub- stage program of some 30 events lishing business, in which African on African publishing and exhib- publishing has always been repre- itors from 19 countries in Africa. sented, even if discreetly. Raphaël Thierry interviews an African publisher on stage at the Pavillon des Lettres d’Afrique (Image: Johannes Minkus) Publishing Perspectives spoke African publishers are not less with Raphael Thierry, who is in or more than other publishers: charge of the Pavillon’s program- they defend authors’ voices, edito- book market. bution to world literature, which ming, which at Frankfurt is subti- rial policies, look to make the best I also want to stress the “Ind- paradoxically lacks publishing di- tled “Changing the Narrative.” of their market, hopefully to sell or aba” moments of our program, versity. Publishing Perspectives: buy rights. which are related to publishers Publishers like Cassava Repub- What is the intent of this program? PP: Can you give us an over- presenting their catalogues to lic in Nigeria, Amalion in Sene- Raphaël Thierry: We ques- view of the program? other professionals, and making a gal, Mkuki na Nyota in Tanzania, tioned several African publishers RT: Lettres d’Afrique is not connection with the Zimbabwean Elyzad in Tunisia, Ifrikiya in Cam- from Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, a space centered on a single lan- International Book Fair, which is eroon, East African Educational and Guinea about their needs in guage, and so the narrative is not asking the question, “What about Publishers in Kenya, and hundreds Frankfurt. Obviously they were one of a single language, neither an ‘African Frankfurt?’ ” of others prove this through their interested in gaining stronger visi- is it a single focus on Africa. We PP: How is African literature existence. • bility to facilitate their networking don’t want to create an African isle progressing in the world industry? during the book fair. in Frankfurt, but to bring a global RT: Progress starts by consid- The challenge was to build dialogue on African publishing’s ering it not as simply an “African Visit the Pavillon des Lettres a program that will not put relationship with the international matter” but as a necessary contri- d’Afrique in Frankfurt: Hall 5.1 B125

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PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2018 13 AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

Russian Author Dmitry Glukhovsky’s Cyber-Noir Novel

By Porter Anderson cynical, and proudly immoral caste charged, having the relationships of Russian rulers.” between the rulers and the ruled as The book opens in 2016 with its main point. The next novel I’ve f you have yet to hear the name Ilja’s return to Moscow after seven got plans for is not political at all— IDmitry Glukhovsky, he wants to years of detention. A huge mistake but then, I continue writing col- assure you, “You’ll hear of me yet.” puts him on the receiving end of a umns for Russia’s last independent This September, the Mos- dead man’s smartphone: text mes- newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, and cow-born author flew from Burn- sages, videos, and calls from his for a few European newspapers, ing Man in Nevada to Europe to family, his drug accomplices, his including Frankfurter Allgemeine promote the German edition of girlfriend. Ilja is being drawn into Zeitung and Gazeta Wyborcza. And his latest book, Text (published by another person’s identity. these columns are very political.” Europa Verlag on September 12). “Text,” Glukhovsky tells Pub- While both Text and Tales of Since the book’s original Rus- lishing Perspectives, “is an attempt to the Motherland have yet to be trans- sian publication by Eksmo in mid- draw a very scrupulous portrait of lated to English, Glukhovsky’s 2017, translation rights to Text today’s Russia. Because, strangely better-known and most popular have already sold into at least 14 enough, very few Russian authors work, the Metro saga, began with territories, with more deals on the today seem to care—or dare—to his first book, Metro 2033, which way, according to Glukhovksy’s describe our present tense. They he self-published online in 2002. literary agent, Bettina Nibbe. tend to look back or try to look for- The book was developed into a Text is classified as a cyber-noir ward. They choose to ignore the video game, has been translated novel set in contemporary Rus- now. And this seemingly so-stable into 37 languages, and sold more sia—“a corrupt state,” as the book’s Russia actually contains so many than 3 million copies. In February, descriptive copy puts it, with “a de- contradictions and tensions under the Metro Exodus PC game is to be Dmitry Glukhovsky at the fair: caying value system.” the surface.” released, and other authors now For better or worse, Gluk- Text, Glukhovsky says, “isn’t are creating new content in The PP Talk: Dmitry Glukhovsky hovsky shows no fear in address- my first political book. Tales of the Universe of Metro 2033 franchise, Thursday, 11 October ing the Kremlin and, as he puts Motherland,” a collec- which saw 70 books published by 10:30–11:00 a.m. International Stage, Hall 5.1 A128 it, “the ever-rotting, pretentious, tion, “was even more politically October 2015. •

FEP Rendez-vous Addresses EU Copyright Directive

By Porter Anderson ahead of the final vote in January on copyright reform. The FEP sees this legislation as fundamental for oday (Thursday October 11) the sustainability of EU’s cultural Tat 1:30 p.m., the Federation and creative sectors. of European Publishers (FEP) wel- comes Axel Voss—Member of the Axel Voss: ‘Very Optimistic‘ European Parliament and rappor- teur for copyright in the EU’s Dig- In an exchange with Voss, he tells ital Single Market negotiations—to Publishing Perspectives that he’s up- the annual FEP Rendez-vous in beat about where the effort lies Rudy Vanschoonbeek: Michael Healy: ‘The Clock the Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Con- this autumn, as the FEP convenes Effects for Publishers Is Ticking’ gress Center. in Frankfurt: “I am very optimistic The FEP’s newly installed pres- that we will finalize this file early Some observers have found it Michael Healy, Executive Director ident, Rudy Vanschoonbeek, and next year. The result of the vote worrisome that the Copyright Di- of International Relations at Copy- Mariya Gabriel, European Com- of September 12th showed that a rective isn’t directly applicable to right Clearance Center, has been missioner for the Digital Economy large majority of the parliament book publishing. monitoring the votes in the Euro- and Society, will also be there to sees the need for this reform.” “It’s obvious that the provi- pean Parliament quite carefully. discuss the developments around Voss is also eager to quell the sions on illustration for teaching, “There’s consensus that the the Copyright Directive element fears of those who worry that free- text, and data mining and preser- recent vote in the European Par- of the EU’s Digital Single Market. dom of speech could be affected by vation as well as out of commerce liament,” Healy says, “was a victory In a vote widely hailed as sup- the final form of the Copyright Di- will have an impact on the book for rights holders and a setback for portive of Europe’s creative indus- rective. “The freedom of speech is sector,” Vanschoonbeek says, with the Big Tech platforms,” he says. tries, the EU Copyright Directive not limited at all,” he says. “We just “teachers using a few pages, a map “Everyone is keenly aware that was approved in a September 12 want to avoid copyright infringe- to illustrate their classes, research- the clock is ticking. European Par- plenary vote by members of the ments—and they have never been ers mining the content they have liamentary elections will be held in European Parliament. covered by the [right to] freedom access to or libraries preserving May 2019, so there’s some urgency The hard work now is to come of speech.” books in their collections.” to get everything completed.” •

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