Frankfurt Book Fair October 12-16, 2011 Messe Frankfurt – Hall 5.1 C 902 Frankfurt, Germany www.buchmesse.de The leading Italian publishers will present their latest works in both traditional print and multimedia at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Booth C 902, showcasing the latest titles on art, architecture, language, literature, archaeology, cooking, natural science, children’s literature and illustrated books. Visitors will have the opportunity to … Continued
The Osservatorio della Lingua Italiana, which promotes the diffusion of the teaching of Italian language and culture in the United States, as well as the promotion of student participation in the Advanced Placement Program in Italian, has launched its new website US Speaks Italian www.usspeaksitalian.org. With this portal, the Osservatorio aims to increase interest in the Italian language, especially through the most popular social networks … Continued
If you loved Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir Eat Pray Love, you must read Un Romano per amico. Mangia, prega, ama a Roma (Rizzoli) by Luca Spaghetti, Gilbert’s tour guide in Rome. Those who couldn’t understand the title beyond “mangia” (i.e. don’t read Italian) are in luck! The English translation, titled Un Amico Italiano* Eat, Pray, Love, in Rome (*An Italian Friend), is now available from … Continued
A panoramic overview of publishing in Italy and today’s challenges, including the impact of new technologies. https://bookexpocast.com/2011/06/27/publishing-in-italy-an-overview/
<iframe width=”420″ height=”345″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/D0z8svp-0JE” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> “Increasing rights sales in Italy: The case of children’s publishing,” as presented at the Global Market Forum at BEA 2011.
<iframe width=”420″ height=”345″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/P5v0PdTDQ6A” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> “Italian publishing: export efforts in a difficult market, ” as presented at the Global Market Forum at BEA 2011.
Watch this BEA video podcast for hot trends in Italy, where a great deal of fiction is in translation, and the majority is in English. Hear about Italian author success stories in the US and the new faces of Italian literature coming across the pond. This session featured Michael Reynolds, Europa Editions; Maria Leonardi, nottetempo; Paolo Zaninoni, Rizzoli; and Chad Post, University of Rochester, … Continued
Riccardo Cavallero, General Manager, Trade Books Division of Mondadori Group, will be among the publishing executives from Europe, Asia, and Latin America who will deliver perspectives on the state of digital change from around the world at the eBooks Around the World conference. The panelists will discuss the barriers to ebook uptake everywhere and what publishers, in particular, can do to make the transition … Continued
<iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/37122811?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0″ width=”400″ height=”225″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/37122811″>iBiennale</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/log607″>LOG607</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> Tech-savvy attendees of the Venice Biennale can enhance their experience with iBiennale, the official iPad and iPhone application of the Venice Biennale, created by LOG607 and Marsilio Editori. The new 2011 version of the application, containing an enhanced catalog of the 54th International Art Exhibition directed by Bice Curiger, … Continued
ARROW (Accessible Registries of Rights Information and Orphan Works) is a system – developed by a European consortium coordinated by AIE – to help libraries with the identification of rights status and rights holders in digital library programs. The system is based on a pro-active search of rights holders for works eligible for inclusion in any digitization program, and indirectly is a tool for … Continued
