October 28, 2010 - Over the past few years, the world of book publishing has gone through a lot of changes: the rise in popularity of ebooks, the decline of both Borders and Barnes & Noble, the impact of the financial crisis on author advances, the impact of the financial crisis on advertising budgets, the radical decimation of book-review sections in newspapers, the advent of online review sources.

Putting some of these trends into a global context, Yana Genova (NextPage Foundation), Steve Dolph (Spanish translator, publisher of CALQUE), and Chad W. Post (publisher of Open Letter Books) will discuss the future of publishing literature in translation here and abroad. Sharing statistics, anecdotes, and translation excerpts, these three young publishing people will examine the state of international publishing today, touching on the difficulties associated with publishing translations, the advantages afforded by new models of publishing, and possibilities of what the future might hold.

(This event is hosted by Open Letter and University of Rochester Arts & Sciences. It is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.)

For more information on, visit: http://openletterbooks.org

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17.10.09
“Discover Macedonia”
Promotion of British-language edition of Macedonian Knot by the former German Ambassador to Macedonia Hans-Lothar Steppan was the centrepiece event at the Macedonian stand at the weekend. This is about the translated and updated edition which, Steppan explained, he has complemented with data he had not had available in English archives. According to the former Ambassador, His motivation to write the book was the permanently unjust policy towards Macedonia.

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At the time this video was made, N was 17 years old and had just come through the other side of a traumatic ordeal that forced her to sacrifice her friendships, her relationship with her mother, and nearly her life.

In this video, a child born and raised in the organization of Jehovahs Witnesses tells her story of escape and the road to recovery and adjustment. While being pressured to make a stand to get baptized as an ordained minister of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, a lifetime commitment to peddle WT publications at every opportunity, she instead made a firm decision to stand against a insidious source of emotional and mental cruelty, of spiritual abuse. She courageously withstood tremendous conflict and the persecution of her young heart and mind by friends and family members to emerge liberated from the bonds of the cult of the publishing corporation, the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society.

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A “negative campaign ad”/book trailer for the noir fantasy novel Finch by Jeff VanderMeer. Finch is set in the imaginary city of Ambergris and has received rave reviews from the likes of the Washington Post and LA Times. http://www.jeffvandermeer.com and http://www.finchthenovel.com/readers.

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A light and hasty review on some Industrial Marketing Books available out there.

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Comedian and magician John Lenahan tells Creative Choices about generating publishers’ interest in his novel by podcasting it in chapters and gaining thousands of fans online first, and how aspiring authors need to change their methods in our free download culture.

You can also watch the video and read the transcript here:
http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/choices-tv/literature-tv/video-marketing-your-book

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A devilish debut by a brother-sister team, invites us into the world of the elite Marlowe School, where some gifted students are having a of a year.

By Daniel and Dina Nayeri — Available August 2009!!
Excerpt available at www.candlewick.com.

One night, in cities all across Europe, five children vanish — only to appear, years later, at an exclusive New York party with a strange and elegant governess. Rumor and mystery follow the Faust teenagers to the citys most prestigious high school, where they soar to suspicious heights with the help of their benefactors extraordinary “gifts.” But as the students claw their way up — reading minds, erasing scenes, stopping time, stealing power, seducing with artificial beauty — they start to suffer the sideeffects of their own addictions. And as they make further deals with the devil, they uncover secrets more shocking than their most unforgivable sins. At once chilling and wickedly satirical, this contemporary reimagining of the Faustian bargain is a compelling tale of ambition, consequences, and ultimate redemption.

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WEBSITE: http://www.teachertube.com John OBrien publisher of the Dalkey Press spoke at the University of Houston Victoria in March 2009 and commented on the impact the university is having in the publishing community

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Book promotion trailer for the book, “Among the Hidden,” by Margaret Peterson Haddix.

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