Scandinavia’s Crime Lords: Stockholm’s Salomonsson Agency
The Salomonsson Agency is credited helping turn Scandinavian crime fiction into a global phenomenon. But is it over? They say 'nej!'
View ArticleShould Agents Be Blamed for Stealing Authors, Switching Houses?
Finding the best financial deal for authors is the main reason agents exist. If so, should they be blamed for doing their job when they betray presumed loyalty?
View ArticleNovellix, Dejavu Push Publishing Innovation in Sweden
The Big Three may dominate Swedish publishing, but innovation is happening on the periphery at start-ups like short-form publisher Novelix and POD provider Dejavu.
View ArticleTelegram CEO Says Sweden Moving Too Slow in Digital Sweepstakes
'It’s sad, but sometimes I really long for Amazon,' muses Per Näsholm, CEO of Sweden's Telegram, company that combines books and music, print and digital.
View ArticleIs the Swedish Academy Losing Credibility?
Bad behavior and lapses in judgement in awarding various Nobel Prizes over the years threaten to diminish the Swedish Academy's esteem.
View ArticleOne Year of Translating, Selling Swedish Literature Direct
Stockholm Text, a young publishing house translating and publishing Swedish literature in English, share lessons learned from their first year in business.
View ArticleBologna Children’s Book Fair Celebrates 50 Years
A preview of the 50th Bologna Book Fair includes the TOC Bologna program, Sweden as the Guest of Honor Country, and a list of award winners recognized during the fair.
View ArticleBook Discovery and Blind Dates
True online book discovery requires serendipity, which can't be programmed. The process is more going on a blind date and then falling in love with someone else.
View ArticleArgentine Isol Takes Home World’s Largest Children’s Lit Prize
The Argentine illustrator known as Isol has won the world’s largest award for children’s literature, the 5m-kroner (roughly $766,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
View ArticlePublishNews Brazil: Brasilia Debates the Future of Digital Publishing
In this week's PublishNews Brazil: Brasilia's debate on future of digital publishing, FNLIJ's awards for kid's lit, and the Gothenburg Book Fair's focus on Brazil in 2014.
View ArticleFinland’s Philip Teir on Bilingual Publishing and the Global Novel
Published simultaneously in Finnish and Swedish, Philip Teir's debut, The Winter War: A Novel of Marriage, uses the ennui of a heavy Helsinki winter to represent the global zeitgeist.
View ArticleStartup Atingo Promises “Radical” Approach to E-Book Library Lending
Swedish startup Atingo, a collaboration between Publit and Axiell, offers a platform for real-time negotiation of ebook lending rights between libraries and publishers.
View ArticleSelf-Publishing and the Industry: Implications and Impact
A discussion with nine experts from Frankfurt Academy's CONTEC 2013 interactive learning lab on self-publishing's implications for the industry.
View ArticleWhat Can or Cannot Be Said About Romanian Literature? Plenty
Romanian literature is having a moment on the world stage, as exemplified by its frequent focus at global book fairs, including last week's in Göteborg. We survey the scene.
View ArticleGöteborg Book Fair: Sweden’s Global Gathering of Book Lovers
Last week's Göteborg Book Fair offered an overview of and new insights into what's hot and what's next in Swedish literature and publishing. Saskia Vogel reports.
View ArticleLove, Death, and Nuclear Physics: What’s Hot in the Cool North
Scandinavian publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair discuss their favorite titles for the fall, for which they are selling the rights to global territories at the fair.
View ArticleEther for Authors: Where Is Publishing’s Jetpack?
A look at a the week's round of web musing on the future of publishing in concept, creative work, and technical production, after Frankfurt Book Fair.
View ArticleSweden Shifting Away from Crime, While UK Seeks Sure Things
Sweden is shifting away from the acute focus on crime toward both quirkier and more literary titles, while in the UK risk-averse publishers are seeking surefire hits.
View ArticleNew Boutique Publishers Return to the “Essence” of Publishing
France's Allary Éditions and Sweden's Haute Culture Books promise a return to the 'essence' of publishing, producing books with greater care and exuberance.
View ArticleAmazon’s Entry into Sweden Delayed by Lack of Domain Name
A businesswoman in Sweden who refuses to sell the domain name Amazon.se to Amazon.com is delaying the imminent launch of the bookseller in the country. The post Amazon’s Entry into Sweden Delayed by...
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