(VIDEO) In this episode of IPNE’s Indie Office Hours series, IPNE co-president Charlotte Pierce talks to IBPA COO Terry Nathan about foreign rights and the Frankfurt Book Fair. Terry and IBPA’s Executive Director, Angela Bole, both attended the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair in order to represent IBPA member titles. You can read about their experience in the IBPA …

(BLOG POST) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director — In 1985, IBPA was privileged to represent our members’ titles at the Frankfurt Book Fair for the very first time. Without looking back, we’ve continued to represent every year since. To give you a sense of time passing, here are a few other things that also …

(BLOG POST) By Angela Bole, IBPA Executive Director– Anyone who says the book industry is dead has never been to the Frankfurt Book Fair! During the 2013 Fair, held October 9-13 in Frankfurt, Germany, over 7,300 exhibitors and 276,000 visitors convened in Frankfurt’s Messe (Messe = “Fair”) for international conversations about the book, both public …

(BLOG POST) by Thomas Woll — (Originally published in IBPA’s Independent.) Has selling foreign rights changed in today’s digital world? The answer is yes—and no. Some changes have made it easier for publishers to handle foreign rights internally. And some actions have stayed the same, including the steps you need to take to achieve success. …