News Summary: Frankfurt Book Fair to Feature Comics Business Center; Print Still Leads Digital Reading

I am not a huge comics and graphic novel reader (too many books already on the TBR pile, but the fact we have a huge graphic novel bookshop in Oxford that I walk past every day means I am sure it will happen), but it's part of the market I am always interested to follow because it's one where there's so much potential for indies to do something new and exciting (and successful), especially online with the growth of platforms like Naver Webtoon.
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#audiobooks #comics #ebookreading #FrankfurtBookFair #graphicnovels

Frankfurt Guest of Honor: Czech Publisher Readies Top Titles for German-language Readers

Prague-based publishing house Paseka has been focusing intensely on its foreign rights sales.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/03/frankfurt-guest-of-honor-czech-publisher-readies-top-titles-for-german-language-readers/

#FrankfurtBookFair #GuestofHonor #GuestofHonorCzechRepublic #Paseka #PavlnaJurakov

Ukraine’s Chytomo Celebrates Its 2025 Literary Award Winners

Amid a brutal war, bone-chilling subzero temperatures, and widespread blackouts, the winners of the third annual Ukrainian Chytomo Awards, given to individuals and organizations for outstanding achievements in book publishing, were honored at…
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/02/ukraines-chytomo-celebrates-its-2025-literary-award-winners/

#Awards #Chytomo #FrankfurtBookFair #Germany #IrynaBaturevych

Zoya Miari’s Perspective: Words are Free. They Cannot Be Occupied.

Palestinian-Ukrainian peace activist and author Zoya Miari shares her experience attending Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025 and how it reminded her of the impact we can have on the world around us.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/zoya-miaris-perspective-words-are-free-they-cannot-be-occupied/

#FrankfurtBookFair #FrankfurterBuchmesse #GuestofHonorPhilippines #Palestine #Storytelling

At Sharjah’s Publishers Conference: PublisHers’ Support

The six-year-0ld international network for professional women in book publishing, PublisHer, has made its first appearance cince Frankfurt, here in Sharjah.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/at-sharjahs-publishers-conference-publishers-support/

#BodourAlQasimi #FrankfurtBookFair #PublisHerWomeninPublishing #Sharjah #SharjahInternationalBookFair

At Frankfurt: A Quick Talk on the UN’s ‘Act Now’ Campaign

With the UN Sustainability Development Goals stalling, publishers look for ways they can move things forward, themselves: 'Act Now.'
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/at-frankfurt-a-quick-talk-on-the-uns-act-now-campaign/

#Brazil #FrankfurtBookFair #Italy #KarinePansa #SDG

David Moelemans at France’s Aux forges de Vulcain

At Paris' Les Forges de Vulcain, David Moelemans likes to buy an international text prior to its translation, to work on the editing.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/10/david-moelemans-aux-forges-de-vulcain/

#France #FrankfurtBookFair #IndependentPublishing #Rights

At Italy’s Lucca Comics & Games, AIE Reports Fast Growth

AIE says the Italian comics market is showing superpowered dynamics among consumers, tripling its punch in six years.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/10/at-italys-lucca-comics-games-aie-reports-fast-growth/

#AssociationofItalianPublishers #Comics #Europe #FrankfurtBookFair #Games

Nicolás Leyton on Frankfurt’s 2027 Guest of Honor Chile

Ahead of Chile's turn as Frankfurt's 2027 guest of honor, Nicolás Leyton advises keeping the breadth of the Latin American context in mind.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/10/nicolas-leyton-on-frankfurts-2027-guest-of-honor-chile/

#FrankfurtBookFair #FrankfurtRightsMeeting #GuestofHonor #GuestofHonorChile #Rights