Federation of European Publishers

Tales of EUkraine

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THE PROJECT

The war in Ukraine has provoked a huge humanitarian crisis; one of its most evident aspects is the massive influx of refugees, mainly women and children, leaving the country. These people will likely not have been able to take many things with them, and definitely not books.

Tales of EUkraine (TEUk) will address the issue with a solution that will favour the integration of Ukrainian refugees in their host countries, notably by facilitating the inclusion of children and their building relationships with peers from host countries, while supporting the Ukrainian publishing industry.

The project has built a catalogue of Ukrainian children's books, the rights of which will be made available for licensing to several publishers from various EU Member States currently hosting significant numbers of refugees. The publishers, under the coordination and supervision of the respective national publishers' associations, will acquire the rights to the books, translate them and publish bilingual editions in Ukrainian and the country's language. TEUk is expecting to print at least 300,000 books.

The publishers' associations and FEP will acquire the copies produced by the publishers at cost, and organise their distribution, relying on NGOs, voluntary associations, and other entities, to deliver the books to a series of beneficiaries such as schools, libraries and other hubs and venues where they will be made available to their ultimate beneficiaries: Ukrainian refugee children and their peers in the host countries.

Thanks to TEUk, refugee children will be able to both retain a connection with the culture of their home country and share it with their new friends in host countries, thus facilitating their inclusion and increasing the knowledge of Ukrainian culture across Europe. At the same time, the project will support Ukrainian authors, illustrators, and publishers in a time of dire need, facilitating their connection with European publishers.

THE CATALOGUE

Tales of EUkraine Catalogue - Frankfurt Rights Portals

CONTACTS

Twitter: @TalesofEUkraine
Facebook: Tales of EUkraine
Instagram: @Talesofeukraine

PARTNERS

FEP-FEE – Federation of European Publishers – Belgium

FEP (Federation of European Publishers) is an independent, non-commercial umbrella association representing 29 national associations of book, learned journal and educational resource publishers, from all over Europe. FEP deals with European legislation and advises publishers' associations on copyright and other legislative issues; it acts on behalf of its members with the Institutions of the European Union. FEP works in close collaboration with the EU Institutions to ensure that high-quality European content is available to European consumers. FEP has extensive experience with EU-funded projects that promote innovation and skills development in the publishing sector.

AIE – Italian Publishers Association - Italy

AIE (Italian Publishers Association - Associazione Italiana Editori) is the association for Italian book publishers since 1869 with around 400 members, representing 90% of the total national book sector. Thanks to its economic research department the Association is the main data source on reading habits, the publishing market, as well as cultural and educational consumption, essential drivers of national growth. AIE takes part in the most important book fairs in Italy and worldwide where it organizes collective stands and is involved in a number of European projects concerning training, technological innovation, books and reading promotion, frequently as Coordinator.

AIE - Associazione Italiana Editori

PIK – The Polish Book Chamber – Poland
PIK (The Polish Book Chamber), representing 149 publishers and 70% of the Polish market value, works for the development of good manners of players in the publishing and bookselling market in their business relations. By bringing together competing subjects, it tries to instil the need for cooperation and solidarity between them.
PIK organises regular training for booksellers, helping them to acquire e-commerce knowledge, financed by the Ministry of Culture. Together with other European organisations, PIK participates in works on adapting copyright law to the requirements of the developing digital market, equalising the VAT rate for e-books with preferential VAT rates for books on carriers, and fights against online piracy. PIK also runs projects promoting reading in Poland, financed by the Ministry of Culture in special programmes.

Strona główna (pik.org.pl)

BOEV - German Publishers and Booksellers Association - Germany
BOEV (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels - the German Publishers and Booksellers Association) is the leading national association of the German book industry. It works in the political and public arenas to further the interests of its roughly 5,000 members, which include booksellers, publishers, wholesalers and other media companies. The association was founded in Leipzig in 1825 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.
Börsenverein is both a trade association and a cultural organisation. It works on behalf of its members to create the best possible economic and political conditions for publishing and bookselling and to preserve Germany's longstanding policy of fixed book prices. In the realms of politics, education and science, Börsenverein actively promotes books as a leading cultural product in German society.
With Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest book fair worldwide, Börsenverein contributes to the international exchange of the sector and beyond.

Bundesverband - Börsenverein (boersenverein.de)

AER – The Romanian Publishers Association - Romania
AER (The Romanian Publishers Association) was founded in 1991. AER is currently composed of 72 members, and it is the main professional association for book publishers in Romania, which reunites publishing domains from the entire cultural spectrum. AER is the organizer of the Bookfest events, under the patronage of the Romanian Federation of Publishers, consisting of a series of 6 events in Bucharest, Timișoara, Târgu Mureș, Brașov, Cluj-Napoca and Chișinău (Republic of Moldova). The Bucharest 5-day edition gathers some 100.000 visitors, while the others range from 30.000 to 50.000 attendees. Moreover, the Bucharest edition has around 130 exhibitors, while the others range from 20 to 60 exhibitors. The Romanian Publishers Association is centred on promoting the reading and writing of quality books, facilitating readers' access to books in terms of costs and information, thus contributing to the free circulation of ideas, as well as integrating the Romanian culture and language into the global circuit of values.

Association of Romanian Publishers (aer.ro)

ABK – Bulgarian Book Association - Bulgaria

ABK (Bulgarian Book Association) is the only organization of book publishers, book distributors and book agents in Bulgaria. It is a non-profit organization, established in 1994. The Association has more than 130 members and it's responsible for over 90 % of the book publishing in Bulgaria. ABK's activities aim at sustainable development of the national book publishing, in compliance with European practices and standards, and to promote reading as a crucial precondition for individual development. ABK organizes several book fairs, such as Sofia International Book Fair, Sofia International Literary Festival, Sofia International Literary Festival for Children and Youngsters, and Book Alleys in several cities around the country. It also carries out the national reading campaign for kids, "The March of the Books". ABK represents Bulgaria in international book exhibitions, organizes seminars and training courses with the purpose of upgrading the qualification of publishers and providing better perspectives for reading to the general audience and to people with special needs. The organization works with governmental institutions to harmonize Bulgarian legislation with European standards.

Bulgarian Book Association (abk.bg)

ZVKS - Association of Publishers and Booksellers of the Slovak Republic- Slovakia
ZVKS (Združenie vydavateľov a kníhkupcov Slovenskej republiky - Association of Publishers and Booksellers of the Slovak Republic) is the only organization associating publishers and booksellers of Slovakia, since 1991. There are currently 85 member companies representing around 80% of the book trade market in Slovakia. There are several main areas of activities of ZVKS. It organizes educational events for publishers and booksellers, including conferences and seminars on topics as diverse as copyright law, social media marketing for bookshops or the development of the Slovak language.
ZVKS is on the panel of organizations consulted by the Slovak Ministry of Culture during the legislator process of new laws related to copyright, libraries system or position and rights of publishers. Finally, it co-organises programs and activities that support and promote books and reading to the public, including the biggest book fair in Slovakia (Biblioteka), attended by over 30,000 people in 2019.

Združenie vydavateľov a kníhkupcov Slovenskej republiky (zvks.sk)

UBI - The Ukrainian Book Institute - Ukraine
UBI (The Ukrainian Book Institute) is a Government Agency under the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine. It was founded in 2016 to form state policy in the book industry, promote book reading in Ukraine, support the book publishing industry, prompt translation activities and promote Ukrainian literature abroad.
The Ukrainian Book Institute implements professional programs for book industry agents and several projects within Ukraine to encourage reading among children and adults. UBI assists the communication process between publishers and foreign book market players and implements the Translation Support Program, thanks to which 115 Ukrainian literary works have been translated to more than 21 foreign languages and published in 24 countries in the last two years. Moreover, in cooperation with Ukrainian Institute and PEN Ukraine, the UBI launched the Dragoman Prize to support translators from Ukrainian into foreign languages. Recently, the Ukrainian Book Institute became a member of the European Network for Literary Translation ENLIT.

Ukrainian Book Institute (book-institute.org.ua)

DISCLAIMER

Tales of EUkraine is a Creative Europe project (101100131 - CREA-CULT-2022-COOP-2)

The project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Möbius

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RENEWING THE BOOK EXPERIENCE

Möbius started in March 2021 and will last until February 2024. It is co-funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 programme and aims to stimulate innovation in the publishing sector by leveraging the power of prosumers.

Möbius was born to invigorate European book publishing by remodeling traditional value chains and business models in the publishing sector. The main challenge that the Möbius partnership addresses is to embrace the prosumers' potential as valuable contributors and drivers of new products and services, including new enriched media experiences.

Möbius, coordinated by EURECAT, aims to contribute to a renewed and invigorated European publishing sector by providing it with methods and tools to leverage the potential of prosumers in innovation processes and thus guaranteeing user-centric and user-driven perspectives in the design and delivery of new enriched media experiences.

THE GOALS OF MÖBIUS:

1. Building a prosumer intelligence kit

By applying digital methods from computational social science, complemented by user studies, to analyse and learn from the vast open online communities of readers and writers.

The new prosumer intelligence toolkit will allow publishers to better understand how global readers are relating to books, their characters, storylines. Data analysis will be possible thanks to an interactive data visualization and a user-friendly dashboard for professional use.

2. Developing a prosumer Business model

By exploring and proposing new business models and ways for identifying and valuing prosumers contributions to the publishing value chains.

In strict compliance with existing IP and copyright legal frameworks, Möbius aims to illuminate governing logics that allow the creation of fair, sustainable, and productive relations with prosumers.

3. Creating the Möbius book

By designing and developing the software tools that will allow the production of new immersive and interactive book experiences.

The Möbius book will be a cross-media production that will integrate a digital version, a 3D audiobook (3D audio and binaural reproduction of the reading experience), and audiovisual content based on the book itself.

MÖBIUS SELECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Möbius has launched an Open Call for original and unpublished short fantasy stories by professional and amateur writers in Europe. An evaluation committee formed by project partners selected the manuscript to be published as a Möbius book. Each manuscript has been evaluated according to criteria relevant to the Möbius project, and the winning story will become one of Möbius Book immersive and cross-media experiences. you can read about them here

CONTACTS

MÖBIUS CONSORTIUM

Möbius has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 957185

Eudicom

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The Eudicom program is made to support publishers of comics in Europe in getting ready for distributing digital comics. The consortium partners, led by IZNEO, the leading European digital comics platform, will research and exchange their experience to offer an efficient capacity building programme primarily to publishers in Poland, Spain and Italy and promote the benefits to the other EU countries via the European Federation of Book publishers.

The project will make sure that comics publishers of European countries are on the same page regarding technology formats, distribution models and marketing opportunities in order to reach new audiences and make the most of revenues on the growing digital platforms in Europe and worldwide. You can now access Eudicom webinars here and Eudicom articles here.

Contacts
Eudicom website: eudicom.eu
Eudicom LinkedIn: Eudicom

Other partners

Izneo
Izneo is Europe's number one platform of digital comics with a catalog featuring publications from over 220 publishers and independent artists all over the world.
Izneo offers ad-free and 100% legal reading. We work with all actors in the comics world and provide a new source of revenue for publishers and authors.

Polskie Stowarzyszenie Komiksowe
The Polish Comics Association is an NGO's established in 2010. Its aim is to develop comic art in Poland. Since its inception, it has been organizing the Komiksowa Warszawa festival, numerous exhibitions and events promoting comics in Poland and abroad. Its brings together publishers, comic book authors, journalists and fans – all who care about the fate of Polish comics.

Associazione Italiana Editori
AIE is the association for Italian book publishers representing 90% of the national book sector. AIE services for book sector include market surveys, training courses, bibliographic data management, participation to book-fairs with collective stands; reading campaigns. AIE coordinates ALDUS UP, the network of European Book fairs and organizes the Book Fair of Small and Medium Publishers in Rome.

Federación de Gremios de Editores de España
The Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (FGEE) is a professional association under private law created in 1978 to represent and defend the general interests of the Spanish publishing sector.
At present, the FGEE groups the regional publishing associations of Andalusia, Castile and Leon, Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia, Madrid, Valencia, as well as AELLEC and National Association of Book and Teaching Material Publishers (ANELE).

creativeSHIFT

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Despite an amazing inventiveness and a multitude of creative startups, very few innovations in the field of content development end up having a substantial impact on a sector-wide or even European level. Structural barriers to innovation represent some of the greatest obstacles standing in the way of progress, and it's our goal to tackle these barriers. With creativeSHIFT we bring like-minded people from the creative industries together and pave the way for new innovative ideas that all content sectors can benefit from.

Our unique network consists of people from all over the EU with different backgrounds in content creation - from startup founders and game developers, publishers and authors, performing artists, festival organisers, animators and film producers, investors, university professors, accelerators and many more.

Our differences will help us navigate the coordinates of tomorrow's creative innovation ecosystem, all in pursuit of a sound future for Europe's creative landscape: thriving, resilient, securing cultural diversity and promoting healthy democracies and the ecologically sustainable development of Europe.

How creativeSHIFT brings content value to the next level

We have established ten taskforces that are working on cross-sectoral solutions for the following topics:

Fragmentation and silo mentality and Internationalisation as the basis for collaboration across content sectors as well as countries. Funding and financing to explore and increase financial opportunities. Visibility for making the creative sectors and their innovation potential visible and Attractivity to attract new talents and entrepreneurs. Mutually, Accelerators and incubators to help facilitate entrepreneurship. Adaption and reinvention to find new ways to reach the audience and strengthen the market position and new models of content creation to establish innovative concepts on how content can be created. As the current developments are heavily affecting the creative industries, we further address the UN sustainability goals as well as the effects of Covid-19.

The outcome of each taskforce can range from collaborative concepts, prototypes, event ideas, business models to policy recommendations and more. The outcomes of the project have been presented at the last Linecheck Festival in Milan, in November 2021 and at our concluding event online on 22nd February 2022 (a recording of which is available here)

Funded by the European Union

CreativeSHIFT was initiated by seven partners and is funded by the European Commission. The project was submitted to the call for "Platform(s) for cultural content innovation".

"Be revolutionary, be proud, be ambitious!" Dr. Christian Ehler, member of the European Parliament, encouraged us at our Inspirathon - and the creativeSHIFT community aims to live by it. One important goal is therefore to formulate recommendations for policy stakeholders, as a way to help build the best possible European innovation ecosystem for tomorrow's creative sectors.

Contacts:

Email: creativeshift@boev.de
creativeSHIFT platform: creativeSHIFT

Other partners

BÖRSENVEREIN GRUPPE
The Börsenvereinsgruppe provides advisory and practical services for the book and media industry. It comprises the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and its subsidiaries Frankfurter Buchmesse, MVB and mediacampus frankfurt.

MEDIA DEALS
Media Deals is a pan European Investment Network focusing on the Creative industries. We have built networks of private investors in the following creative sub segments: Audiovisual/XR; Music/Tech ; Gaming; Fashion Tech. We help investors willing to access quality deal flow and find co- investors.

MEDIAPRO
MEDIAPRO is a leading group in the European audiovisual sector, unique in content integration, production and audiovisual distribution. It provides the creativity and technical solutions necessary to design, produce and distribute any audiovisual or multi-channel project.

SPIELFABRIQUE
SpielFabrique is a gaming ecosystem supporter that aims to build cross-border collaborations within the video game industry in Europe. Our activity is based on three pillars: an acceleration programme to professionalize Indie Games Studios in Europe ; the organisation of coproduction markets in Europe and Africa to foster collaborations between Indie Games Studios across the borders, in order to strengthen the Indie Games industry ; and consultancy on Financing for video games in Europe. These three aim to reach one goal: make successful Indie Games Industry in Europe and Africa stronger and successful thanks to cross-border collaboration.

MUSIC INNOVATION HUB
A think tank, a production company and a consultancy for the music industry institutions, Music Innovation Hub incubates new artistic talents, develops training and vocational programmes, promotes international networking opportunities, supports innovation projects in music production, consumption, and distribution.

EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL
The European Music Council (EMC) is a European music network, comprising more than 75 members from 28 countries. The EMC is dedicated to the development and promotion of all genres and types of music in Europe. It advocates access to music for all and for freedom of musical expression across Europe.

SIDT Books - Sustaining and Innovating cultural Diversity in literary Translations

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The purpose of SIDT Books
Book culture and business in Europe excels in bringing a rich diversity of voices and narratives to often highly specialised and segmented audiences. Between printed books and various digital editions catered to readers and listeners of all strands, books are produced and consumed in increasingly varied ways and formats.
The vendors supporting these bookish offerings are often relatively small organisations. Due to both their size and their vocation as highly specialised cultural services, finding their audiences is a challenge in view of their limited resources.
In this situation, timely and continuous innovation is both a necessary and difficult task.
Researching new techniques and practices; experimenting with new models of authoring, production and distribution of books; and directly entertaining active communities of customers is difficult to balance with the daily professional obligations of a small company.
SIDT Books (which stands for Sustaining and Innovating cultural Diversity in literary Translation) aims to build bridges between proven innovators and practitioners.
With a mix of research and a set of hands-on training modules, SIDT Books has the skill to identify and disseminate relevant best practice models and market analyses for small and medium-sized book publishing and retail companies.

What SIDT Books has to offer
Building on research on market segments, trends and dedicated actors in the book translation publishing industry across Europe, SIDT Books proposes a set of professional training modules centred around proven business practices for authors, publishers, distributors and retailers.
Our goal for each training unit is to bring together decision makers, young talent, leading international industry experts and teachers to share their knowledge and skills as well as learn how to apply novel business practices.
SIDT Books has prepared four different training modules, each of which proposes a unique and distinct set of skills and methods to optimise workflows, marketing and the handling of multiple formats and business models in the book sector.

The training modules of around 10 to 12 hours each will be offered to interested practitioners, first between April and June 2021, and then a second time in the autumn of this year. Topics will range from “digitisation of the publishing workflow”, and “radical innovation” approaches, to “user-centric marketing” and “new business models”, notably in publishing operations specialising in translated fiction.
Each module will introduce a group of around 20 to 25 trainees to market overviews and practical case studies, elements of innovative business practices and hands-on group work. Experienced industry practitioners will act as trainers, together with professional moderators.
Participation in the modules is free but subject to submitting an application with a detailed questionnaire and a motivational letter, available (with more details on the project and the modules) at www.sidt-books.eu; the project management board will retain the final decision on applications.

SIDT is a joint initiative of Beletrina Academic Press, Ljubljana, Slovenia, the Federation of European Publishers, Brussels, Belgium, the Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, Madrid, Spain, Lietuvos Leidėjų Asociacija (Lithuanian Publishers' Association), Vilnius, Lithuania, and Rüdiger Wischenbart Content and Consulting, Vienna, Austria, as a project coordinator.
The project is co-funded under the Creative Europe programme by the European Commission.

The role of FEP in the project is to provide expertise from the book sector for the development of the training modules and to ensure wide dissemination of the project outcomes in the publishing community.

Contact and information:
SIDT Books
info@sidt-books.org
Rüdiger Wischenbart Content and Consulting
Laudongasse 50/7
1080 Wien, Austria
www.sidt-books.eu

ALDUS UP –European Book Fairs' Network

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Aldus Up builds upon the successful experience of Aldus, the European Book Fairs network promoting the internationalization of the book sector and the innovation of book fairs formats.

Aldus Up will develop studies, surveys and initiatives addressing core topics for the book sector: trends and promotion of translations in Europe, changes in reading habits - with particular attention to the impact of digitisation – innovation for books and reading promotion, new models for book fairs to develop and engage with their audience, foster transnational mobility of book professionals and increase inclusivity for specific target groups, in particular visually impaired people, linguistic minorities and migrants.

Publications and information resources developed by Aldus Up will be presented in dedicated events hosted by European book fairs and made available online in form of articles, in-depth analyses and studies on the Aldus Up knowledge platform K-HUB, including some exclusive contents for members of the Aldus Community.

The European Book Fairs network launched by Aldus and featuring both international and national manifestations, either oriented to the professional audience or to the general audience of readers will continue to grow during Aldus Up –contact us if your book fair is interested to join!

Aldus Up -Building Bridges in the Book World – is a large-scale cooperation project co-funded in the framework of Creative Europe Programme 2014-2020 coordinated by the Italian Publishers Association (AIE).

In line with the richness and variety of the European book sector, the Aldus up partnership features both international and domestic book-fairs, national and European publishers' associations and organizations with consolidated know-how and experiences in the areas of activities addressed by the project.

FEP is leader of the work package dedicated to dissemination and exploitation of project results, for which it will rely on its publisher associations network, its links with other European associations representing the cultural and creative industries, and its specific experience in leading dissemination in other European projects. FEP will contribute to the surveys to be carried out within the projects and organise Aldus Up sessions in its institutional meetings. FEP will also continue building synergies with the European Union Prize for Literature.

Download
Aldus Up Leaflet

Contacts
Project CoordinatorAIE (Italian Publishers Association)
email:aldus@aldusnet.eu

ASAP Newsletters

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The ASAP Project Update, Issue 1 | April 2017

The ASAP Project Update, Issue 2 | October 2017

The ASAP Project Update, Issue 3 | April 2018

The ASAP Project Update, Issue 5 | October 2018

ANTICIPATORY SKILLS FOR ADAPTING THE PUBLISHING SECTOR (ASAP, concluded)

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The Digital Agenda for Europe estimates that the publishing industries employ around 750,000 jobs in more than 64,000 companies in EU. Technology has had an unusual impact and a massive economic change on publishing: it's changing the traditional business model and it's giving a key role to new distribution channels such as aggregation platforms. The technological evolutions affect the consumption patterns of publishing products and production processes, impacting all the areas of the book publishing value chain (Production - Design - Editorial - Distribution and sales - Marketing and publicity). The passage from physical to digital distribution, the zero marginal cost of producing an additional book, the many competitors entering this industry thanks to the digital technologies, the problems linked to electronic security, are only some of the characteristics of this revolution. ASAP takes into account the impact of the changes in the competences and skill, proposes an evolutionary map of the skill needs and designs and delivers flexible training programmes (one for each area of the publishing supply chain) that, according to EQF/ECVET standards and also establishing the quality principles of the EQAVET framework, will provide employees, but also unemployed, self-employed, low skilled employees and young VET students the opportunity to update their professional skills and knowledge covering the gap related to the lack of specific skills determined by the “digital revolution”.The project expects to promote a wide cooperation among the different stakeholders using a participatory portal and a MOOC (Massive Open Online Platform) platform for making the contents at the disposal of a massive target group (it can become the first MOOC of the Publishing Sector), also after the formal end of the project.

Kick-off meeting

ALDUS (concluded)

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What is ALDUS
Aldus (named after 15th century's humanist and innovative publisher Aldo Manuzio) is the European Book Fairs' network, aimed at fostering the internationalization of publishing companies, rights exchange for translations and training opportunities for book professionals, with a focus on the digital shift.

The network
Aldus network originates from a consortium made of the two leading B2B International book fairs (Frankfurt and Bologna) and a rich variety of national book fairs (Rome, Vilnius, Riga, Lisbon and Bucharest). Starting from this kernel, the network has been continuously growing to become fully pan-European and, after one year and half, it already involves 16 European book fairs.

New engaging events
Book fairs are an important occasion for building capacities through professional and cultural programmes, especially in the area of internationalisation, translations, digital shift and audience development. By experimenting with new events formats, more interactive and engaging, Aldus supports book fairs to innovate their programmes, finding new ways to engage their audience.

A community of peers
Aldus is an online community for book professionals (http://www.aldusnet.eu/community/). It allows publishers, translators, literary agents and other book professionals to profile themselves and network with international peers through social networks, sharing ideas and finding new partnership opportunities.

Read the leaflet "How to join"

Join the community

The Knowledge Hub
Aldus is an online Knowledge Hub (www.aldusnet.eu) featuring in depth resources and training materials for book professionals and providing networking tools to enhance peer to peer knowledge sharing among participants and the development of professional and social relations. Registered users have access to premium content on the Aldus Knowledge Hub and can subscribe to the Aldus newsletter to stay apprised of events and news.

The European project
Aldus (June 2016 – Sept. 2019) is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme. The partnership includes AIE (Italian Publishers Association - Coordinator) international book fairs (Frankfurt and Bologna), national fairs (Rome, Vilnius, Riga, Lisbon and Bucharest) and the European umbrella organisations of authors (EWC) and publishers (FEP), representing the European Union Prize for Literature.

Contacts:
Website and Community: www.aldusnet.eu
E-mail: aldus@aldusnet.eu
Twitter: @aldusnet
LinkedIn: Aldus - European Book Fairs' network

ALDUS events:

First Innovation Day

The European Bookfairs' Network ALDUS at the Frankfurt Book Fair

ALDUS publications:

"European Book Fairs. Facts and Figures", available for download here

TISP- Survey on the research and finance needs of publishers – Workshop on research and innovation in publishing at the Frankfurt Book Fair (concluded)

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FEP is a partner in the TISP project (Technology and Innovation for Smart Publishing) and a member of the NEM platform (New European Media), two initiatives aimed at increasing the integration of ICT and creative industries and at helping to shape the EU policy on research, development and innovation through feedback from the creative sector.

In this framework, TISP (in cooperation with NEM) has launched a Europe-wide survey aimed at investigating what the publishing industry needs in terms of access to research and finance and the R&D areas currently most relevant for innovation and investment by publishers.
The Frankfurt Bookfair is responsible for managing the survey and Nina Klein is the contact person for this (klein@bookfair.com).

The aim of the survey is twofold:
• To get input from stakeholders on the topic of R&D to be used for recommendations on EU funding programmes
• To reach out to stakeholders and promote TISP/ NEM as well as individual partners

Target group: European book publishing companies in the widest sense and their service providers.

The survey is open and available via the TISP Smart Book at http://www.smartbook-tisp.eu/resources/survey-what-are-the-most-important-rd-needs-in-european-publishing.It will run until 9 September.

The results of the survey will be presented in a Stakeholders' workshop planned for 8th October (2.00-4.30 pm) during the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Commission representatives of the Horizon 2020 and Creative Europe programmes will be present.

The workshop, also organised by TISP and NEM and the Frankfurt Book Fair, aims at connecting stakeholders from publishing, technology and related creative industries at EU level to discuss about what publishers need in order to innovate and how the EU can support research and innovation in the publishing sector.

The workshop will host:
– Innovative companies telling their success stories and their failures and what they need/ would have needed to make their lives easier.
– TISP and NEM presenting their approach and recommendations.
– EC representatives (DG Connect & DG Culture) presenting their strategy for supporting innovation in the creative industries.
– Presentation of the results of the TISP/ NEM survey on R&D needs in EU publishing.
A moderated discussion will take place.

Please don't hesitate to share the survey

Announcement survey

Spread the word and send an invitation for the workshop to relevant stakeholders, i.e. innovative companies in book publishing, amongst your networks. The workshop is limited to 50 participants, and registration is necessary via email to Nina Klein (klein@book-fair.com), deadline: 15 September.

Invitation workshop