Nicole Witt will be one of the speakers at the Workshop Modern Trends in Publishing and Copyright Management in Tashkent. The event is organized by the Agency of Information and Mass Communications, which is part of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in collaboration with Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Nomad Culture Foundation. The event for publishing professionals will take place from 16 to 17 June. Other speakers of the Workshop will be Juergen Boos, president and CEO of the Frankfurter Buchmesse, Colin Hauer, Managing Director at Hörbuch Hamburg, Bettina Back, International Project Manager at the FBM, and Vladka Kupska, Key Account and Sales Manager at the FBF. The Uzbek government supports the professionalisation of the book industry and its stronger international networking.
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Some voices of the organization and participant:

“Thank you so much for the wonderful session in Tashkent! It was truly important for our region, and we deeply appreciate your contribution.”

Bayan Kabylash, Nomad Culture Foundation, co-organizer of the event

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”We were very happy with your visit. We received a lot of news from your lecture that is useful for our business. Personally, I was inspired by your lecture. I am planning to go to the exhibition in Frankfurt. I hope we will meet there.”

Rustam Raemov, Owner of Zamin Nashr Publishing

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“Thank you for the wonderful conversation, networking, and workshop! It was truly insightful and engaging.”

Viktoriya Chugay, General Manager at Asian Book House

Nicole Witt will be one of the speakers at the Frankfurter Buchmesse Workshop in Almaty for publishing professionals, entitled Modern Trends in Publishing and Copyright Management. The event will take place from 18 to 19 November, in partnership with the Nomad Culture Foundation. Other speakers of the Workshop will be Jürgen Boos, president and CEO of the Frankfurter Buchmesse, Hermann Eckel, consultant, trainer and speaker, Bettina Back, International Project Manager at the FBM, and Vladka Kupska, Key Account and Sales Manager at the FBF. The Kazakh government supports the professionalisation of the book industry and its stronger international networking. The event is also supported by the Geman Federal Foreign Office.

Afterwards, Nicole will attend the 12th Kazakhstan International Book and Printing Exhibition “Along the Great Silk Road”, taking place from November 20-22, hosted by the National State Book Chamber of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in collaboration with the Exhibition Company “Atakent-Expo”, the Association of Publishers, Printers, and Book Distributors of Kazakhstan, and the “Bookfund.kz” Information System of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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For the seventh time in a row, Nicole Witt held a full-day workshop on Rights & Licences for the 16 participants of the Frankfurt Book Fair Invitation Programme (on Sunday before the book fair started). The visitors were publishers from 16 countries across three continents. The workshop helped the participants prepare for dealing with international rights discussions. It covered the main points and potential issues in agreements, including aspects of Artificial Intelligence and the audio book format, along with tips on how to negotiate them. After the talk, participants got to ask questions and sort out specific problems they were facing. Another part of the seminar focused on the roles of different market players like agents and scouts. It discussed how new publishers can connect with business partners, present their books, create pitches, and organize their work and submissions. Following the main presentation, participants had the opportunity for hands-on activities, presenting their own projects and receiving a feedback.

The Frankfurt Book Fair Invitation Programme, with support from the Federal Foreign Office, provides an opportunity for small independent publishing companies from Africa, the Arab world, Asia, and Latin America to take part. For publishing companies in these areas, globalization has both positive and negative aspects. On one hand, reaching the global market seems easier because of widespread communication. On the other hand, the rise of new conglomerates makes it tougher to enter the market.

Nicole Witt ha sido invitada a participar como conferenciante en CONTEC Chile 2024, que se celebrará entre el 9 y el 11 de julio en el Centro Cultural La Moneda de Santiago de Chile. CONTEC es una marca de la Frankfurter Buchmesse que crea un espacio para reflexionar sobre los desafíos y oportunidades en la industria del contenido. En diferentes países de América Latina, organiza seminarios, talleres y conferencias para profesionales de la edición y las industrias culturales y creativas, fomentando sinergias y nuevas oportunidades de negocio. Se discuten temas como la innovación, tecnología y nuevos modelos de negocio.

La elección de Chile como escenario de CONTEC este año está relacionada con la participación de este país como Invitado de Honor en la Feria del Libro de Frankfurt en 2027. Esta actividad supone la primera de muchas que se irán desarrollando a lo largo de los próximos años como parte del proyecto del País Invitado de Honor 2027.

El martes 9 de julio a las 12:00 horas, Nicole Witt participará en una mesa redonda titulada “La internacionalización de la literatura”. Otras participantes de la mesa redonda son Francisca Jiménez (Ediciones Mis Raíces, Chile), Ana Pavez (Amanuta, Chile) y Anne Schlag (Kunstanstifter, Alemania). Las participantes compartirán sus experiencias y debatirán sobre la compra y venta de derechos, un aspecto clave para internacionalizar títulos y autores.

Ese mismo día, a las 15:30 horas, Nicole Witt impartirá un taller que abordará los puntos clave en la negociación de derechos de libros. Se tratarán temas como la estructura del pitching y los modelos de contrato para distintos tipos de ediciones y formatos. Este taller está dirigido a aquellos interesados en profundizar en las dinámicas de los derechos editoriales y su negociación.

Rights & Licences workshop for the Frankfurt Book Fair Invitation Programme 2023 (14th October 2023)

For the sixth time in a row and for the thrid time in attendance since the pandemic, Nicole Witt, assisted by Carolin Janitschke, held a full-day workshop on Rights & Licences for the 17 participants of the Frankfurt Book Fair Invitation Programme (on Saturday before the book fair started). The visitors were publishers from 17 countries across three continents. The workshop helped the participants prepare for dealing with international rights discussions. It covered the main points and potential issues in agreements, along with tips on how to negotiate them. After the talk, participants got to ask questions and sort out specific problems they were facing. Another part of the seminar focused on the roles of different market players like agents and scouts. It discussed how new publishers can connect with business partners, present their books, create pitches, and organize their work and submissions. Following the main presentation, everyone split into smaller groups for hands-on activities.

https://www.buchmesse.de/en/75-stories-34

At this year´s London Book Fair 2023, Nicole Witt has been invited to contribute to the panel “Evolution of the Translator”.

The panel will take place in the Literary Translation Centre on Wednesday 19th April 2023, from 11:05 until 11:50 am.

How has the role of the translator evolved over the last 20 years? This discussion, moderated by WWB’s Editorial Director Susan Harris, on the occasion of WWB’s 20th anniversary, will gather a translator, an agent, and a writer to discuss the ways translating has changed in the past two decades, and how it might continue to change over the next two decades.

Nicole Witt will be joined by Samantha Schnee (Founding Editor, Words Without Borders), Naveen Kishore (Seagull Books) and Anton Hur (Translator).

https://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en-gb/whats-on/seminar-programme/programme/session-details.3159.186110.evolution-of-the-translator.html