A seminar for professionals on the future of the book, placing emphasis on the global book market, the modern business models, the new technologies, trends and prospects for a market under constant development, with the participation of speakers from Greece, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Turkey, who are considered to be experts on the field.

Programme

10.00 – 10.15

Welcome and introduction

10.15-10.30

The Global Book Market Today – a short overview

CarloCarrenho, digital publishing consultant, publisher of PublishNews.com.br (Brazil/ Sweden)

10.30 – 11.00 

The importance of curation in a new publishing world

New business models, self-publishing, social media networks, fake news

Michael Bhaskar, writer, researcher, publisher of Canelo (UK)

11.00 – 11.15

Digital books – The current status of the e-book market and what to expect in the near future

Has the e-book market failed? Or is it successful? Small and large markets, challenges and opportunities

Giacomo D’ Angelo, CEO at Streetlib (Italy)

11.15 – 11.30

The first ten years of the Greek e-book market

Michalis Kalamaras, digital publishing consultant, founder of eAnagnostis (Greece)

11.30 – 11.45

Copyrights and digital books

Antonis Karatzas, publisher of Nomiki BIbliothiki, president of the Greek Collecting Society for Literary Works – OSDEL (Greece)

11.45-12.30

Discussion

Building a digital catalog – Format, content and identity

What changes when we go digital or audio? Do the formats accept all kinds of contents? Does the format play a role in curation? Does the public have preferences that are format-related? These questions, as well as other ones presented by the public, will be answered by publishers who have been dealing with them in their curation tasks for digital and audio.

Participants

Michael Bhaskar, writer, researcher, publisher of Canelo (UK)

GiacomoD’ Angelo, CEO at Streetlib (Italy)

Mattias Lundgren, founder of Word Audio Publishing International –WAPI (Sweden)

Michalis Kalamaras, digital publishing consultant, founder of eAnagnostis(Greece)

Nikos Argyris, publisher at ΙΚΑΡΟΣ, treasurer of the Association of Greek Publishers and Booksellers – ENELVI (Greece)

Argyris Kastaniotis, publisher of KASTANIOTIS EDITIONS (Greece)

Moderator: CarloCarrenho,  Publishing Consultant and Digital Enthusiast, publisher of PublishNews.com.br (Brazil/ Sweden)

12.30-13.00  COFFEE BREAK

13.00-13.30

The publishing industry in Greece and in Europe: similarities and differences

Sokratis Kambouropoulos, expert on book issues, former special adviser to the National Book Center – EKEBI and to the Office of Minister of Culture (Greece)

13.30-13.45

Audiobooks – What is behind this challenge and opportunity?

Special features of a successful -according to the statistics- type of publishing. Ways of implementation in small and large markets.

Mattias Lundgren, founder of Word Audio Publishing International –WAPI (Sweden)

13.45 – 14.00

Print on Demand (POD) – The distribution opportunity for publishers of any size or market one book at the time

Will the Print-on-Demand revolutionize the publishing sector? Practical tools and opportunities for the Greek market.

Philippa Malicka, responsible for the POD platform at Ingram (UK)

14.00-15.00

Discussion

Rights Acquisition: the role of the literary agent in shaping international trends

Types of publishing and intellectual work – has literature changed after the invasion of new technologies or not? The role of the literary agent as an ambassador of ideas and culture to a globalized market. How do the new business models affect the rights acquisition? Are the new forms of publishing an opportunity for the development of rights sales? These are some of the questions this discussion will endeavor to address.

Nazli Berivan Ak, Editοr, April Yayıncılık (Turkey)

Angela  Staudt – Carl Hanser Verlag (Germany)

Ivan Srsen, publisher of Sandorf Publishing (Croatia)

Katerina Frangou, Iris Literary Agency(Greece)

Moderator: Evangelia Avloniti, Ersilia Literary Agency(Greece)

15.00- 16.00

Discussion

Being practical: How can a small market, such as the Greek one, benefit from the new business models?

How can the new business models, that seem to come from the future, be put into practice? The discussion will focus on issues that are relevant to the Greek publishing industry. Questions will be brought by the moderator but there will be plenty opportunity for questions from the public.

Participants:

Carlo Carrenho,  publisher of PublishNews.com.br (Brazil/ Sweden)

Philippa Malicka,  responsible for the POD platform at Ingram (UK)

NicolaBieg  – responsible for foreign rights at dtvVerlag (Germany)

Gamze Erentürk, director ofTURLA (Turkish Literature Abroad)

Periklis Douvitsas, publisher of NEFELI/ FAIREAD (Greece)

Nestoras Poulakos, publisher (VAKXIKON Publications), Secretary General of Book Publishers Association (Greece)

Moderator: Sokratis Kambouropoulos, expert on book issues, former special adviser to the National Book Center – EKEBI and to the Office of Minister of Culture (Greece)

CURATION: Nopi Chatzigeorgiou, Thessaloniki Book Fair Coordinator

CO-CURATION: Carlo Carrenho,  publisher of PublishNews.com.br

ORGANIZATION: HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE WITH THE SUPPORT OF HELEXPO/OSLDEL