Ms. Priyanka Pandey GBO
New Delhi
Project Coordinator
No. 3, Rajdoot Marg
Chanakyapuri
New Delhi, 110 021
T +91 (11) 2410-7403/-7404
F +91 (11) 2410-7405
pandey@newdelhi.gbo.org
Editor's Trip
2010
Non-Fiction Book Publishers' Trip to Germany in July
In an effort to link up Indian and German book industries, the German Book Office New Delhi had organized a tour of Indian Children’s Book Publishers to Germany in May 2009 to meet their counterparts and get an overview of the children’s book market in Germany. The trip was a great success and GBO New Delhi is organizing another trip this year (2010) focusing this time on non-fiction books.
We invite all Indian publishing professionals working in the field of non-fiction books to avail of this opportunity of a fully organized professional trip to Germany to meet and interact with your counterparts. The trip will take place from 5th to 10th July, 2010.
The trip will include visits to all the important non-fiction books publishers and will give you the opportunity to meet with publishers, rights managers, editors and authors, and get invaluable insights into this segment of the German market while exchanging ideas, new concepts and negotiate rights.
The cost of the trip will be covered by the German Book Office "excluding international airfare".
Please send us your application, which will include the following:
- Your résumé
- A brief note on your expectations from this trip, and what you hope to achieve
- Details of your publishing house
- Current and backlists of books with sample books (max. 2)
Deadline for applications is April 25, 2010.
The applications can come from Publishing Houses nominating an individual, or directly from an individual currently working in a publishing house.
Please note that all applicants must be fully conversant in English.
Please address the relevant documents to Ms. Priyanka Pandey, project coordinator GBO New Delhi. We look forward to receiving your application.
2009
Children's Book Publishers' Trip to Germany in May 2009
In an effort to link up Indian and German book industries and also beginning its larger involvement in the field of Children’s Book Publishing in India, the German Book Office New Delhi organized a tour of Indian Children’s Book Publishers to Germany from May 17 to May 22, 2009, to meet their counterparts and get an overview of the book market in Germany.
The 7 chosen publishers included: Anita Roy (Young Zubaan), Atiya Zaidi (Ratna Sagar), Gaurav Ghai (Sterling publishers), Jai Saxena (BPI), Madhu Singh Sirohi (TERI Press), Ravi DC (DC Books) and Sayoni Basu (Scholastic India).
Visits to German publishing houses, the association of children’s book publishers and consulates:
The trip included visits to German publishing houses like Oetinger, Carlsen, Campus Verlag, Beltz and Gelberg among others, in the cities of Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin. The visits gave an insight into the functioning of these publishing houses as well as to create first contacts for what could be a constant exchange of ideas and books between the two countries. On the last day, a small book fair was organized at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin where publishers from other parts of Germany came and met the group. Prohelvetia supported this event by organizing the participation of Atlantis Verlag, a significant Swiss Children Book publisher.
Besides targeted business meets, the trip also included visits to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft von Jugendbuchverlagen e.V. (avj) (the association of children’s book publishers) as well as Tatzelwurm, a special children’s book store. Meetings were also organized with important illustrators for children’s books like Katrin Engelking, Ole Koennecke, Isabel Kreitz and Peter Schössow in the Kinderbuchhaus in Hamburg.
The Indian Consulate in Frankfurt and the Indian Embassy in Berlin also hosted the group and emphasized the importance of Indo-German relations in the field of publishing.
"A learning experience in many ways":
In the words of Ravi DC, “..even after quite a few years of attending Book Fairs, I have got no direct access and information on Children's publishing like I got in these few days. The last day was like a mini Frankfurt Book Fair.”
Madhu Singh Sirohi from Teri Press on the trip: “Personally, the experience has offered much more to me than the knowledge of German Publishing. It has been a learning experience in many ways and exposed me to various aspects of foreign rights, to publishing history, business models, and most of all Indian publishers!”
Calendars for Frankfurt Book Fair already filled:
The German publishers also had a first time experience of meeting Indian children’s book publishers. Having had little or almost no contacts to their Indian counterparts till now, they welcomed this initiative and hope to build contacts for the future. The calendars for Frankfurt Book Fair were already being filled during the trip.
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