Translation rights

On 31 August 2021, before last year's Frankfurt Book FairWorld's largest trade fair for books; held annually mid-October at Frankfurt Trade Fair, Germany; First three days exclusively for trade visitors; general public can attend last two., writer and literary translator Jennifer Croft (right), known for her International Booker Prize-winning translation of Olga Tokarczuk's Flights, made a resolution and shared it with her 10,000 Twitter followers: "I'm not translating any more books without my name on the cover," she wrote.  Read more

What book trends and what will be the "big book" of the fair are key questions that one always asks at the beginning of any Frankfurt Book FairWorld's largest trade fair for books; held annually mid-October at Frankfurt Trade Fair, Germany; First three days exclusively for trade visitors; general public can attend last two.. On October 11 and 12, the Frankfurt Book Fair launched its virtual conference program, dubbed the Frankfurt Conference, which sought to give a preview of the hottest topics for discussion.  Read more

According to an oft-cited and oft-lamented statistic, a mere 3% of books published in the U.S. are works in translation.  Read more

In the newly released, free Diversity Report 2016, Vienna-based consultant Rüdiger Wischenbart tells us that "the three top languages combined, English, German and French, account for roughly of four in five translations recorded."