Category Archives: Frankfurt Book Fair
Google Settlement Causes International Ruckus
“Americans shoot first, ask questions later,” said the moderator of one panel discussion on the Google settlement held at this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair, reflecting widespread sentiment among non-US-based publishers and agents. “You Americans are all asleep,” noted one agent … Continue reading
OBS and Protean Press in Germany
Our president, Laura Fillmore, is visiting Germany this week for the Frankfurt Book Fair and for the annual conference of the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), which OBS has just joined. At the Book Fair, we’re participating … Continue reading
Following the Fair
Following the Fair, we spent a day in Greece in search of the man with the keys to the icebox holding the 5,300-year-old Eismann or “Oetzi,” a mummy with perhaps the oldest intact human DNA on the planet, discovered in … Continue reading
On arriving in Frankfurt, Germany
On arriving in Frankfurt, Germany, for our 20th Frankfurt Book Fair, culture shock first manifested itself in the pocketbook. A $50 Travelers Check cashed in at the on-site bank returned 26 euros, enough for lunch and a postcard. Our apartment’s … Continue reading