Fifty Independent Latin American Publishers Create a Rights ‘Hot List’ at Frankfurt

A first-time effort in bringing Latin American independent publishers together resulted in a ‘hot list’ of new Latin American titles at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Plans Are To Include Spain, Brazil in the Future.

Fifty independent South American publishers shipped an exhibition of their work to Frankfurter Buchmesse earlier this month, forming a “hot list” of titles from multiple genres. The goal was to catch the attention of rights buyers from many parts of the world, by collaborating in this effort led by the Alliance internationale des éditeurs indépendants.

The effort also presented a roundtable program on independent publishing in Latin America, and organized for a second year, a party on October 11 that brought together Latin American independent publishers with their counterparts from ODEI in Italy, IPG in the UK, and the Alliance of Independent Publishers in Paris.

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