Is Frankfurt Book Fair Indie Author Friendly?: Porter Anderson

October 14, 2017

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The Frankfurt Book Fair is the most important international trade fair for content where the international publishing and media industry is at its most diverse and international. But how useful is it to self-publishers? How does an indie author sell rights to foreign buyers at a fair like Frankfurt? How useful is Frankfurt Book Fair's International Author & Self-Publishing Programme? Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives and Frankfurt Bookfair Show Daily, has the answers.

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Edward Smith says:
October 15, 2017 at 12:08 AM
The session with Porter Anderson should not be missed. He always has useful information.
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