Apr. 15 – In the heart of London, more specifically in the Earls Court exhibition center, the 42nd edition of the London Book Fair begins today (until April 17). The Fair is one of biggest event for the international property rights market, after the Frankfurt Book Fair, with 1,467 exhibitors from 61 countries. For the next three days, there will be more than 250 professional seminars, debates and meetings with authors. Considerable space is devoted to digital technology, new technologies and the changes taking place, while the country guest of honor is Turkey. The Italian industry is represented by 36 publishing houses, literary agencies and traders, of which 19 in the joint stand organized by ICE – the Agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian firms – in collaboration with the Italian publishers (AIE). For 2013, ICE and AIE organized for the 9th consecutive year a collective stand (G605) of 130m2, that serves as an information point and exhibition on Italian publishers, as well as a meeting place with participants and foreign publishers. Small, medium and large publishers of the most representative Italian genres are present in the pavilion, with the common goal to expand their reach in foreign markets (24 Ore Cultura, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Canale & C, Corraini Edizioni, De Agostani Scuola, Donzelli, EDI.ERMES, Jaca Book, Edizioni Del Baldo, Edizioni Gribaudo, Egea, Food, Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, Gruppo Albatros il Filo, Interlogos, Piccin Nuova Libraria, Printer Trento, Romano Libri, Scala Group).
