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Greetings This week we would like to draw your attention to the latest edition of the Frankfurt Academy Quarterly (FAQ), a free quarterly publication by Frankfurt Academy on important international trends within the industry. The latest edition is dedicated to the topic All Media/ Multimedia: the vanishing borders among the creative industries, the drive to be international, and the trade in intellectual property. Also don’t forget to apply for this year's publishers trip to Germany. Over the years these trips have been very well received and are a key initiative of the GBO to link up the German and Indian book publishing professionals and to increase the exchange of rights between the two countries. Enjoy the read! Best wishes from the GBO Team Publisher's/ Editor's Trip 2012 Editor’s trip to Germany 2012: “Crime Fiction” One of the key aims of the German Book Office in New Delhi is to link up the Indian and the German Publishing Industry. Therefore the GBO New Delhi will organise again a publisher’s trip to Germany in June 2012. Meeting publishers from Germany in person will give the participants a unique insight into the German publishing industry. The Focus of this year’s trip will lie on the theme “Crime Fiction”. You will visit publishing houses from this field in Berlin and Hamburg to get to know the German key players. All publishers from South Asia, publishing in the field of “Crime Fiction” are encouraged to apply from today onwards. Date: 11 to 15 June 2012* WHAT THIS TRIP INCLUDES A fully organized trip to meet all the main publishers of Crime Fiction books in Germany. You will visits all the important publishing houses and meet with publishers, rights managers, editors, authors and marketing managers, etc. to gain invaluable insights into this segment of the German market while exchanging ideas, new concepts and negotiating rights. This is an all-expenses paid trip for travel and accommodation in Germany. Selectedcandidates will have to bear the cost of their international travel (India-Germany-India) and will apply for their visas independently and well on time. WHO CAN APPLY Any South Asian (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) publishing professional working in the field of crime fiction books. You must have several years' experience in publishing You must submit a recommendation from your current employer You must be comfortable with speaking in English HOW  TO APPLY 1. Completed application form, please write to Saloni Grover (grover@newdelhi.gbo.org) with the subject line: EDITORS TRIP 2012 to request an application form 2. Current and backlists of books 3. Letter of recommendation from your company management (i.e. CEO, Managing Director, Publisher) 4. 2 book samples 1, 2 & 3 need to be emailed to info@newdelhi.gbo.org  with the subject line: EDITORS TRIP 2012_Application And 4 should be sent to:                     German Book Office New Delhi 4/9 Shanti Niketan GF, Back Unit Flat New Delhi 110021 India Deadline for applications is April 20, 2012. The applications can come from Publishers nominating an individual, or directly from an individual currently working in publishing. *It is recommended to arrive in Germany at 10 June and leave on 16 June. Latest Edition of Frankfurt Academy Quarterly (FAQ) All Media/Multimedia: the vanishing borders among the creative industries  Three publishers, three opinions on multimedia content. Do they find that the publishing business is becoming more international? Who are some of their new business partners? How is the rights business changing? How do they (really) earn their money? Which books would they like to read, listen to and watch in multimedia form? We’ll answer these questions and more in our “Three is a crowd” section, featuring three international industry experts – Gus Balbontin of Lonely Planet, Nils-Holger Henning from the games manufacturer Bigpoint and Deborah Forte of Scholastic Media. Read more The Frankfurt Academy was launched last year in Frankfurt with more than 3,000 participants from over 50 countries. The Mind Network is expanding this year and the Academy is becoming even more international, with the result that you can also meet all of the interview partners featured in our FAQ issue at our forthcoming global Frankfurt Academy conferences.   German Book Office New Delhi 4/9 Shanti Niketan | GF, Back Unit | New Delhi 110021 | India t +91 11 40201100 f +91 11 40201107 e info@newdelhi.gbo.org www.newdelhi.gbo.org German Book Office New Delhi is a joint venture between the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin. FRANKFURT BOOK Fair: 10-14 OCTOBER 2012 GUEST OF HONOUR: New Zealand Associated links: www.book-fair.com  |  www.adbookfair.com  |  www.capetownbookfair.com   |  www.publishingperspectives.com Click here if you do not wish to receive this communication