How does the publishing business look from a global meta perspective? How is digitalization transforming not only trade publishers, but also specialist, academic and educational publishers? And where are completely new business and distribution models being formed – moving beyond the good old book industry? Every year, the „Global 50 Publishing Ranking“ measures the major lines of development in the international book business. To accompany the new edition (please find out more here), a digital conference presents the most important trends.
The „Global 50 Publishing Ranking“ is published by Rüdiger Wischenbart Content and Consulting since 2007. In partnership with leading industry media – Publishers Weekly (US), The Bookseller (UK), Livres Hebdo (France), DIGITAL PUBLISHING REPORT (Germany) and Bookdao (China) – this is not just a list of the world’s 50 leading publishing groups ranked by turnover. With a detailed analysis and fact-filled profiles of all 50 companies portrayed, the digital publication offers an indispensable information package for decision-makers in the publishing business on around 250 pages.
The Global 50 Publishing Ranking and CEO Talk are sponsored by Bookwire.
Content
What book business?
Various transformative forces result in a fundamental re-framing of the book business. This presentation provides a data driven overview on key players, transformative forces and new entrants.
Consolidation among the biggest players in global trade publishing – notably KKR > Simon and Schuster or Vivendi >> Lagardère/Hachette) made the headlines. But the full picture is much more complex:
M&A has reached mid-sized companies in non-English markets, a generational shift is happening all around, with new faces getting into leadership position; most consumer publishers venture into ‘genre fiction’, launching new imprints to reach out to new author talent and new audiences – albeit with mixed results at best.
‘Non-traditional’ publishing models – notably self-publishing, authors aiming at controlling their full value chain, platform-based production and distribution connect directly authors and consumers, as well as multi- and cross-format audience preferences – now match and compete in scope and reach with the largest traditional ‘book companies’.
Speaker
Rüdiger Wischenbart, born in 1956 in Graz, Austria, is the founder of “Content and Consulting” (since 2003) and an author with a focus on culture, cultural industries, global book markets, innovations in the book industry, literature, media and communication.
Talita Facchini is a journalist who has worked as a reporter for eight years at PublishNews, Brazil’s main book-publishing market information portal.
Date
21.11.2024
