Webinar - Selling Canadian Books and Rights to Asia: China, Korea and Japan
March 1, 2011 1:00pm EST (English only)

This webinar will show publishers the best strategies to approach the Chinese market for the sale of rights and finished products, with comparisons to the Korean and Japanese markets, as well as how to build and maintain the different partnerships involved in selling books into Asia. Registration forms can be found on our web site.

Webinar - Drafting a Rights Contract: How to draft contracts that cover all the bases
March 7, 1:00pm EST (English)
March 8, 1:00 pm EST (French)

Develop practical skills in drafting robust contracts for rights negotiations. Learn from an expert - a lawyer with 20 years of publishing experience - to explore the standard terms and conditions and bring to life the contract documents and leverage resilient publishing relationships. Registration forms can be found on our web site.

2011 Fair Calendar

A list of book fairs and industry events for 2011 has been posted on our web site. This directory will allow publishers to note the dates of fairs and events they would like to attend in the upcoming year. To view the calendar, please visit the LCB web site.

Promotion

Spring 2011 edition of Rights Canada is complete

The catalogue will be distributed electronically to more than 12,000 international publishers, buyers and rights professionals and will also be promoted on the Canada Stand at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and the London Book Fair. Participating publishers will receive a copy of the catalogue shortly. As always, please let us know of any feedback or business opportunities you receive as a result of this catalogue, as this information helps us plan future editions.

For more information contact Tricia McCraney, Coordinator, Communications and Marketing at tmccraney{at}livrescanadabooks.com or at (613) 562-2324 ext. 228.

Canada Stand

Bologna Children's Book Fair (March 28-31, 2011)

Consolidated shipment

The detailed instructions for the consolidated shipment to the 2011 Bologna Children's Book Fair have been sent by email to publishers who confirmed their attendance to Livres Canada Books.

In deciding on how to send your material, we suggest you evaluate the shipping costs. You may want to either carry the material yourself or send it via Federal Express (or another courier service) to your hotel.

(For more information, contact Doris Heyaime of Panalpina Inc. at 514-822-6181 or doris.heyaime{at}panalpina.com).

London Book Fair (April 11-13, 2011)

Consolidated shipment

The detailed instructions for the consolidated shipment to the 2011 London Book Fair have been sent by email to publishers who have confirmed their attendance.

Please be reminded that the deadline for receipt of your material at the warehouse for:

Panalpina in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver is Thursday, April 7, 2011. (For more information, please contact Doris Heyaime of Panalpina Inc. at 514-822-6181 or doris.heyaime{at}panalpina.com).

TWI in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver is Thursday, March 24, 2011. (For more information, please contact Sandi Trotter of TWI at 905-812-1124, ext. 9405 or strotter{at}twiglobal.com).

In deciding on how to send your material, we suggest you evaluate the shipping costs. You may want to either carry the material yourself or send it via Federal Express (or another courier service) to your hotel.

Frankfurt Book Fair (October 12 -16, 2011)

Look for the invitation in your email inbox shortly or visit our website.

Beijing Book Fair (August 31- September 4, 2011)

Livres Canada Books plans to attend the fair this year. Look for the invitation in your email inbox shortly or visit our website.

Programs

2011-2012 FRMAP and Mentoring-Funding Support - application deadline April 1

As you know, guidelines and forms for the programs offered by the LCB under FRMAP and Mentoring - Funding Support programs for 2011-2012 are available online. Applicants are advised to print out the PDF form once it has been completed; unless your company has the appropriate software, the PDF files cannot be saved once the forms have been completed. Guidelines and application forms can be downloaded from our website.

For more information, please contact Christy Doucet, Programs Manager, at cdoucet{at}livrescanadabooks.com or at (613) 562-2324, ext. 225.

LCB end of financial year 2010-2011

March 31, 2011 is fast approaching and publishers eligible under FRMAP 2010-2011 need to send to the LCB by April 18, 2011, their FRMAP claims for fairs, salons and export sales trips taking place up to the last day of March. This time of year is crucial for the LCB to disburse contribution payments as soon as possible after the end of the financial year. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Mentoring- Funding Support 2010-2011 - Final Reports - Guidelines and forms online soon

2010-2011 program recipients will soon receive by mail instructions for preparing final reports to be submitted under the Mentoring - Funding Support program for 2010-2011. Guidelines and forms will also be available on the LCB website.

The deadline to submit a final report to the LCB is Friday, May 6, 2011.

For more information, please contact Christy Doucet, Programs Manager, at cdoucet{at}livrescanadabooks.com or at (613) 562-2324, ext. 225.

Success Stories

Annick Press

Annick Press has licensed the Macedonian language rights for K.V. Johansen's novel Torrie and the Pirate-Queen to Vermilion Books in Skopje, which launched the Macedonian translation of Johansen's Torrie and the Snake-Prince in the spring of 2010 during Johansen's reading tour of Austria and Macedonia.