Canadian Book Market Toolkit: Information and Promotion

This page is dedicated to German-language publishing and book professionals and to all those who want to know more about Canadian books. Here you will find useful tools and links.
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A List of Canadian Titles Translated into German

Canada FBM2020, in collaboration with MVB and the VLB-TIX platform, subsidiaries of the Börsenverein des deutschen Buchhandels (the German Publishers & Booksellers Association), published a list of Canadian titles recently translated into German. This catalogue is available on the VLB-TIX platform, a tool for German publishers to advertise their new titles to booksellers, journalists, bloggers.

To browse through this catalogue, please click here.

Social Media and Web Promotional Kit

Below you will find social media material that can be used to promote new publications from Canadian authors who were part of Canada’s virtual program for the Frankfurt Book Fair 2020. You are welcome to use this for your channels.

Different formats for Facebook and Instagram as well as for your Facebook and Instagram stories are available. We also provide banners for your website.

Link to the promotional material kit

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Preview of social media banners being offered.

Online Rights Catalogue

Curated by Canadian publishers and literary agents, the titles in the Canada FBM2020 online rights catalogue have rights available for the German market. The information in the online rights catalogue is updated regularly.

To see what the Canadian publishers and literary agents are showcasing on the online Rights Catalogue, follow this link: catalogue.canadafbm2020.com.

Canadian publishers and agents, please submit your books to our Rights Catalogue here!

Overview of the Canadian Book Market

To fully understand the depth of literary talent in Canada, it is vital to understand our unique publishing industry: its origins and its current state, how it’s evolving and where it will go next.
 
For our presence as the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, we offer you this snapshot of our vibrant industry. We look forward to meeting you!

 

Download the overview document on the Canadian book market here.

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Newsletter for German Booksellers!

This newsletter is aimed primarily at German booksellers and provides information and promotional tools on Canadian books available on the German market and Canadian titles translated into German to be discovered.

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