BERLIN, Aug. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Berlin Partner is set to present Berlin as a publishing capital at the Beijing International Bookfair from August 30 - September 3, 2007 in Beijing. Berlin Partner and its sister organization from North Rhine-Westfalia will be the only German state business development agencies represented at the fair.
Berlin is one of the most important publishing cities in Germany and even leads the nation in fiction, science, and educational publishing. The capital is home to 500 printing presses and boasts 150 companies specializing in the processing of printed material, including bookbinding and special embossment. With 8,400 first editions (2005), Berlin ranks second of all publishing cities in Germany. The capital produces 11 daily newspapers, 3 Sunday papers, 10 city magazines, 7 advertising papers, 6 weekly papers, as well as a wide variety of regional and national magazines and tender papers. There are roughly 13,200 people working in the print industry in Berlin, which last year recorded a turnover of 3.8 million euro.
To mark the occasion, Berlin Partner will issue a brand-new Chinese language brochure profiling Berlin’s print and publishing industry. The brochure will also feature information on Berlin Partner services available to Chinese publishers, including the establishment of contacts with Berlin publishers, libraries, and decision-makers, as well as organization of business trips to Berlin.
The Berlin stand will present more than 50 books on Berlin. In addition, Klaus Baumgart, creator of the children’s book "Laura’s Star" and the most successful children’s writer in Germany today, will attend the fair and provide support for Berlin Partner’s efforts. "Laura’s Star" has already been filmed by Cartoon Film, one of Berlin’s most prominent animation companies, and was also adapted for TV by a German-Chinese co-production. Berlin Partner will also draw on the support of another Berliner, Jutta Harms, a prominent organisor of international comic festivals and an expert on the European comic industry.
For more Chinese-language information on business in Berlin visit: http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/cn/Start/seite0.jsp and: http://www.berlin-china.net
For more information on the German stand at the Beijing International Bookfair visit:
http://www.peking-bookfair.german-pavilion.com/gp/peking2007/home/index.cfm
