Catalog Show Opportunities

The Commercial Service’s Global Publishing, Media & Entertainment Team provides U.S. publishers the opportunity to showcase titles for low costs at various international book fairs around the world.

Upcoming Opportunities include:

  • Book World Prague 2013

The U.S. Commerce Department is offering an opportunity to exhibit titles in our third U.S. Pavilion at the Book World Prague event, which will take place May 2013. The U.S. Commerce Department helps publishers gain exposure and match titles with interested buyers in Eastern Europe. Click here for details .

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REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED for the following:

  • Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) 2013

Every year TIBE is an excellent opportunity for U.S. publishers, agents, content providers and publishing service providers to promote their products and meet buyers in the China region. In 2013, fifteen U.S. publishers exhibited via a “catalog show” co-hosted by the American Collective Stand and our Publishing Team. Click here for more information.

  • Paris Book Fair 2013

U.S. publishers had an opportunity to exhibit titles via a “catalog show” inside the first ever U.S. Pavilion during the 2013 Paris Book Fair. Rights Center and Booth space was also available. For more information, click here.

  • Jerusalem Book Fair 2013

U.S. publishers had an opportunity to exhibit at the Jerusalem International Book Fair, which will take place February 2013. Israel is a dynamic market for U.S. publishers, with the largest sales in textbooks, non-fiction, fiction, reference and secondhand titles. Preferred genres include fiction, psychology, cookbooks, thrillers, business and travel books. For more information, check out this site for more information.

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PAST OPPORTUNITIES

  • Doha International Book Fair 2010

    The U.S. Embassy in Qatar hosted a US Catalog Pavilion at Doha International Book Fair, the largest book fair in Qatar bringing thousands of local buyers and hundreds of sellers.  This event took place at the Doha International Convention Center in December 2010.

    WHO ATTENDS
    Book stores, gift stores, direct end users, department stores, wholesalers, distributors, agents, teachers, and students.

    WHAT WE DID FOR YOU
    * Display up to 5 titles in the US Dept. of Commerce Catalog Pavilion
    * Collect sales leads from interested local buyers
    * Assist you as you follow up with the local contacts
    * Staff your booth and represent your publications with visitors/buyers

  • Shanghai Book Fair 2010

Shanghai Book Fair is the key annual trade show for the publishing industry in the region. In 2009, this show attracted about 470 Chinese publishers and 240,000 visitors.

U.S. titles that are in the most demand in this region are:

*Trade books (business/management, self-help)

*Educational and academic books (English learning, K-12 and higher education)

*Children’s literature (picture books, traditional literature/fiction, poetry and verse)

*Digital content (ebooks, elibraries, ebook readers)

  • American Book Promotion 2010, Philippines National Bookstore

The Commercial Service is partnered with the Philippines National Bookstore (NBS), the largest bookseller and distributor in the Philippines, on an America Book Week promotion that took place May 2010. The National Bookstore was interested in buying new titles from American publishers that are not already represented in the Philippines.

NBS is exclusively interested in the following genres:

  • Academic and reference books, including textbooks
  • Self-help, including personal care, home care, pet care, cookbooks, etc
  • Fiction books, particularly book series and best sellers (either juvenile or adult literature)

As part of the American Book Week, the Commercial Service office hosted a reception inviting agents, distributors and publishers in order promote your titles and garner interest in future sales and agreements.


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