Fiction, Comics, Science, and More: Berlin Partner to Promote the Berlin Publishing Industry in Beijing

Fiction, Comics, Science, and More: Berlin Partner to Promote the Berlin Publishing Industry in Beijing

August 23, 2007

    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


    For more information, please contact:

     Berlin Partner GmbH
     Ludwig Erhard Haus
     Fasanenstrasse 85
     D-10623 Berlin
     http://www.berlin-partner.de

     Christoph Lang
     Head, Press and Public Relations
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