The ninth edition of the Istanbul Publishing Fellowship begins the agenda of international events in the publishing market for 2024. This year, the Program welcomes four professionals from the Brazilian sector. The delegation is made up of Gabriela Colicigno, from Agencia Magh; Isabel Diegues, Editora Cobogo; Paulo Fuzinelli, from Leiturinha Sandbox Group, and Rayanna Pereira, coordinator of Brazilian Publishers — a project to internationalize Brazilian editorial content carried out through a partnership between the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL) and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) — which promotes the trip.
The meeting, organized by the Turkish Licensing and Copyright Society in partnership with the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, takes place between March 5th and 7th at the Rami Library, in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. In this edition, Mexico will be the guest country.
Brazilian Publishers has promoted Brazil’s participation in the event since the first edition, held in 2016, which had just 17 participants. Since then, the program has grown, and last year it welcomed 450 professionals interested in negotiating copyrights, leading to the closing of more than 2,500 deals.
“Being in the Istanbul Publishing Fellowship is a great way to start Brazil’s presence in international events. It’s a time for a lot of networking, and perfect for promoting our literature to the foreign market”, comments Sevani Matos, president of CBL.
Rayanna also talks about the relevance of participating in the event, and adds: “Expectations are high. We are already in our fourth participation, so there is very positive reputation building work, in addition, our delegation has strategic players”, she concludes.
About Brazilian Publishers
Created in 2008, Brazilian Publishers is a sectoral project to promote exports of Brazilian editorial content, which aims to promote the sector in the global market in a targeted and articulated manner. The initiative is the result of a partnership between the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL) and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil), which works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy through commercial promotion actions.
About ApexBrasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and attract foreign investments to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. In order to achieve its goals, ApexBrasil carries out several trade promotion initiatives aimed at promoting Brazilian products and services abroad, such as prospective and trade missions, business rounds, support to the participation of Brazilian companies in major international fairs, visits of foreign buyers and opinion makers to learn about the Brazilian productive structure, among other business platforms that also aim at strengthening the Brazil brand.