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German Book Prize 2024: Meet the jury for the 20th-anniversary year
Seven jury members selected / The German Book Prize is being awarded for the 20th time / Publishers may submit titles until 20 March 2024 / Call for submissions at www.deutscher-buchpreis.de/anmeldung
German Non-Fiction Prize 2024: 115 publishers submit 191 titles
Stefan Koldehoff is appointed jury spokesperson / Award ceremony to be held on 11 June 2024 in the Small Hall of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg
Book market 2023: Positive turnover results in challenging times
Increase in turnover of 2.9 per cent across central sales channels compared to 2022, however sales fell by 1.9 per cent / Strong growth for fiction / Bookstores and publishing houses remain under pressure
Buchmarkt 2023: Positive Umsatzbilanz in herausfordernden Zeiten
Umsatz in zentralen Vertriebswegen gegenüber 2022 um 2,9 Prozent gestiegen, Absatz jedoch um 1,9 Prozent gesunken / Belletristik mit starken Zuwächsen / Buchhandlungen und Verlage weiter unter Druck