Latin America is home of lots of innovative companies which the publishing world can learn from. The ORBANISM SPACE offers the perfect opportunity to do just that. The Frankfurt Book Fair and ORBANISM invite founders from Brazil, Mexico & Chile who will present themselves in 15 minute talks with lots of room for discussions. Come and join the innovation early birds.

Speakers:

Ebooks Patagonia is a digital solution provider for the Publishing Industry. Among its services include EPUB conversion, global distribution (ebooks and POD), interactive apps based on children’s books and apps as a service for businesses and institutions who need direct distribution. The company deals with more than 70 publishers from 7 different countries and has over 500.000 ebooks downloaded through its distribution network.
Javier Sepúlveda, CEO and founder of Ebooks Patagonia, has a degree in Civil Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a Master at Thunderbird School of Global Management and is also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, honor society recognizing business excellence.

El Librero de Gutenberg is the fastest growing Facebook community focused on readers all over Latin America, the USA and Spain.‎ In just 1 year and 4 months it has over 4 million fans and reaches over 10 million people every day. It’s founders are Esteban Constante and José Ignacio Echeverría.
Through quotes, fragments, articles and quizzes we engage our community and bring books to new readers. BUT IT GOES BEYOND: we have also built a website where we post our content and it’s visited by over 1,000,000 users every month. A couple months ago, we created our own platform (in order to be more independent) called alejandria.rocks, (an android app reaches the platform directly). Its purpose is to connect readers and writers. So far we have more than 100,000 registered users.

#coisadelivreiro is a marketing and business company specialized in the book market, with just 1 and a half year. We’re a media hub that aggregates the biggest and most important advertising and communications channels/platforms for books in Brazil, including the 10 most Brazilian relevant digital influencers (booktubers). We made more than 100 marketing campaigns and events in 2017, working for clients as Amazon, Saraiva, HarperCollins Publishers, and more. These campaigns had impact more than 500k readers and consumers just this year. We also work as a consulting company – for management, marketing, projects and business development – for publishers, bookstores and authors.

Marifé Boix Garcia

Geschäftsleitung, Business Development Südeuropa, Lateinamerika
Frankfurter Buchmesse

The Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair) is the biggest books and content fair in the world. Established in 1949, the Frankfurter Buchmesse takes place at the beginning of autumn during the month of October during 5 days, with 3 days dedicated exclusively to professional visitors.

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Eine Veranstaltung im Rahmen des ORBANISM SPACE, dem offiziellen Digitaltreffpunkt der Frankfurter Buchmesse. Programmübersicht.