CLE - Irish Book Publishers' Association

International Distribution: Who and How
Brooks Hotel, Drury Street, Dublin 2
Tuesday 8 December 2009, 9.30am to 1pm
With Christopher May, Dufour Editions and John Parsons, Lightning Source
Brendan Flood, Enterprise Ireland & Eibhlin Curley, Dublin City Enterprise Board

Publishing Ireland, with support from Foras Na Gaeilge, is delighted to present a seminar looking at International Distribution options and supports that are available to you.

Taking place in Brooks Hotel, Drury Street, Dublin 2 on Tuesday 8 December this seminar is free to all Publishing Ireland Members but places are limited so contact Donal info@publishingireland.com to reserve your place today.

10am Christopher May, Dufour Editions
Founded in 1949, and under present management since 1979, Dufour Editions has been distributing, co-publishing, and publishing books from Ireland and Britain since 1952. Dufour is now the exclusive trade distributor in the United States for about forty Irish and British presses. The list of about 7,000 titles is concentrated largely in literature, the arts & humanities, and quality trade editions. We stock entire lists, and offer complete publicity, marketing, sales, and fulfilment services. With weekly shipments to the United States, we generate orders nation-wide through on-line presence, printed catalogues, reviews, conferences & trade shows, and a network of sales representatives.

11am John Parsons, Lightning Source
Lightning Source is the leading print-on-demand company in the world, offering the unique combination of quality one-off book manufacturing and access to the most comprehensive distribution solutions in the publishing industry. Lightning Source is an Ingram content company. The Ingram content companies provide a broad range of physical and digital services to the book industry, and immediate access to the largest selection of books and book-related products in the industry.

11.45am Break

12pm Brendan Flood, Enterprise Ireland & Eibhlin Curley, Dublin City Enterprise Board
Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and promotion of the indigenous business sector. Our mission is to accelerate the development of world-class Irish companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity. Through our extensive network of Irish and international offices, we work with our clients to assist them to compete and to grow. Our key focus, for Irish companies is covered under the following five areas of activity: Achieving export sales, Investing in research and innovation, Competing through productivity, Starting up & scaling up and Driving regional enterprise.

1.00pm Finish