People, places & events

-An international network of some 80 publishing professionals from 20 countries from Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, India, USA, China to Japan.

-The opportunity to spend more time together than conventional fairs and associations allow.

-Annual Summer Meetings over the last weekend in June that offer a unique mix of business and pleasure over individual meetings at the Motovun Rights Centre, lectures and seminars, excursions, lunches and dinners.

-The Summer Meetings are arranged in a variety of attractive destinations. These include Stockholm/Sigtuna, Budapest, Dresden, Plasencia in Spain, Lucerne, and Motovun, Croatia.

-Dinners at Frankfurt and London and a Drinks Party during the BEA.

-Special Motovun trips to important countries: India (2006), China (2010 tbc).

Communication

-Motovun brings publishers and other book people together and creates a context in which business and friendships can be developed.

-The Motovun website features its members free of charge.

-Excellent lectures by experts from a variety of business areas.

-Access to the Motovun Book Fair stands at Frankfurt and London.

-Priority information and booking to all Motovun events.

Business

-Motovun members have created hundreds of books together.

-Sales and purchases made by Motovun members amongst themselves exceed Euro 2 million.

-Network with printers, designers, translators and other book people in addition to publishers.

-Consult with Motovun’s worldwide network of Members and their guests about best practices on a wide variety of matters.

-Use of the Motovun Rights Centre at Summer Meetings when individual meetings can be arranged in an informal yet professional way.

-Access to specialist interest groups within Motovun and a wide variety of book people.