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Håkan Rudels on Books

By Bert Menninga on 2012-01-24
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Bonnierförlagens new publishing director talks about the future of the book industry.

Today, Bonnierförlagen announced that Håkan Rudels has been named publishing director for the Swedish publisher, which includes Albert Bonniers Förlag, Wahlström & Widstrand and a number of other publishing houses. We talked with Rudels about his position and the future.

What is your background and what have you been doing up until now?

I'm an economist from the beginning and before I started at Bonnierförlagen I was sales manager for a bookstore chain.

New Food App from Bonnier Fakta

By Bert Menninga on 2012-01-19
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LCHF-recept hits No. 1 in all categories at Sweden's App Store.

Swedish book publisher Bonnier Fakta has launched a new iPhone food app based on Anna Hallén's popular LCHF - low carb high fat - cookbooks, which have sold more than 60,000 copies.

"The app has been a storybook success," says Magnus Nytell, who's worked with the app at Bonnierförlagen, of which Bonnier Fakta is a part.

Read Jonas Karlsson 36 Ways

By Bert Menninga on 2011-10-04
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Jonas Karlsson's new short story collection comes out in a range of formats. Bonnierförlagen's Magnus Nytell explains.

Bonnierförlagen author Jonas Karlsson's new short story collection Spelreglerna (Rules of the game) is being published with a particularly wide range of options. The printed collection will be joined by an e-book version, an audio book version, plus each short story will be available also separately.

Bonnierförlagen Announces Post-Doc Position

By Bert Menninga on 2011-09-28
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A new post-doc position is being sponsored by Swedish book publisher Bonnierförlagen.

Bonnierförlagen has announced together with the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond - a foundation of the Swedish Central Bank started in 1962 - a new post-doctoral position to research reader habits. The position will look at the questions: Who reads books in Sweden today? What do they read? How do they read?

The position is part of the Flexit project that's looking for new flexible solutions for disseminating research and researchers outside Sweden's colleges and universities.

Bonnierförlagen to Work with Swedish Trains

By Bert Menninga on 2011-07-14
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Passenger rail company SJ's new customer magazine Book includes excerpts from Bonnierförlagen books.

Johan Theorin's new book will be part of the selection.

When Sweden's state-owned passenger rail system SJ launches its new customer magazine, book publisher Bonnierförlagen is along for the ride. The magazine, Book, will premier in the fall and come out twice a year with 120,000 copies printed. A large part of the magazine will be given over to excerpts from recent books.

Big City Apps from Travel Guide Series

By Bert Menninga on 2011-05-23
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With GPS maps and Top 10 tips, your cell phone can guide you around Barcelona, Berlin, London, New York or Paris.

In the middle of May, Swedish travel guide company Reseförlaget, which is a part of Bonnierförlagen, launched five iPhone apps with travel guides to as many big cities: Barcelona, Berlin,

Books from the Black Sea

By Bert Menninga on 2011-05-05
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Bonnierförlagen launches new book publisher 2244, featuring Eastern European authors.

Mattias Axelsson and Ingemar Nilsson of 2244. Photos: Caroline Andersson

When a major book publishing group gives you a (relatively) free hand to start up a brand-new niche publishing house, how do you pick the niche?

Book Designs from Bonnierförlagen Win Swedish Industry Recognition

By Bert Menninga on 2011-03-29
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Five titles from Bonnierförlagen recognized for exemplary book design by Svensk Bokkonst and a jury of trade and cultural institutions.

Every year the Swedish Svensk Bokkonst institute highlights 25 books as the best examples of Swedish book production for the year. A number of trade and cultural organizations are part of the election committee that decides which books should be included in the year's catalog - the National Library of Sweden, Nationalmuseum and University College of Arts, Crafts Design are some of the institutions participating.

Morberg Hits the iPad and the Newsstands

By Bert Menninga on 2011-03-25
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Swedish actor and chef Per Morberg is everwhere these days with a new iPad app based on his book Morberg jagar och lagar from Bonnier Fakta and his own magazine Magasin Morberg from Spoon.

Photo: Martin Löf

Per Morberg is one of Sweden's most popular cooking celebrities, both appearing on TV4's channels as well as in books from Bonnier Fakta. Now his book Morberg jagar och lagar (Morberg hunts and cooks) has come out in an edition for the iPad.

Authors Get Their Say on TV Series

By Bert Menninga on 2010-09-27
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Nyläst, a new TV series on the Swedish Axess TV, features writers talking about their work. The series is sponsored by Bonnierförlagen.

On Sunday Sept. 26 at 9:30 p.m., Swedish Axess TV premiered the new series Nyläst (recently read). A literary magazine program, Nyläst features in-depth interviews with authors of new books as well as tips on books to read. The series, which is produced by Bonnierförlagen and Svenska Filmbolaget, will be broadcast every Sunday evening.