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Interviews from the Frankfurter Buchmesse
S3 Holiday Hiatus EP 152: Jan. 8th
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Happy New Year from Burckhardt Books and Book Banter Productions!
Welcome to our holiday hiatus between podcast seasons. We usually play "The Best of" shows from the season that is ending, but this year we are bringing you interviews we recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. This Buchmesse is the world's largest publishing convention and with these interviews we barely scratched the surface of the incredible vendors attending this conference.
In today's show you will hear Dianne and Pedro Burckhardt conducting interviews on the convention floor with these companies. They discuss business practices and products these companies provide.
Cosplayer Hannah Gässler (no link)
Walking around the Frankfurter Buchmesse you are greeted with a sea of literary fans many of whom are cosplayers, bringing their favorite literary characters to life. One such fan, Hannah Gässler (24), was dressed as Ashoka from Star Wars. Dianne has see many woman wearing this costume over years , but Hannah’s had the best headpiece she had seen. Dianne had to stop her and speak with her.
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Climate Hackerz
Pedro met with Joerg Osarek founder of Climate Hackerz, a Think- and Action-Tank focused on transforming civilization into a climate positive state. Joerg not only has a passion for educating people on climate change, but he is also an expert in IT and business transformation, working as an independent management consultant and co-founder of the its-people group. In 2019, he founded ClimateHackerz. Joerg also shares his knowledge through workshops, customer projects, and as a keynote speaker.
Frankfurter Buchmesse
To learn more about the worlds largest publishing convention, check out the link above.
Enjoy,
Dianne and the Book Banter Productions Crew
PLEASE NOTE: these interviews are all recorded live on the convention floor. There is of course background noise due to the numerous amount of convention goers around us. We did our best to clean up the sound for you. We are looking into new technology to bring you even better sound next year. These are also minimally edited just to clean up the sound.
Be sure to check out the Dec./Jan. issue of Book Banter Magazine which includes our
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Podcast Holiday Hiatus
Dec. 18th - Jan. 29th Episodes
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Normally during our hiatus we broadcast the "Best of Season" episodes, however,
this year we were able to meet so many amazing people and get some
great interviews at the Frankfurter Buchmesse. We are going to change things up and
bring all of this new content to you during this break instead. Please note, these episodes
will not have the sound quality and the editing our normal episodes
have. This is due to the fact they were recorded live at the publishing convention.
We will make sure to give you the best sound quality possible. Enjoy.
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DECEMBER 2024
18th - S3 EP 149: NOW STREAMING
Interviews recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
> Lego Books ReBuild Activity Cards - Nina
www.lego.com
> SenSee Korea Braille and Activity books for children created with their own AI
software. (Interview by CTO/Pedro Burckhardt)
www.senseebooks.com
> SC (Sang Choy) International Pre. Ltd, Your Partner in Print. Providing print services
globally for products from coffee table books to plush and activity books.
www.sc-international.com.sg
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25th - S3 EP 150: NOW STREAMING
Interviews recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
> Make Believe Ideas
www.makebelieveideas.co.uk
> Parragon Publishing India - Ganesh Singh (Interview by CTO/Pedro Burckhardt)
www.parragonpublishing.in
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January 2025
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1st - S3 EP 151: NOW STREAMING
Interviews recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
> iPg - Independent Publishing Group - Joe Matthews
www.ipgbook.com
> Wrote By Me - Django Degree, Founder (Helping Authors Sell More Books)
home.wroteby.me
Author of I Hope You Wake Up
Buy Link
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8th - S3 EP 152: NOW STREAMING
Interviews recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
> Hannah Gässler - CosPlayer
Ahsoka
> ClimateHackerz - Joerg Osarek (Interview by CTO/Pedro Burckhardt)
www.climatehackerz.com
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15th - S3 EP 153:
Interviews recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
> Abacus Brands - Steve Rad
www.abacusbrands.com
> Sweet Cherry Publishing
sweetcherrypublishing.com
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22nd - S3 EP 154:
Interviews recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
> Kasey Rogers, Co-Author of I Know Why She Stayed
www.amazon.com
Founder of IKnowWhySheStayed.org a nonprofit combating domestic abuse against women. #IKnowWhySheStayed - Authors Against Abuse
> Dianne and Pedro Burckhardt wrap up their first visit to the
Frankfurter Buchmesse in Frankfurt, Germany 2024
www.buchmesse.de/en
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29th - S3 EP 155:
Best of Season 3 Rebroadcast
S3 EP 120: Theresa Payton, Author of Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth
www.amazon.com
Founder of Fortalice Solutions (cybersecurity services)
www.fortalicesolutions.com
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Season 4 Begins February 5, 2025
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Pedro (P.R.) Burckhardt
Season Three Finale
December 11th, S3 EP 148: Special Guest
New York Times Bestselling Author
Tosca Lee
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