As part of a comprehensive effort by Italy's Ministry for Economic Development (MSE) and the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) to give more international exposure to small- and medium-sized companies in the country's south, ITA's publishing taskforce is organizing Voices from the South, an initiative aimed at bringing more attention to the region's publishers.

The goal of the publishing effort, said the taskforce's Elena Phillips, is to increase sales of translation rights to U.S. houses and to boost exports to the States.

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Source: http://www.publishersweekly.com