dPICTUS

Discover outstanding picturebooks from around the world

 dPICTUS is a curated platform where international picturebook publishers and agents promote their titles, secure rights deals, and make new publishing connections throughout the year

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The ideal complement to book fairs

dPICTUS is a curated platform where picturebook publishers and agents promote their titles to international publishing professionals throughout the year, generating rights deals, business opportunities and new industry contacts to meet at book fairs.

View outstanding new releases and backlist titles in full from world-class publishers – including winners and nominees of the BolognaRagazzi Awards and the Bologna BOP ‘Best Children’s Publishers’ Prize. From 2018, we’re working with picturebook experts from different countries – curating outstanding titles on dPICTUS and selecting picturebooks to be exhibited at book fairs.

The dPICTUS platform is an excellent place for exposure and discovery. It gives all picturebooks – whether from high-profile or unfamiliar sources – the year-round opportunity to be seen by publishing professionals around the world.

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Picturebooks from Planeta Tangerina, Portugal

What our members are saying about dPICTUS

  • “dPICTUS is a beautiful and comfortable meeting point where we can share our brand new projects with interesting publishers. We join with the principle: bring another friend with you.”

    Isabel Minhós Martins

    Planeta Tangerina | Portugal

  • “I use dPICTUS to access online versions of picturebooks I’ve seen and discussed at book fairs. I also look at books in advance of the fairs by publishers I like. It’s a great product!”

    Julia Marshall

    Gecko Press | New Zealand

  • “It’s great to find such high quality titles on dPICTUS, and the publishing houses here are very interesting. I know many of them well and we often meet at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.”

    Svein Størksen

    Magikon Forlag | Norway

  • “We’re big fans of dPICTUS here at Orfeu Negro – especially the buying team. We simply love it and we’ve presented it to other publishers, who love it too. It’s a very useful platform.”

    Patrícia Guerreiro Nunes

    Orfeu Negro | Portugal

  • “dPICTUS is a lovely place, inhabited by nice people and full of wonderful selected books. It’s a very useful tool to stay up to date with new titles from interesting publishers.”

    Carla Ghisalberti

    Orecchio Acerbo | Italy

  • “On dPICTUS, I feel like I really belong to a community of like-minded publishers with a mutual understanding of what makes a beautiful, modern picturebook. A wonderful tool for business.”

    Alīse Nigale

    Liels un mazs | Latvia

  • “dPICTUS is a fantastic concept! My clients find it very useful to browse titles prior to our meeting at the book fairs and they are glad to get such a nicely presented overview of what’s new. The platform is easy to use and it looks fabulous.”

    Anja Mundt

    Mundt Agency | Germany

  • “I’m very excited about dPICTUS and I’m honoured to be a part of it. It helps us stay up to date with the most interesting new picturebooks from around the world; in fact, we’ve just published a stunning title which I discovered on the platform.”

    Erik Titusson

    Lilla Piratförlaget | Sweden

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Year-round global exposure for your titles

On dPICTUS, picturebooks receive year-round exposure to publishing professionals around the world. Your business contacts are notified when you add new titles to the platform, so they can stay up to date with your list and not miss out on potential rights deals.

Streamline your book fair appointments

You can view picturebooks in full on dPICTUS throughout the year (many titles include rough English translations). This lets you preselect which new releases and backlist titles you’d like to discuss face-to-face at book fair appointments and easily follow up on titles after the fairs.

Discover outstanding picturebooks for your list

There’s hundreds of stunning picturebooks on dPICTUS – many of them winners and nominees of prestigious awards like the BolognaRagazzis. From 2018, we’re working with international picturebook specialists to curate titles on dPICTUS and for book fair exhibits.

Make worldwide publishing connections

On dPICTUS, you’ll connect with existing business contacts and make new publishing connections around the world. After viewing exciting titles from unfamiliar publishers and agents on dPICTUS, you can arrange to meet them at upcoming book fairs.

Learn more about dPICTUS on our FAQ page

Picturebooks published by Jacoby & Stuart, De Eenhoorn and Leopold

World-class publishers and agents on dPICTUS

  • Planeta Tangerina
  • Gecko Press
  • La Pastèque
  • Magikon Forlag
  • De Eenhoorn
  • Orecchio Acerbo
  • Koja Agency
  • Lilla Piratförlaget
  • Orfeu Negro
  • Media Vaca
  • Liels un mazs
  • Tate Publishing
  • Chronicle Books
  • The Picture Book Agency
  • Topipittori
  • Petra Ediciones
  • L'Agrume
  • Book Island
  • Dwie Siostry
  • Libros del Zorro Rojo
  • Pato Lógico
  • Corraini Edizioni
  • Editions Thierry Magnier
  • Baobab
  • Mundt Agency
  • Thames & Hudson
  • Pastel
  • Hannele & Associates
  • Les Fourmis Rouges
  • Walker Books Australia
  • l’école des loisirs
  • Editorial Amanuta

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Above picturebook: TOPSY TURVY WORLD by ATAK – Jacoby & Stuart, Germany