5 August 2024
Munich, 5 August 2024. Calvendo has launched a new product specifically for the North American market : The “double DIN planner” wall calendar was developed for customers in the USA and Canada and was very well received during a sales testing period last year. All users of the Calvendo wall calendar platform, including in the UK and other European countries, can now make use of this new format and design calendars for the North American market with Calvendo’s online wall calendar creation tool.
The double DIN planer is a rectangular wire-bound wall calendar that is available in two formats: DIN A4 (DIN A3 when unfolded) and DIN A3 (DIN A2 when unfolded). When hanging on the wall, the image of each calendar page covers the upper half while the below calendar grid provides ample space for notes, making the calendar both decorative and functional.
Prior to launching the new format, tests with selected calendars were carried out in the USA, generating very positive customer feedback. This shows that this calendar format, which is similar to the square calendar format widely used in English-speaking countries, has promising sales potential in North America and provides Calvendo users with additional options to publish and sell their creative work.
Anyone registered on the free-to-use Calvendo platform can design their own double DIN wall calendars and publish them for sale in North America. The calendars will be available to buy on the North American market from autumn and are produced in the USA using an environmentally friendly print-on-demand process. Calvendo is looking forward to seeing the creative ideas from wall calendar makers across the world to unlock additional sales opportunity with our new double DIN planner on the North American market.
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17.08.2023
CALVENDO presents the winners of the first international CALVENDO AI Calendar Award - the world's first design competition for wall calendars with AI-generated images.
The three winning calendars are based not only on outstanding human ideas, but also on the additive expressive power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Of the submissions in the period May to July 2023, around 120 publications made it to the jury's final selection. This selection represented the diversity, professionalism and innovative spirit of the CALVENDO community.
Winning awards were presented in three different themed categories. The winners of each category not only receive well-deserved recognition for their work, but also get the opportunity to present their work to a wide audience at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair.
♦ Winner of the category: Children's Calendar:
Title: "Drachenzeit ... nicht nur für Kinder" by Kerstin Hesse
♦ Winner of the category: Calendars illustrating classics of world literature.
Title: "Reise unter dem Meer" by Sabine Löwer
♦ Winner of the category: Medieval Fantasy Calendars
Title: "Mittelalterselfies" by Martin Jahr
"The CALVENDO AI Calendar Award shows which artistic results can already be created from the synergy of human creativity and generative AI. This interaction is still in its infancy. Twelve months ago, the technology of image generation was very buggy and inaccessible to the vast majority of users. The level achieved today is already impressive. And the technology is constantly evolving. The winning calendars could motivate more creatives to proactively engage with AI," says CALVENDO Managing Director Hans-Joachim Jauch.
The CALVENDO AI Calendar Award is not only a recognition of achievement, but also an encouragement for artists and creatives to explore the possibilities of AI-based creativity themselves, to develop new skills and, if necessary, to discover unknown horizons or future sources of income.
Here you can find the detailed presentation of the winning calendars.
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30.05.2023
Munich, June 2023 - Are you creative and up for a new challenge? Then get creative and take part in our big AI (artificial intelligence) wall calendar competition. Win the international CALVENDO AI Calendar Award and get featured at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair!
Create original wall calendars on our CALVENDO platform using AI tools, such as Midjourney.
You can choose from three themes for your entry:
The three calendars that our jury will select as winners will be exhibited in the annual “Calendar Gallery” at Frankfurt Book Fair 2023. This unique wall calendar exhibition showcases the range of products available to buy to international trade visitors as well as to consumers.
We will also invite the winners to attend Frankfurt Book Fair (trip to Frankfurt and admission to fair will be covered)!
The winning calendars will be promoted on our social media channels, in our newsletter and our online shop.
More information on how to enter the competition!
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Munich, February 2023 –Generating images with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Dall-E 2 or Stable Diffusion is all the rage. Users are curious and the creative potential in synthetic image generation seems unlimited. Munich-based publishing house Calvendo, a free, innovative platform enabling creative people such as photographers to monetise their work, is therefore now actively encouraging AI and computer artists to use their AI-generated designs for the creation of wall calendars and canvas prints on the platform and submit them for publication . These are curated by a jury to ensure a high standard of quality. Approved submissions are listed internationally for sale on retail sites such as Amazon , and upon order, Calvendo produces the wall calendars and canvas prints in a high-quality digital print-on-demand process. For each copy of their work sold, creators receive a fixed fee. CALVENDO is thus one of the first to provide a platform for AI artists to showcase and sell their work. The calvendo.com site is available in German, English and French.
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London, December 2015 – A couple of months ago, Calvendo, a publishing platform for wall calendars, asked its self-publishers to submit calendars under the headline “Made in the UK”, with no further restrictions: Traditions, sights, quirks, any theme was possible and users could interpret the headline freely and let their creative juices flow. As a result, Calvendo now has a lovely collection of 20 wall calendars in its first ever “Made in the UK” edition, featuring anything from magical woodlands, to Sottish, Welsh and English landscapes, by way of vintage cars, steam trains and much more. There’s photography, digital paintings and even calligraphy. It’s eclectic, quirky and quite beautiful – just like the UK.
And here they are – proudly presenting:
- Appreciate quirkiness? You’ll like this then: Lil Folx, by Nick Meers
- Into William Morris? Take a look at the Calligraphic William Morris Calendar, by Ingo Schiege
- Curious how others see the UK? Here’s a German perspective: Typically British, by Silvia Drafz
- Something colourful for your wall? Try Portmeirion, by Loose Images/Lucy Antony
- The vintage type? Take a look at Morris Minors, by Loose Images/Lucy Antony
- Into travelling the traditional way? See wonderful old trains in Steam Landscape, by David Ireland
- Searching for some awe-inspiring architecture? We've got Anglican Cathedrals, by David Ireland
- In need of some enchanted scenery? Explore Magical Woodlands, by Ceri Jones
- It’s all about gardens for you? Then don’t miss Dreamlike Gardens in Southern England, by Christian Mueringer
- Loving Yorkshire? How about Whitby Harbour, by WT Images/Wendy Thompson
- Soft spot for heavy horses? Big Bold and Beautiful, by WT Images/Wendy Thompson might be the thing for you then
- Scotland in all its glory? See Scottish Scenes, by Alan Maitland
- Heading north? Here’s Iona Scotland’s Mystical Isle, by Sharon Poole
- Do you know this place? Beautiful Manor Valley, by Henning von Moers of Menar
- The nature type? Get lucky with Ladybirds and Bees of the UK, by Paul Iddon
- How about some digital painting? We're quite intrigued by Rule Britannia, by Edward Nagele
- More of Scotland? Why not, with Simply Scotland, by John Darby
- Want it to take it all in? Then Go on A Journey through the United Kingdom, by Helmut Gulbins
- More of Wales? Here we go, The beauty of the Llyn Peninsula, by Phil Pownall
- More of the countryside? No problem with Scenes from the Peak District, by Andrew Kearton
All calendars can be ordered as digital print-on-demand products on UK retail platforms such as Bookdepository, Amazon, Speedyhen or Lovereading and are also available internationally via Calvendo's partnerships with retailers across Europe. Please note that some retailers list products as "out of stock" because of Calvendo's print-on-demand set up. Items can still be ordered.
Calvendo, which was set up in Germany in 2012 and launched in the UK last year, is a unique and free of charge platform that enables photographers, graphic designers, painters and creative people to not only create their own calendars but to also sell them on the international book market. As an open platform, users can register free of charge as self-publishers, create their calendars with an editing software integrated on the site and submit them to a jury who will perform a quality check. All calendars that pass the jury process and are released for publication will receive an ISBN and be listed on retail platforms. Upon customer order, they are produced via digital print-on-demand and self-publishers receive royalties for each copy sold.
Search for Calvendo calendars on:
- www.bookdepository.com
- www.amazon.co.uk
- www.speedyhen.com
- www.hive.co.uk
- www.lovereading.co.uk
Made in the UK calendars blog page including links to Calvendo product gallery and retail platforms
Free registration on www.calvendo.co.uk
User Feedback
www.facebook.com/Calvendo.co.uk
www.twitter.com/Calvendo_UK
www.instagram.com/calvendo_uk
About Calvendo
Calvendo was launched in in Germany in 2012 as a subsidiary of Cornelsen Publishing Group, one of the biggest publishers in German-speaking countries. Since then, tens of thousands of calendars created by photographers and artists have been sold. In 2014, the platform launched in the UK and France, increasing its calendar portfolio and setting up an interface with online retailers such as Amazon or Bookdepository in these countries.
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London, September 2015. Calendar publishing platform Calvendo is calling all photographers, graphic designers, painters and creative people to submit their work for a newly launched Made in the UK edition. 2016 Calendars submitted between now and 15th November 2015 will be considered for Calvendo’s special Made in the UK logo to be featured on every calendar selected.
Calvendo, which was set up in Germany in 2012 and launched in the UK last year, is a unique and free of charge platform that enables photographers and artists to not only create their own calendars but to also sell them on the international book market. With its Made in the UK edition, it wants to encourage users to think creatively how to render the theme of Britishness for the medium of a wall calendar: “Typical sports, customs, traditions, sights, quirks – any ideas are welcome and will be considered by our team of calendar specialists,” explains Calvendo CEO Jochen Jauch. “We’re deliberately not restricting the topic further apart from the ‘Made in the UK’ headline because we want to give our users scope to use their creativity as freely as possible. We’re very excited to see what kind of topics they’ll come up with and in which form they’ll submit them for our new calendar edition dedicated to all things British.”
Important to know for anyone considering to give it a go: Every calendar that is created on www.calvendo.co.uk and submitted has the chance of being published, even if it won’t be included in the Made in the UK edition. Calvendo is an open platform where users can register free of charge as self-publishers, create their calendars with an editing software integrated on the site and submit them to a jury who will perform a quality check. All calendars that pass the jury process and are released for publication will receive an ISBN and be listed on retail platforms such as Amazon. Upon customer order, they are produced via digital print-on-demand and self-publishers receive royalties for each copy sold.
Users who want their submission to be considered for the Made in the UK edition should add a short note before submitting their work. For more information, please see our dedicated “How to submit a calendar for the Made in the UK edition” page below. Users whose calendar has been selected will be informed and provided with the logo to add it to their calendar. They are also free not to accept the label and publish their calendar without. Altogether, Calvendo will include 20 calendars in its first ever Made in the UK edition.
How to submit a calendar for the Made in the UK edition
Free registration on www.calvendo.co.uk
About Calvendo
Calvendo was launched in in Germany in 2012 as a subsidiary of Cornelsen Publishing Group, one of the biggest publishers in German-speaking countries. Since then, tens of thousands of calendars created by photographers and artists have been sold. In 2014, the platform launched in the UK and France, increasing its calendar portfolio and setting up an interface with online retailers such as Amazon or Bookdepository in these countries.
User Feedback
www.facebook.com/Calvendo.co.uk
www.twitter.com/Calvendo_UK
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August 26, 2015
How Calvendo enables creative people to turn their content into professional products
London, August 2015. Less than a year after its UK launch, calendar publishing platform Calvendo has reached the 1000 registered user mark: “We’re very happy that so many English-language photographers and artists are already creating and publishing calendars with us, “ says Calvendo Managing Director Hans-Joachim Jauch. “We see a similarly successful development as when we initially launched in Germany in 2012 and are excited about our platform’s development for the upcoming calendar season.”
Calvendo’s UK division now has almost 1100 registered users and a good 4500 calendars with UK ISBNs in its list. Calvendo is always looking for good content, be it from individual or corporate users, and happy to consider a wide range of topics for its calendar programme. As a professional publishing platform for wall calendars it offers a unique service: Creative users can design their own calendars online with a tool provided and sell them on the international book market and online retail platforms such as Amazon. Before release, each calendar goes through a quality assessment process to ensure that products are fit to go to market.
The service is free of charge, and Calvendo self-publishers get royalties for each calendar copy sold. Working with innovative technologies and digital print-on-demand enables Calvendo to provide users with this opportunity. Calendars are produced upon customer order on retail sites which does away with cost for minimum print runs and pre-production.
More information and user voices.
Free registration on www.calvendo.co.uk
www.facebook.com/Calvendo.co.uk
www.twitter.com/Calvendo_UK
For media enquiries, please contact
Barbara Geier
Calvendo Country Manager UK
Phone 07983 242 195
Calvendo launched in Germany in 2012 and expanded to the UK and France in 2014. The company operates as a subsidiary of the Franz Cornelsen Bildung group in Germany. Annual sales volume of over €330m set the group amongst the leading publishing houses on the German-speaking market. More than 2,000 employees develop, design and sell education and science related products with a publishing programme of 23,000 titles. With its brands Heye, Weingarten and Harenberg, Cornelsen is also Germany's number one calendar publisher.
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August 29, 2014
It's not a new idea to offer photographers, graphic designers, designers, artists and other creative workers an online platform for designing their own calendars. What's new is that now there's a platform with a direct book retail channel. This successful self-publishing model is called CALVENDO and it comes with its own publishing house which is now expanding to the UK and France. In German-speaking countries, the CALVENDO system was launched in the autumn of 2012, where it has since successfully sold tens of thousands of calendars created by photographers and artists. Following this huge success, expanding to the UK and France is the next logical step.
Worldwide, CALVENDO is the first and only publishing house for self-publishers that helps creative workers sell individually designed wall calendars and poster books. Creative workers in different countries use the system to publish their own retailable calendars and achieve personal acclaim.
And it's really very simple: After the uploaded images, graphics or texts have been used to create an individual calendar on the online platform, CALVENDO performs a double quality assurance check before releasing the result for sale through retailers such as Amazon. Use of the online platform is free of charge for creators and authors, while they receive up to 30 per cent of the earnings from each copy actually ordered. CALVENDO's creative authors define their own retail prices and retain all of the rights pertaining to their own images and content.
"Many photographers and artists have already designed calendars or poster books for CALVENDO's German publishing house. Expanding to other countries with new, site-based teams was just the next logical step," says Hans-Joachim Jauch, Managing Director at CALVENDO. "We can now offer dedicated creative workers in the UK and France a platform to present their ideas to a wider audience. And make a profit at absolutely no financial risk to themselves. At CALVENDO, we support them in the development of their ideas and then take the burden of production and distribution in co-operation with our powerful partners."
CALVENDO offers all of the modules necessary for this process – from online calendar creation software and high-quality printing right down to sales and remittance of earnings. All of the calendar ideas uploaded by authors and self-publishers are subjected to a double quality assurance process before they can be released for publishing: first, the content is examined; next the files are checked for adequate technical printing quality. Once released, the creative projects go out to established book catalogues (such as the list of deliverable books) with their own ISBN. As soon as any orders are received from retailers, the calendars and poster books go into production. "Our business model has proved to be a winning concept. Following our successful launch in the autumn of 2012, the time has now come to extend our operations to the international market. And we do mean that literally, because creativity has never known boundaries," says Managing Director Hans-Joachim Jauch.
The CALVENDO online platform has created a much wider range of calendars than those offered by any of the traditional publishing houses. Some of the top categories on offer are Nature, Technology, People, Fun and Science. Under these headings, however, CALVENDO does not impose any restrictions on its authors and gives valuable hints on choosing a subject.
Thus, creators from all walks of life can "Share Creativity" by developing their ideas and presenting them to others as a printed calendar or poster book.
About CALVENDO
CALVENDO is a subsidiary of the Franz Cornelsen Bildung group in Germany. Its annual sales volume of over €330m sets the group amongst the leading publishing houses on the German-speaking market. More than 2,000 employees develop, design and sell education and science related products with a publishing programme of 23,000 titles. With its trademarks Heye, Weingarten and Harenberg, Cornelsen is also Germany's number one calendar vendor.
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April 02, 2013
Photographers, graphic designers, artists and creative individuals from around the world can now create and sell their own calendars and poster books (Flipart) online at no cost. The company behind the concept is CALVENDO, a new German online platform created by the Cornelsen Publishing House. As of March 2013, the startup also gears towards international users who want to present themselves and their creations in the German publishing market plus other countries and earn money at the same time.
www.calvendo.com is the first platform for self-publishers, helping artists create and sell their individually created calendars and poster books (Flipart). Users of the platform have access to the services at no cost and earn up to 30 percent of each item ordered. The selling price is determined by the artists themselves and they also retain the rights to the images and content of their work.
“Many people have created their own calendar or poster books (Flipart) themselves before. We are now setting the stage for creative minds in English speaking areas to bring their individual artwork to a vast audience. Not only are they able to have an income from their own creations, but they do so at no financial risk. CALVENDO removes the artist from any sales pressure by providing a platform that takes care of production, distribution and handling, which is only made possible with the great support of our partners,” – Hans-Joachim Jauch, Managing Partner at CALVENDO.
CALVENDO makes the process of self-publishing as easy as possible by providing the calendar software for the design, high quality printing options, invoicing and author payment. The uploaded products undergo a strict quality control. First the content is checked to make sure all information is accurate, and then the quality of the uploaded data files is assessed to ensure a printed copy at full resolution. Once the project is approved, it receives an international standard book number (ISBN) and becomes available in German book stores and online. The calendars and poster books (Flipart) are produced in Germany etc. as soon as orders are received. Once uploaded, calendars can consecutively be updated to the current calendar year.
CALVENDO is aiming to create an extensive collection of calendars and poster books (Flipart) that are available for print, as cannot be found anywhere else in the publishing market. Some of the most popular categories and subjects on the platform are nature, travels and cities, art, people and mobility. Within these categories, CALVENDO sets no limits to creativity and ideas and is happy to provide pointers when choosing a subject.
The slogan is “Share Creativity” and that’s what this is about: authors spreading their ideas as printed calendars or poster books (Flipart). Examples can be found in the CALVENDO product gallery at http://www.calvendo.de/galerie.
Proudly presenting: Calvendo’s first “Made in the UK” wall calendar edition
London, December 2015 – A couple of months ago, Calvendo, a publishing platform for wall calendars, asked its self-publishers to submit calendars under the headline “Made in the UK”, with no further restrictions: Traditions, sights, quirks, any theme was possible and users could interpret the headline freely and let their creative juices flow. As a result, Calvendo now has a lovely collection of 20 wall calendars in its first ever “Made in the UK” edition, featuring anything from magical woodlands, to Sottish, Welsh and English landscapes, by way of vintage cars, steam trains and much more. There’s photography, digital paintings and even calligraphy. It’s eclectic, quirky and quite beautiful – just like the UK.
And here they are – proudly presenting:
- Appreciate quirkiness? You’ll like this then: Lil Folx, by Nick Meers
- Into William Morris? Take a look at the Calligraphic William Morris Calendar, by Ingo Schiege
- Curious how others see the UK? Here’s a German perspective: Typically British, by Silvia Drafz
- Something colourful for your wall? Try Portmeirion, by Loose Images/Lucy Antony
- The vintage type? Take a look at Morris Minors, by Loose Images/Lucy Antony
- Into travelling the traditional way? See wonderful old trains in Steam Landscape, by David Ireland
- Searching for some awe-inspiring architecture? We've got Anglican Cathedrals, by David Ireland
- In need of some enchanted scenery? Explore Magical Woodlands, by Ceri Jones
- It’s all about gardens for you? Then don’t miss Dreamlike Gardens in Southern England, by Christian Mueringer
- Loving Yorkshire? How about Whitby Harbour, by WT Images/Wendy Thompson
- Soft spot for heavy horses? Big Bold and Beautiful, by WT Images/Wendy Thompson might be the thing for you then
- Scotland in all its glory? See Scottish Scenes, by Alan Maitland
- Heading north? Here’s Iona Scotland’s Mystical Isle, by Sharon Poole
- Do you know this place? Beautiful Manor Valley, by Henning von Moers of Menar
- The nature type? Get lucky with Ladybirds and Bees of the UK, by Paul Iddon
- How about some digital painting? We're quite intrigued by Rule Britannia, by Edward Nagele
- More of Scotland? Why not, with Simply Scotland, by John Darby
- Want it to take it all in? Then Go on A Journey through the United Kingdom, by Helmut Gulbins
- More of Wales? Here we go, The beauty of the Llyn Peninsula, by Phil Pownall
- More of the countryside? No problem with Scenes from the Peak District, by Andrew Kearton
All calendars can be ordered as digital print-on-demand products on UK retail platforms such as Bookdepository, Amazon, Speedyhen or Lovereading and are also available internationally via Calvendo's partnerships with retailers across Europe. Please note that some retailers list products as "out of stock" because of Calvendo's print-on-demand set up. Items can still be ordered.
Calvendo, which was set up in Germany in 2012 and launched in the UK last year, is a unique and free of charge platform that enables photographers, graphic designers, painters and creative people to not only create their own calendars but to also sell them on the international book market. As an open platform, users can register free of charge as self-publishers, create their calendars with an editing software integrated on the site and submit them to a jury who will perform a quality check. All calendars that pass the jury process and are released for publication will receive an ISBN and be listed on retail platforms. Upon customer order, they are produced via digital print-on-demand and self-publishers receive royalties for each copy sold.
Search for Calvendo calendars on:
- www.bookdepository.com
- www.amazon.co.uk
- www.speedyhen.com
- www.hive.co.uk
- www.lovereading.co.uk
Made in the UK calendars blog page including links to Calvendo product gallery and retail platforms
Free registration on www.calvendo.co.uk
User Feedback
www.facebook.com/Calvendo.co.uk
www.twitter.com/Calvendo_UK
www.instagram.com/calvendo_uk
About Calvendo
Calvendo was launched in in Germany in 2012 as a subsidiary of Cornelsen Publishing Group, one of the biggest publishers in German-speaking countries. Since then, tens of thousands of calendars created by photographers and artists have been sold. In 2014, the platform launched in the UK and France, increasing its calendar portfolio and setting up an interface with online retailers such as Amazon or Bookdepository in these countries.
