This month's cancellation of Leipziger Buchmesse points to the shifting outlook for major publishing events, professional and public-facing. The post International Book Fairs: Leipzig’s Cancellation Spotlights the Calendar appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-16 17:02:19 UTC ]
The trade is continuing to face lengthy delays exporting books to Europe following the end of the post-Brexit transition period, with Amazon understood to have made changes to its purchasing to mitigate the issue. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-14 23:27:28 UTC ]
Lauren Oyler’s “Fake Accounts” and Patricia Lockwood’s “No One Is Talking About This” critique our Internet-attenuated lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-02-10 13:00:00 UTC ]
A few months ago, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)’s watchdog desk, which which monitors the self-publishing sector, rates the best and worst ser Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-07 23:23:58 UTC ]
News Corp’s examples of cultural Marxism come up short. Plus: Alan Jones apology relegated to Sky News corrections pageDays after News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch warned of an “awful woke orthodoxy”, the Daily Telegraph demonstrated the boss’s point with a front-page story about political... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-02-04 22:44:51 UTC ]
Leipzig Book Fair, the main spring event for the German book industry, has been cancelled for the second year running owing to the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-31 21:39:11 UTC ]
The Edinburgh International Book Festival will run from 14th to 30th August at a new location: the Edinburgh College of Art. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 10:17:35 UTC ]
In last year's International Excellence Awards, Europe and Asia were prominent among winners, with Bonnier taking the inclusivity prize. The post London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards: Deadline Friday appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-18 20:52:50 UTC ]
Digital advance-copy service NetGalley has revealed it suffered a data breach just before Christmas that may have exposed members' information. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-29 00:17:57 UTC ]
Revenue at Scholastic's book fairs dropped 79% and total revenue at Scholastic dropped 32% in the quarter ended November 31, 2020, compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2020, as the pandemic led to a significant decline in the number of fairs held. The publisher has tapped two new leaders for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
Frankfurt Book Fair has completed its restructure and cut an undisclosed number of roles in what it has called a “painful and far-reaching” process. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 06:13:00 UTC ]
The Frankfurt Book Fair New York office is closing this month, its business to be handled from Frankfurt. Publishing Perspectives continues. The post Buchmesse Restructuring: Frankfurt Book Fair New York Office Closing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-09 15:16:12 UTC ]
The Tehran Book Fair Uncensored program is online this week, with as many as a dozen independent publishers of Persian literature. The post ‘Tehran Book Fair Uncensored’ Is Now Underway in Its Fifth Edition: Online appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-08 17:56:35 UTC ]
Picture yourself at the Javitz Center in Manhattan during a Book Expo trade show. Your feet ache. You’re longing for caffeine, but the line for the only Starbucks is miles long, plus that guy from your last job is holding court in its middle. It’s years since the last time you actually conducted... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-03 09:49:41 UTC ]
With Tuesday's news that ReedPop was pulling the plug on the current version of BookExpo and BookCon, most people contacted by 'PW' expressed little interest in returning to the same kind of show—but nearly all hoped some type of annual event could be created. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
BookExpo, the largest bookseller trade show in the U.S., and its consumer-facing sibling BookCon have been indefinitely canceled because of the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-12-01 20:30:11 UTC ]
After the physical events were canceled earlier this year because of the pandemic, BookExpo and its public-facing BookCon are being closed. The post ReedPop Cancels BookExpo, ‘Retiring’ the Trade Show and BookCon appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-01 19:00:11 UTC ]
The biggest trade show in U.S. book publishing is being retired. BookExpo and its attendant consumer-focused events, BookCon and Unbound, will not be held in 2021, as organizer ReedPop considers the future of the events. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
At the end of January this year, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko hosted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Independence Palace, a glassy, corporate-looking building on Prospekte Pobeditelei (Winners Avenue) in central Minsk. Pompeo was the highest-ranking American official to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-30 09:48:38 UTC ]
William Collins has won a five-way auction for a feminist exposé of the economy by journalist Katrine Marçal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-19 00:41:42 UTC ]