The book trade has generally welcomed Amazon’s new ebook offer, but questioned the five year cap for the new deal and raised concerns over whether it will hold in the UK in a post-Brexit world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vincent Monadé, president of the French National Book Centre (Centre National du Livre, CNL), yesterday called for all institutions in the book sector to join forces and prepare a common set of proposals for books to present to candidates in the French presidential election. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Offering employment to existing US Nielsen Book employees, the Nielsen Book practice becomes NPD Book in the new acquisition. The post Industry Changes: Nielsen Book’s US Services Sold to NPD Group appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller has acquired The British Book Awards, also known as the Nibbies, from the estate of Publishing News founder and editor Fred Newman. The deal means that in 2017 The Bookseller will run a unified book awards event for the first time since 2004, when the British Book Awards split... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book market has seen strong Christmas trading, with the week leading up to the big day ranking the highest in value since 2007, figures from Nielsen BookScan have shown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hong Kong used to be a place of relatively free speech in China, but that was before Xi Jinping’s crackdown. Now everybody from writers to booksellers, publishers and printers fear they will be next to ‘disappear’Just over a year after five publishers and booksellers disappeared from Hong Kong... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some book publishers in Australia question whether the expense of entering the increasing number of book awards is worth the potential end result. The post How Rewarding Are Book Awards? Australia’s Industry Debates the Costs appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Frankfurt Book Fair’s press officers report a slight increase in trade-visitor attendance this year, the German trade gives Carolin Emcke its 2016 peace prize. A reminder here that many more articles of this kind bring to light various moments and programs at the just-ended Frankfurt Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
PEN America's new report asserts that 'diverse books' frequently are the first to be yanked when it comes to book challenges and 'soft censorship.' The post International Industry Notes: PEN America on Banning Books in the USA appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to figures released by the AAP's StatShot program, sales of adult books fell 10.3% and sales of children's/YA titles fell 2.1%, compared to the same period last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The German Publishers and Booksellers Association has joined with freedom of speech organisations to launch an online petition calling on the German government and EU Commission to make an “uncompromising commitment” to freedom of expression in Turkey. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zhejiang University Press has events at BIBF this week, as Japan's Toto Serkan looks at Japan's mobile gaming market, and Scotland's Society of Young Publishers weighs the industry's interest in new skills. The post International Industry Notes: Beijing Book Fair, Japan’s Mobile Games,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Iceland’s giant-killing football success in France has produced a surge of interest in the country’s literary outputIceland’s heroic performance in the Euro 2016 football tournament has had a surprising side-effect – a boost for the tiny Nordic country’s publishing industry. The head of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was a fine Saturday morning in March when, as the clock struck nine, Ekor opened its doors for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lauded for work that exposes 'how violence, hatred and speechlessness can change people,' journalist and author Carolin Emcke's Friedenspreis honors her work "in an era in which political, religious and cultural conflicts often leave no room for dialogue.' The post The German Book Trade’s Peace... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bernardi succeeds longtime Dark Horse book trade executive Michael Martens, who is retiring after 22 years, and will takeover in time for the American Library Association meeting in Orlando, Florida. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Australian book industry awards night heard proposals would reduce authors’ control of copyright and flood market with cheap overseas editionsMagda Szubanski said she would consider leaving the country and called for writers to go on strike. Richard Flanagan called for the resignation of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three publishing experts from different areas of the industry reported on the growth and challenges found in the religion book market during a panel hosted by the BIGNY. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A report from Nielsen about India's book market shows rising literacy rates and education, complicated by 22 languages and over 1,600 dialects. The post Is It Time for India’s Book Market to Gain ‘Industry’ Status? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sunday Times literary editor Andrew Holgate, author Nina Stibbe, and Rik McShane retail director at Waterstones will help judge the The British Book Industy Awards' inaugural Book of the Year Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]