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 ]
The publishing sector could receive a boost as part of prime minister Theresa May’s new industrial strategy, the Publishers Association has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-24 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 ]
Legimi cofounder Mikołaj Małaczyński is optimistic that Poland's already growing ebook market could further benefit from lower VAT rates proposed by the EC. The post Polish Ebook Industry Eyes Brussels’ Proposed VAT Reduction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Members of the US book trade have urged the industry to remember the powerful role books play in promoting unity and understanding in the wake of the US election result which saw Republican candidate Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton to take the White House as US president elect. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-11 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Authors Peter James and James Heneage, critic and author Amanda Craig and former Hachette deputy c.e.o. David Young will help judge this year’s British Book Industry Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller is seeking the book trade’s views on whether the UK should leave the European Union ahead of the nation’s referendum vote. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller has expanded its industry awards, with the 2016 ceremony to celebrate the books of the year as well as the wider trade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
As our parting gift to you for 2015, Publishing Perspectives re-imagines several popular Christmas carols through the prism of the book business. The post Happy Holidays! Christmas Carols for the Book Industry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Publishers Association said it is “not expecting good news” from the Chancellor’s Spending Review tomorrow, while library campaigners have warned that further cuts to local councils could “all but destroy the public library service as we know it.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]