An editor at a Beijing-based publisher describes the Chinese book business in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
Officials from BookExpo in the US have said the event is scheduled to go ahead as planned in May, as book fairs around the world cancel or postpone events due to the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 07:30:22 UTC ]
London Book Fair has been cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, hours after major publishers said they would not attend. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-04 06:57:39 UTC ]
The book trade has expressed disappointment at the cancellation of the London Book Fair but accepted that it was the right call, as the UK works on containment of the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-04 04:39:23 UTC ]
HarperCollins UK and Simon & Schuster have joined the rest of the Big Five publishers in announcing they are not attending the London Book Fair following the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 22:29:32 UTC ]
Amazon has pulled out of the London Book Fair, as the US businesses of HarperCollins and Hachette have joined Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Penguin Random House in withdrawing a number of their rights staff from the London Book Fair amid the coronavirus outbreak, adding pressure on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-01 20:42:21 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster’s US team will not be attending the London Book Fair this year over "health and safety" fears following the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 11:51:27 UTC ]
Over 200 publishers and publishing imprints in Italy’s Publishers Association (the Associazione Italiana Editori or AIE) have signed an open letter to the country’s government, asking it to delay the implementation of controversial new rules on book discounting, and citing the coronavirus... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 20:35:16 UTC ]
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair has been postponed for a month owing to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, organisers announced today. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 03:08:08 UTC ]
Trade professionals are predicting business much as usual at the London Book Fair, despite attendees from China and surrounding countries pulling out over the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-19 19:44:34 UTC ]