‘Crisis and Changes’: Insights From Beijing OpenBook’s Conference

With physical retail down, 2020 was the first year in which Beijing OpenBook tracked a downturn in the Chinese book market since 2000. The post ‘Crisis and Changes’: Insights From Beijing OpenBook’s Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Children's Books in China 2018: Beijing Baby Cube Children’s Brand Management Company

Baby Cube was founded by husband-and-wife team Yang Wenxuan and Liu Hong. The company grew out of their past professional experience in online retailing and literary publishing and out of their community outreach work focused on helping children to start reading. “It started as a reading club in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s Books in China 2018: Beijing Dandelion Children's Book House

The contradictions embodied in the folk symbol of the witch captured the attention of Sally Yan, founder and editor-in-chief of 11-year-old publishing company Beijing Dandelion. “The witch is a popular figure in Western classics: sometimes as the protagonist; other times, in the periphery. The... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book trade is 'custodian of empathy', Scotland conference hears

The book trade is a “custodian of empathy” and plays a vital part in reminding the world of the universality of the human condition, writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sexual Harassment In Children's Publishing Reaches a Crisis Point

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: The ARTS+ at Berlinale; Goodwin, Shelley, Andoh at Quantum Conference

The first of this year's The ARTS+ events is scheduled for later this week during the Berlinale. And in April, London Book Fair's Quantum conference will feature keynote events with headliners from three disciplines. The post Industry Notes: The ARTS+ at Berlinale; Goodwin, Shelley, Andoh at... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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China’s Bestsellers for 2017: OpenBook Cites 14.55 Percent Market Growth

With figures from OpenBook's 'Reading X' conference earlier this month, we learn that online book sales in China grew 28.82 percent in 2017, year over year, and brick-and-mortar bookstores were seen to erase the previous year's modest losses. The post China’s Bestsellers for 2017: OpenBook Cites... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OpenBook Managing Director Cites 14.55 Percent Growth in Chinese Book Market

Figures from OpenBook's 'Reading X' conference show that promising growth for the market, including a big uptick in online book sales in 2017. The post OpenBook Managing Director Cites 14.55 Percent Growth in Chinese Book Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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At the Tunis Conference: On Piracy and the Myth of ‘Free Content’

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conference Notes: Scottish Book Trade Day and London Book Fair’s Quantum Event Are Ahead

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WORKING London Book Fair Quantum Conference Announced

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Audio to take 'centre stage' at LBF Quantum data conference

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Ken Clarke to headline IPG spring conference

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New Conferences Aim to Bring Diversity to Religion Publishing

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Select Book Conferences, Festivals, and Fairs in 2018

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Competition from smartphones and readers sticking to well-known writers means novelists are suffering. We must find ways better ways to enable themFinally it’s official: literary fiction is in crisis, and writers across the land are burning the midnight oil in their garrets, teaching or slogging... Continue reading at The Guardian

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Insight Editions Marks 15 Years of Publishing for Fans

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