Print and digital help grow the book market in 2014

Last year the book trade “rekindled its love affair with the physical book”, Pan Macmillan’s m.d Anthony Forbes Watson has told The Bookseller. “Previous years have all been about growing ebook sales, but in 2014, in a market where ebook sales were plateauing, suddenly it was all about forward to the past, not back to the future,“ he added. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brazil’s Book Rights Market Has Cooled, But Opportunities Persist

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unravelling the Turkish Book Market for Foreigners

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The trend for medical graphic novels continues with Bloomsbury’s The Inflatable Woman by Rachael Ball. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven of the ten most challenged books of 2014 earned starred reviews from PW. Here they are. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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