Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Why read travel writing in a pandemic? How did Kickstarter successfully unionize? Is pickup service the future for libraries? How…Continue Reading
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Tagged book launch, book launches, censorship, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, free speech, Kickstarter, libraries, pandemic, publication schedules, unionization, unions
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. How does piracy impact the viability of book series? China’s largest tech IPO is an ebook business. Will “inclusive access”…Continue Reading
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Tagged Bates College, book promotion, book series, China, diversity in publishing, Donald Trump, ebook piracy, ebooks, inclusive access, IPO, textbook sales
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. A Nielsen study in the UK showed that ebook sales are down and print sales are rising. What does the…Continue Reading
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Tagged abuse, China, digital libraries, ebooks, foreign books, Goodreads, harassment, Nielsen, picture books, print books, sales, UK
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. How has the Harry Potter series changed China’s ebook sales? What made Forbes decide to publish books? Where do indie…Continue Reading
Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: China and Turkey. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible from the original….Continue Reading
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Tagged 2084: The World Ends, A Gui, Akilah Azra Kohan, All the Light We Cannot See, Amelie Nothomb, An Impossible Love, Andrea Camilleri, Anna, Anthony Doerr, Antonio Manzini, Atles Land, Based on a True Story, Boualem Sansal, Cage, China, Christina Daniels, Christina Solazzo, Christine Angot, Ci, Crazy! Guibao (14), Cristina Caboni, David Lagercrantz, Delphine de Vigan, E.L. James, Eid-Ul-Call Aktas, Elena Ferrante, Emmanuel Carrere, Feels to Me Like I Love You, Fi, Finders Keepers, France, Francesco Fates, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George R.R. Martin, Germany, Grey, harper lee, Higashino Keigo, Imprimatur, Isabel Allende, It Was May, Italy, J.R. Moehringer, Jean-Christophe Grange, Jenny Erpenbeck, Jonathan Franzen, Josh Malerei Bearing, Journey Under the Midnight Sun, Khlaed Hosseini, Lao She, Laurent Binet, Lotano, Lu Yao, Madonna Fur Coat, Marc Levy, Marco Balzano, María Dueñas, Maurizio Maggiani, My Brilliant Friend, My Way, Nicholas Amman, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Passing From Your World, Paula Hawkins, Phillipe Delerm, Pi, Purity, Rafik Shami, Rebecca Gable, reyes monforte, Rickshaw Boy, Rita Monaldi, Russian Passion, Sabahattin Ali, Sophia or the Beginning of All Stories, Spain, Stephen King, Temperance, Ten Sins 5, The Bar of Great Hope, The Common WOrld, The Crime of Count Neville, The Devil Within Us, The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Girl on the Train, The Japanese Lover, The Keeper of the Honey and the Bee, The Kingdom, The Kite Runner, The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Murkey Waters of Mojito, The Newest, The Novel of the Nation, The Palace of the Seas, The Plaque, The Seventh Function of Language, the shadow thief, The Story of the Lost Child, Those Who Leave and Those who Stay, to kill a mockingbird, Turkey, Unworried Store, Vonne Endlichkait, Walking Went Gone, Zhang Jaijai, Zhi Zhu
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. International Publishers created an infographic for World Book Day highlighting children’s reading habits. Bookwire predicts that digital sales in Latin America will…Continue Reading
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Can a large YouTube following translate to book publishing success? Does the Man Booker Prize have a problem of…Continue Reading
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Tagged advances, agents, Amazon, book bans, China, crowdsourcing, Man Booker Prize, People Round-Up, Perseus Book Group, scout, YouTube
Like many small book fairs around the world (see our recent articles on the Buenos Aires and Jerusalem Book Fairs for a few examples), the Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF), a once domestic and consumer-directed event, is looking to professionalize and internationalize its image. In the past 5 years, major funding and programming from the…Continue Reading
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Tagged BEA, Bologna, Buenos Aires International Book Fair, China, Duran Kim, Eric Yang Agency, Facebook, Frankfurt Book Fair, Henry Shin, International Rights Centre, japan, Jerusalem International Book Fair, Jungha Song, Korea, Korea Literature Translation Institute, Korean Publishers Association, London Book Fair, Michelle Nam, Minumsa, Power Readers, Publishing Perspectives, Seoul International Book Fair, Seung Hyun Moon, Shinwon Agency, Sigongsa, South Korea, Tae-Eun Kim, Thailand, The Korea Times
Alongside the human rights and free speech issues that were raised at the London Book Fair’s China World Market Focus this year, there loomed the quintessentially Chinese issue of size, both in terms of population and expanse of land. When it comes to serving China’s public libraries, the country’s 1.3 billion readers remain a huge…Continue Reading
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Tagged Andrew Schrage, Baensch International, Bambook, China, Founder Apabi, George Lossius, Henan Sun, libraries, London Book Fair, Mothers Bridge of Love, public libraries, Publishing Technology, Robert Baensch, Scarlet He, The Digital Gateway, World Market Focus, Xinran
While the rest of the world suffers the economic squeeze, the government-run Chinese publishing industry has counterintuitively managed to cultivate opportunity for expansion both for local entrepreneurs and international publishers. Talk of less state interference and mounting interest from foreign markets is encouraging some publishers to brave the censors, fears of piracy, and the cultural…Continue Reading
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Tagged Association of American Publishers, Baensch International Group, Bamboo Goalposts, Barnes & Noble, Bernhard Schlink, Big Apple Tuttle-Mori, Book City Beijing, Book City Shanghai, Cecelia Ahern, censorship, China, Chinese publishing industry, Daniel Watts, Donald Trump, Frankfurt Book Fair, HarperCollins Beijing, Jiang Rong, Jo Lusby, John Nesbitt, Luc Kwanten, Michael Crichton, My Name Is Red, Nobel Prize, Orhan Pamuk, Pan Macmillan Asia, Paper Republic, Patricia Judd, Patrizia van Daalen, Penguin China, piracy, Robert Baensch, Rowan Simmons, Shanghai 99, Stella Cho, Taiwan, The Da Vinci Code, The Kite Runner, Tiananmen Square, Tibet, Toby Eady, Tony Parsons, Twilight, Wolf Totem, Yang Hung Ying