China’s search engine giant Baidu has launched a new e-publishing site offering control of pricing and no commission in hope of improving relations with publishers.
The glorious world of Hindi pulp fiction may be coming to a close, as the internet, satellite TV and sagging sales take their toll.
Book sales in Bulgaria were up 10% in 2012, with publishers reporting more than 5,000 books were published the previous year, of which 1,500 were translations.
Amina Alaoui Hachimi from the Moroccan publishing house Yanbow Al Kitab believes the internet is a viable gateway to entice North African children to read.
Among the youngest writers to win the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Saud Alsanousi writes about foreign workers in Arab countries in his book, The Bamboo Stalk.
The Fundación El Libro and Buenos Aires Book Fair have added another 20 new names to the original 50 on their list of the most inspiring people in the Spanish-language book trade.
From April 23-25 the BAIBF offers exclusive programming for publishing professionals, including a seminar on change management, honors for Latin America’s top 50 publishing pros, and more.
Malaysia’s Tan Twan Eng won Asia’s most prestigious literary prize for The Garden of Evening Mists. The prize continues to grow and gain publicity for Asian authors.
In the UK a new ebook platform Boosh will allow readers to share an ebook with a fellow Facebook user to read for free after its read and deleted from their own account.
Vietnam’s Biitbook E-publishing Platform Attracts 46k Users in 8 Months
New Vietnamese digital platform Biitbook is aggressively pursuing self-published authors and has developed a proprietary payment system to overcome lack of credit cards.