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A look at the major developments in the Australian book marketing in 2011 in a report by Booksellers NZ
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Rumors have been flying in France about whether or not the financially beleaguered giant Italian RCS Mediagroup is unloading its Flammarion subsidiary.
The ‘Waterstones 11' list of potential prize-winning debut novels includes an Alaskan bookseller, a former RSC actress, and a fundamentalist Welsh woman.
France's FNAC will focus on families and children, while Germany's Thalia will work on e-commerce efforts, ways to boost sales amid increased competition.
The number bookstores in Tehran rose from 858 to 895 in 2010, according to the Iran Book News Agency. Overall, 198 new bookstores opened in Iran last year.
Amazon.com's deal to publish the debut novel of actor James Franco, star of 127 Hours, underscores traditional publishing's increasingly untenable position.
Amanda Knox hired attorney Robert Barnett to represent her to publishers for a reason: she's going to save tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees.
Cambodian and Puerto Rican writers are gathered at MEET in Brittany, France to discuss memory and truth in literature.
The e-book version of Steve Jobs' biography has already become the top-selling e-book ever in Brazil just two weeks after its release.