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By Edward Nawotka This weekend came the shocking news that Faber and Faber finance director David Tebbutt was shot dead and his wife kidnapped while staying at a beachside Kenyan resort. The event is likely to cast a shadow over the Storymoja Hay Festival which starts this Thursday and runs through the weekend in Nairobi. Overseas guests expected to [...]
UK publishing educator and journalist Kelvin Smith remembers September 11, 2001 and its effect on the book business, as experienced from abroad.
Video interview with Turkish literary agent Nermin Mollaoğlu about her first trip to the Beijing Book Fair to get to know the Chinese publishing market.
UK publishing software and services provide is launching in China, initially catering to research publishers and offering content to libraries.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission "will not oppose the acquisition of REDgroup Online by Pearson Australia Group."
A lawsuit filed in California today accuses Apple of price fixing related to its agency model. Damages being sought could add up to tens of millions of dollars.
The large turnout at the Tokyo Book Fair comes increasingly from non-publishers, including online distributors, digital services, and IT companies.
A Chinese pirated version of George W. Bush's memoir, Decision Points, sparked controversy about its authenticity what is lost in the Chinese translation.
According to BookNet Canada, Canadian book sales volume dropped by 10.8% in the first quarter of 2011.
The German Book Office laments the death of Clara Heyworth of Verso Books who died last Monday after being hit by a car in Brooklyn
