News from the US, UK and worldwide publishing trade press
Digital sales are booming, up 146.9% in May and produced $73.4 million in revenue, according to the Association of American Publishers.
Books-a-Million bookstore chain has offered to take over 35 soon-to-be-liquidated Borders bookstores.
The International Supply Chain Meeting, a Frankfurt Book Fair staple for 32 years, will become part of the O'Reilly Tools of Change Frankfurt conference.
Any hopes of Borders being miraculously saved from liquidation, were squandered as part of the debate on Border’s grim future was finally laid to rest.
In the UK this week, both Oxford University and the British Library had their eyes (and hands) set on expensive relics of the past.
PEN has selected 11 projects out of 130 submitted to fund for translation.
Cambridge University Press opens digital distribution platform for libraries to academic publishers and other university presses
Chile has been named Guest of Honor for the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2012; Germany is the 2011 Guest of Honor.
Pictures from the Tokyo International Book Fair (July 7-10, 2011), one of the major publishing trade shows in Asia.
A brief look at some of this past week's most notable publishing news stories covers Pottermore, e-readers vs. tablets, library e-books and taxes.
