Duncan Jepson's new novel 'All the Flowers in Shanghai' gives western readers a glimpse into China's psyche, where tradition can take precedence over reason.
The acquisition by Rakuten has enabled Kobo to speed up its ambitious overseas expansion, focusing on underserved markets. Japan, Brazil 'likely' in 2012.
Brazil and China? Latin America and Asia? Which offers you the biggest opportunities for next year?
Will freemium fiction be able to attract a large enough audience among Western readers, where cheap e-books are readily available?
The enormous popularity of freemium fiction attracts over 40% of Chinese internet users each month, writes Helen Sun of Publishing Technology.
China and Germany discuss self-publishing with epubli and Cloudary at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Is there room for more lukewarm coffee, calorific cookies and powerpoint presentations in your life?
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.
In Brazil an e-ink readers costs $500 and the market has grown slowly. In China a flood of cheap e-readers sparked a boom. Can cell phones bridge the gap? No.
