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Why Thinking Same-Language Markets are Uniform is a Mistake

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Addressing the differences between the various international book markets is one of the missions we have here at Publishing Perspectives. It’s perhaps the key reason we exist.

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The Kiwi and the Dragon Are Friends

Wendy Pye of Award Reading and Sunshine Books

One of the smallest nations in the world, New Zealand, has become a key trading partner with one of the largest, China.

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Grammar Today: Rigid Rules or Rhetorical Choices?

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Teaching grammar rules as commandments takes the fun out of working with the language, says the editor of Cengage’s Hodges Harbrace Handbook.

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SURVEY: Is it Web or web, Internet or internet, eBook or E-book?

ethernet internet cables

There is not much consensus on the proper way to write out technology-related words. Take our survey and tell us how you do it.

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Polyglot vs. Translator: Different Takes on Multilingualism

Author Michael Erard spent years chasing polyglots around the globe

Not everyone can become a polyglot, so we still need translators — but the two treat the fact that all humans don’t speak the same language very differently.

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Win a Virtual Gold Medal for Learning English

By Siobhan O’Leary Foreign language dictionary publisher Langenscheidt is testing out the social media waters by offering a new free Facebook language course application. Those  … 

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How to Become a Bestseller in Europe: Write in English, German, French and…Swedish?

By Rüdiger Wischenbart This may sound like an odd question to ask: Are books diverse? Sure! With hundreds of thousands of new titles published every  … 

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Are Graphic Novels Ideally Suited to Digital?

by Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story by Alex de Campi describes the publication of Valentine, a serialized, digital-first graphic novel that is being translated and  … 

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The Digital Book in Practice: Valentine’s 14 Languages, Multiple Formats, Wireless Delivery

By Alex de Campi BROOKLYN: Imagine a graphic novel series, released every month simultaneously in 14 languages and across all major wireless platforms (Kindle, e-Reader, Android  … 

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What is the best way to learn a language?

By Erin L. Cox In today’s story, Siobhan O’Leary writes about the role of translators in international publishing.  As publishing goes global and learning other  … 

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