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How Japan’s Discover 21 Hits Hot Trends to Produce Bestsellers

Yumiko Hoshiba, President, Discover 21

Tokyo’s Discover 21 publishing house, now launching in New York, has published a string of bestsellers at home by asking authors to address real-world issues with originality.

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On Finding Your (International) Voice

Scot Gardner

Australian YA author Scot Gardner talks about the challenges of writing for an international audience while staying true to his local culture.

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Dan Brown’s “Inferno” Translated in an Underground Italian Bunker

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The translators of Dan Brown’s Inferno, who worked in isolation for months, speak out on just how far their publishers went to to keep their work secret.

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Scenes from the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

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The recent Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival offered a unique spectacle for readers and a snapshot of children’s book publishing issues in the Middle East.

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Krasznahorkai and Stanescu Win the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards

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A pair of Eastern European authors — Laszlo Krasznahorki and Nichita Stanescu — take home the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards.

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The Fight is On: Which South Korean Publisher Will Snag Murakami’s Latest?

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South Korean publishers are in a bidding war to win rights to Haruki Marukami’s newest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

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Book Fair Fights to Put Colombia Firmly on the Literary Map

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The Bogota International Book Fair convenes nearly the entire Colombian publishing industry and focuses on bringing the region’s books and authors to the public.

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“A Short History of Nuclear Folly” is GBO’s Book of the Month for May

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The German Book Office’s May Book of the Month is A Short History of Nuclear Folly by Rudolph Herzog, son of famous filmmaker Werner Herzog.

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Von Rezzori Novel Wins Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize

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Phillip Boehm has won the 2013 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize 2013 for his translation of Gregor von Rezzori’s An Ermine in Czernopol (New York Review of Books).

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Book Sales in Bulgaria Up 10% in 2012, Translations Increasing

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Book sales in Bulgaria were up 10% in 2012, with publishers reporting more than 5,000 books were published the previous year, of which 1,500 were translations.

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