The Beijing International Book Fair organizers cite robust rights sales at this year’s fair, claiming that sales of Chinese translation rights sold abroad have increased.
Update From the Beijing International Book Fair’s Professional Programs
Tours of relevant industry sites, lectures, seminars, networking, and training are featured in a series of professional program offerings this week at Beijing International Book Fair.
Beijing International Book Fair Emphasizes Its New Digital Zone
Centered around its two-day Digital Publishing Forum conference event, the newly focused Digital Zone at Beijing International Book Fair includes presentations from Amazon Web Services, Springer Nature, Microsoft, and Wiley.
Beijing International Book Fair 2018 Anticipates Participation From 93 Countries
Emphasizing digital publishing and its new children’s book area, Beijing International Book Fair plans a 97,700-square-meter footprint this year in eight halls.
On the Eve of Beijing International Book Fair: ‘Exponential Growth’
The Beijing Book Fair is growing thanks to to expanding international interest in the Chinese book market and demand for a place to conduct rights business in Asia.
Beijing International Book Fair Takes a New Stance in Asia
The 2015 Beijing International Book Fair put a renewed emphasis in B2B transactions and sought to tighten regional ‘silk road’ relations.
Beijing International Book Fair: E-books and Digital Content Boost China’s $150bn Publishing Media Market (Update)
• The Beijing International Book Fair (August 30 through September 3) reflects China’s booming digital publishing business with 2,000 sq. meters of digital exhibits. • Sales of ebooks, downloaded games, apps and other digital content in China hit 80 billion RMB ($11.8 billion) in 2009. By Edward Nawotka UPDATED 8/29: Our initial statistical information stated that the $150bn applied exclusively to …
Bonus Material: Video Interviews from the Beijing International Book Fair
BEIJING: Our colleague Thomas Minkus was on site last week at the Beijing International Book Fair and took the opportunity to interview a few of our esteemed colleagues from the global publishing community. Among those he spoke with were Jon Malinowski, president of the Combined Book Exhibit and PubMatch.org, discussing how he’s seen the BIBF evolve over the last five …
Images from the Beijing International Book Fair, Part 1
By Publishing Perspectives BEIJING: There’s almost too much to see — there’s the old, like the Forbidden City, and the new, such as the CCTV Tower and the Bird’s Nest — but this week all eyes in the book world are on the China National Exhibition Center, where the annual Beijing International Book Fair is taking place. We at Publishing …
What to Expect at the Beijing International Book Fair
By Edward Nawotka BEIJING: Trying to take in the totality of Chinese publishing is a lot like sitting down to a Chinese banquet and trying to figure out what to eat first. With thousands of publishers, both state sponsored and independent, putting out some 300,000 titles each year (about the same number as in the US), there’s a lot on the …