In an 11th survey, the French book business sees readers experimenting with and buying books in more digital formats than before.
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Wiley Opens New Pilot Program With Germany’s ResearchGate
Content from more than 100 journals is to be included eventually in this new pilot from Berlin-based ResearchGate and Hoboken’s Wiley.
Jerusalem International Book Forum: Its 2021 Digital Programming
The biennial forum this year will feature publishers, agents, scouts, editors, civic leaders and Israeli conductor Gil Shohat. (Sponsored)
PEN America’s 2021 Awards Winners Include Translators Emma Ramadan, Steve Bradbury
The annual presentation of literary awards and career achievement honors was produced digitally for a second year.
Rights Roundup: The Pandemic Changes the Book Fair Calendar Again
Titles in our Rights Roundup come from Japan by way of Finland, as well as Slovakia, Sweden, Germany, Turkey, the United States, and France.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Cancels Its Physical 2021 Fair
The Bologna International Children’s Book Fair announces a digital-only edition for 2021, cancelling its physical fair over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Simon & Schuster Signs Two-Book Deal With Mike Pence
Days before Republican John Boehner releases his party-pounding book from Macmillan, Trump’s vice-president gets a book deal of his own.
Springer Nature Reports on 2020: ‘Sustainable Business’
In both corporate social responsibility and in content production as a major academic publisher, Springer Nature had a big 2020.
Book Aid International Partners With African Parks in Malawi
The book charity provides close to 10,000 copies of ‘Planet Earth II’ to the Nkhotakotar reserve’s ‘Reading Around the Reserve’ program.
The ‘GLLI’ Translated YA Book Prize Announces 2021 Brazilian Co-Winners
The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative names two winners for 2021, both translated from Brazilian Portuguese by Larissa Helena.