‘I knew I wanted to see it as a film,’ says Imagine Kids+Family chief Stephanie Sperber about Meika Hashimoto’s ‘The Trail’ from Scholastic.
Latvian Publishers Association Demands a Cut in the VAT Rate on Books
The publishers’ association in Riga is mounting a new bid to ease the country’s VAT rates on books, after enduring sharp hikes and only modest decreases.
AAP Objects to Trump’s China Shift: Only Children’s Book Tariffs Delayed
‘A wide range of other books remain on the list’ for near-term tariffs, notes AAP’s Maria A. Pallante, ‘including American fiction and nonfiction.’
In Support of Export: The UK’s International Showcase Features LGBTQI+ Content
The UK’s International Literature Showcase presents its second curated listing of British authors, in a program devised to promote export and rights sales of UK writing.
UK’s Publishers Association Leads ‘Axe the Reading Tax’ Campaign
With Brexit looming larger as the UK’s new government takes charge, the publishing industry steps up its drive to drop the VAT on ebooks and digital content
China’s Book Market in the First Half of 2019: Up 10.82 Percent
In another period of double-digit growth for China’s book market, children’s books are the largest category by sales and online retail is still growing.
Words Without Borders August: ‘We Are Not English’ in Wales
‘We are operating on cross-cultural terms,’ writes Words Without Borders contributor Casi Dylan in this focus on new writings from Wales.
China Bestsellers for June: Reading Pavilions Draw Crowds
Pop-up ‘reading pavilions’ offer sound booths for CCTV fans who record their favorite literary passages and send them to friends and loved ones.
The Week’s Big Story: Amazon Publishing on Wooing Dean Koontz
A major release from Patricia Cornwell, new writings from Mindy Kaling, Andy Weir, Blake Crouch, NK Jemisin and more in the wake of APub’s Dean Koontz deal.
Scotland’s ROAR Program: New Numbers on Women in Publishing
Not unlike the VIDA Count, the ROAR organization’s research reveals discrepancies in gender representation in parts of the Scottish publishing industry.