A ‘Books From Spain’ portal opens at IPR License to encourage rights sales and offer translation funding ahead of the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2022 Guest of Honor Spain.
Coronavirus Worklife: Iran’s Blue Circle Literary Agency
The world health crisis has had tangible impact on a new literary agency in Tehran, one of its core staffers contracting the virus during reopenings.
Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards Name 35th Shortlist in Photo and Film Books
Topics of race, identity, and historical context are featured in this year’s Kraszna-Krausz entries focused in photography and filmmaking.
Grupo Planeta in Exclusive Deal With Subscription Service Scribd for México
Adding some 1,000 titles to its catalogue, the Planeta books bring Scribd’s Spanish-language offer to more than 85,000 titles.
Political Books: PEN America’s Suzanne Nossel ‘Dares To Speak’
From the leadership of PEN America, a HarperCollins release enters the summer’s fray of free-speech debates amid charges of ‘cancel culture.’
Canada’s Access Copyright Foundation Announces Marian Hebb Research Grants
The Marian Hebb Research Grants support ‘the creation of a publishable work’ in French and English Canada, and allows for extended project timelines in the pandemic
Coronavirus Worklife, US Ebook Market: NPD Sees a 31-Percent Jump in Unit Sales in April
Following Monday’s Q2 report, NPD PubTrack Digital data shows a big jump in ebook unit sales when April’s lockdowns were ordered–children’s fiction jumped 78 percent that month.
Wattpad Says It’s Resetting Passwords Following Reported Data Breach
Wattpad officials say they can detect no theft of users’ ‘financial information, stories, private messages, or phone numbers’ in a data breach.
Coronavirus Impact: Russian Book Market Struggling Despite Reopenings
Eased restrictions in Russia have yet to result in a return of sales for the publishing industry. Some 40 percent of bookstores remain closed.
IPA Announces ‘Extreme Concern’ About Book Censorship in Hong Kong
The ongoing implementation of Beijing’s new national security law in Hong Kong reportedly includes the removal of published content.