The more than 1,500 titles submitted for the Bologna Ragazzi awards program this year represent the work of authors and illustrators in key trends and issues.
Denmark’s Lego Publishing Has Licensing Partnership With Chronicle Books
Expected to go to market in spring 2020, the new Lego-based content from Chronicle Books is to include seven new Lego titles and multiple formats.
FutureBook Live 2018: ‘Putting a Rocket Up the Book Trade’
FutureBook Live in London will try to move attendees ‘out of their comfort zone’ amid the uncertainties of the UK market’s post-Brexit future.
Frankfurter Buchmesse To Sponsor FutureBook of the Year Award
Highlighting people and projects in digital publishing, the FutureBook of the Year Award is sponsored by the Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Inception Announces Bookful, an AR Platform Licensing Penguin Random House Brands
Inception’s Bookful app has the advantage of the beloved Beatrix Potter content and other Penguin Random House brands on which to base its first six digital books.
FutureBook Awards 2018 Shortlists Announced at Frankfurt
With nominees in five categories, the Futurebook Awards highlight people, projects, and companies focused on digital publishing and formats.
Setzer, Bodour, Confirmed at Frankfurt for IPA Leadership
In its general assembly seated at Frankfurt, the 65-nation, 76-organization International Publishers Association has affirmed Mexico’s Hugo Setzer and the UAE’s Bodour Al Qasimi to the new leadership cycle beginning January 1.
US National Book Awards Finalists: This Year Including Translations
There’s special interest at Frankfurt in the new category for translated literature, as the 2018 National Book Awards in America announce finalists.
Women Should Be Seen AND Heard: Women Writers from Asia Pacific
Continuing the discussion of femal writers in Frankfurt, a standout panel of women from the Asia Pacific region discussed gender and social perceptions of women.
Mexico’s Hugo Setzer on Politics and Publishing in a Complex Market
Hugo Setzer’s Manual Moderno publishes some 40 new titles per year and has an active catalogue of around 400 books in Mexico, a market in which, he says, censorship “is coming very close.”