Innocenzo Cipolletta, AIE’s new leader, calls for ‘the creativity needed to enter unknown territory’ as Italy’s publishers move forward.
Italy’s Publishers Ask Rome to Raise Family Schoolbook Funding
The Italian Publishers Association and the market’s booksellers are appealing for more government funding for poorer students’ books.
Italy: Publishers Call for Pandemic-Era Library Funds to Continue
Italy’s publishers are joined by their bookselling and library colleagues in an effort to make COVID-era library funding perpetual.
Italy’s Publishers and Artificial Intelligence in Europe
As the European Parliament works through its ‘AI Act’ legislation, Italy’s publishers back the country’s industrial sector’s position.
Mauro Mazza Gets Started as Italy’s Frankfurt 2024 Commissioner
The newly appointed commissioner from Rome for the 2024 Frankfurt Guest of Honor Italy has met with AIE on plans for the program.
World Refugee Day: Italian-Ukrainian Bilingual Books Distributed in Naples
The ‘Tales of EUkraine’ project from the Federation of European Publishers and Ukrainian Book Institute is in Naples with AIE’s support.
Italian Publishers Association: Ricardo Levi’s Resignation From the ‘Italy 2024’ Helm
Ricardo Franco Levi has resigned as Italy’s commissioner to the 2024 Frankfurt guest of honor program. He remains president of the Federation of European Publishers.
At Torino: Italy’s Bookstores Surge to a 58.3-Percent Share
The Torino Book Fair predicts it will surpass last year’s 169,000 visitors, as the publishers’ association announces gains by bookshops.
Italy in France: ‘Passions Italiennes’ at Paris’ Festival
Fifty authors are among the Italian delegation being readied for Italy’s guest-of-honor turn at April’s Salon du Livre de Paris.
At Bologna: Italy’s Youth Publishing by the Numbers
Titles published for younger readers in Italy rose from 6,165 in 2015 to 8,850 in 2021, per new figures from a quick-read AIE presentation.