The Sheikh Zayed Book Award at Frankfurter Buchmesse adds a networking reception for publishers, translators, and partners.
The UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize Releases Its 2022 Shortlist
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction will award £50,000 to its winner in November, and now has produced a six-title set of finalists.
Rights Edition: Taiwan in Frankfurt With Three Stands, Translation Funding
Taiwan at Frankfurt this year features three stands and a program at Frankfurt Studio, with translation funding to support rights sales.
China Bestsellers in August: ‘Live Streaming’ Drives Sales
New Oriental’s e-commerce ‘live streaming’ product pitches in China are credited with moving books onto the bestseller charts.
IPA Joins Criticism of Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Conviction
‘We fully support Tsitsi in her appeal,’ says IPA’s Kristenn Einarsson. ‘Failing to do so would be to condemn all Zimbabweans to silence.’
India’s Cactus Communications: A ‘Linguistic Search Engine for Researchers’
India’s Cactus Communications, based in Mumbai, calls its new writing and language search tool for researchers ‘PhrasePerfect.’
At Frankfurter Buchmesse: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Programming
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award at Frankfurter Buchmesse will present two panel discussions on Arabic literature and publishing.
In London and New York, Authors’ Trade Groups Hail Amazon’s Change on Self-Service Ebook Returns
Amazon’s change reportedly will prevent a self-service return of a Kindle ebook for a full refund if a consumer has read more than 10 percent of the text.
The UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize: 2022 Longlist
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction will award £50,000 to its winner in November, with a shortlist due October 10.
China Bestsellers in July: Classroom Classics Go Big
That reading list your teacher sent you home with can do great things for sales of several ‘great classics’ in a hot July in China.