With more than 62 million Hispanics in the United States, demand for Spanish-language books is on the rise, specialists say.
German Printing Association: New Warnings About Paper Prices
Alarms raised in many parts of the publishing value change–and from many markets–tell of a deepening crisis.
Italy’s 39th ‘Mauri School’ on January 28: ‘The New Future’
‘Il Nuovo Futoro’–the New Future–is the title of this year’s Umberto and Elisabetta Mauri program in bookselling and publishing.
Venice’s 38th Mauri School 2021: ‘The State of the Book’
The trials of 2020 and outlook for 2021 drive discussions of discoverability, digital, and direct-to-consumer relations in Venice’s forum.
Coronavirus Update: BISG’s Annual Meeting ‘Repositions’ Online
The Book Industry Study Group–focused on supply chain in the United States–is reformatting its annual meeting to a series of digital events held over weeks.
IBPA Announces James Daunt as Keynote Speaker at April Conference
Even as Seattle loses another Barnes & Noble store, the Independent Book Publishers Association prepares for a conference appearance by James Daunt.
US Book Industry Study Group Announces James Daunt Keynote
The annual meeting of BISG in April will hear Barnes & Noble and Waterstones’ James Daunt in a keynote address around supply chain issues.
James Daunt at FutureBook Live: Barnes & Noble’s ‘Crucifyingly Boring’ Stores
Seeing Barnes & Noble stores’ character ‘crushed’ by the corporate ‘opulence’ of American business, James Daunt says the chain must ‘rip out the boring.’
Elliott Management Agrees to Buy Barnes & Noble, Daunt to Run Both B&N and UK’s Waterstones
Elliott will pay some US$476 million for Barnes & Noble, having last year bought the UK’s main chain Waterstones. James Daunt is to run both companies.
Barnes & Noble’s Former CEO, Demos Parneros, Launches Lawsuit Against Bookseller
A late-summer standoff has flared with the US publishing industry’s largest–and longest-struggling–brick-and-mortar retail chain. Its former CEO is suing for defamation. The company, in response, alleges sexual harassment.