The BISG Annual Meeting, themed “Move Fast and Fix Things,” highlighted the many ways the organization is making steps to improve things in the global publishing industry.
NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute: Amandeep Kochar
CEO Amandeep Kochar of Baker & Taylor, with operations on four continents, shares his worldview at NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute.
Barnes & Noble’s Len Riggio, Dead at Age 83
Len Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble, dies at 83. The visionary entrepreneur revolutionized bookselling in the US.
Censorship: Texas ‘Book Rating’ Law Is Blocked on Appeal
A Texas law requiring books to be rated for sexual content has been blocked by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ahead of Oral Arguments: Briefs Filed in Texas’ ‘Book Rating’ Law
The widely criticized ‘HB 900′ signed by Texas’ governor is challenged by briefs aimed at keeping its implementation blocked.
Rights Edition: Tove Jansson’s Moomin Characters Licensed to Barnes & Noble
Almost 80 years after the first of Tove Jansson’s Moomins appeared, the US market finds the durable characters at Barnes & Noble.
Rights Edition: At Guadalajara, Spanish-Language Publishers Eye the US Market
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.