A 2020 BookNet Canada survey of English-language Canadian independent booksellers shows that many stores had set up e-commerce before the pandemic.
France’s Rentrée Littéraire: Books About COVID? Not Interested
‘Publishers tried, but it really didn’t work,’ says one Paris bookseller about the question of pandemic-related books this year.
PRH Publisher Services to Distribute IDW Comics Internationally
The IDW-Penguin Random House Publisher Services agreement sees comic books, trade collections, and graphic novels going to ‘direct market.’
Aaliya’s Books Closes Amid Beirut’s Economic and Political Crisis
Aaliya’s Books, a much-loved Beirut bookstore named for a character in a Rabih Alameddine novel, has lost the battle to stay open—for now.
Industry Notes: Guadalajara Publishers and Bookstore Honors in Barcelona
Industry Notes: In Mexico, seven independent publishers form an alliance, and Spain’s Liber program honors the 100-year-old Balmes bookstore.
Pandemic Effects Weigh on China’s 2021 First Half
Beijing OpenBook researchers say that from January to June this year, both physical and digital retail have been lagging.
Richard Charkin in La France Profonde: A Market Assessment
Visiting booksellers in southern France, Richard Charkin finds mostly resilience and ringing cash registers in the provinces this summer.
Interview: Klett-Cotta’s Tom Kraushaar on German Independents and ‘Publisher Days’
Seven German book publishers—’competitors in real life,’ says Klett-Cotta publisher Tom Kraushaar—look forward to the next gathering.
Saqi Books in London Hit by Monday’s Flash Flooding
An emergency fund has been opened to get quick aid to West London’s Saqi Books, a publisher and bookstore reporting severe flood damage.
The European and International Booksellers Federation Report on 2020
A new EIBF report reveals how booksellers in Europe responded to the pandemic in 2020 and what changed in the book retail landscape.