Wang Linjun, President of Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, said the group is heading to the Bologna Book Fair looking to support “ecological education for a new generation of globally-minded Chinese readers.”
China Bestsellers, December 2025: Classics, Series, and Prescriptive Titles Top the List
OpenBook shares insight into December 2025 book sales across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s titles, with insight into what books by foreign authors are also selling well.
China Bestsellers: Double 11 Promotions and Living in an Era of Uncertainty Boost Sales
OpenBook shares their insight into the top books on their fiction, nonfiction, and children’s bestseller lists from November, plus a look at what international authors are selling well in China.
Association of American Publishers Announces This Month’s Revenue Report
The Association of American Publishers released October 2025 StatShot report noting revenue is up 6.7% over October 2024 and 0.4% so far this year.
The Value Rubric: Do Book Bloggers Really Matter?
Author Beth Kephart discusses the impact bloggers have had on her career, propelling her most recent novel into a third printing and foreign rights sales.
Can Books Bridge Political and Religious Divides?
There is simply no better way to bridge a cultural divide than through books, a wide variety translations from around the world
Hayya Naqra! (Let’s Read!) Brings Books to Palestine’s Neediest
American organization ANERA encourages reading among parents and children of the West Bank
Latest Best Books Lists from Brazil
Three sources for the best books in Brazil: literature, children’s and short stories.
#BEA11: “What’s Next?” A Chance Encounter with Jan Brett
By Kathleen Sweeney As a BEA newbie, I hadn’t counted on being starstruck by a children’s book celebrity siting. I was strolling through the Penguin Books pavilion scanning books when there she was, Jan Brett, the author and illustrator extraordinaire, no less than a legend on my daughters’ bookshelves, passing out swag bags emblazoned with her book covers for Home …
#PubNewsCheat: Bologna’s iPad Obsession, Amazon’s Bid on Hocking
By Edward Nawotka Our cheat sheet to some of last week’s notable publishing news from around the world… Children’s publishers descended on Bologna last week for the Book Fair where -– aside from the usual rights deals –- all talk focused on developing books for the iPad and the iPad alone. A debate ensued about whether it was better to …