Overall book sales in China decreased in 2022, but online sales driven by TikTok and other short-video platforms are growing rapidly.
China Bestsellers in December: What the Kids Are Reading
With adults following the animated adaptation of ‘The Three-Body Problem,’ we look at the China’s bestselling children’s books for December.
IPA’s Karine Pansa at DBW: ‘A Big Wake-Up Call’
The need for coherent, actionable data impacts the progress world publishing can make on its prime challenges, IPA’s Karine Pansa says.
China Bestsellers in November: Screening ‘The Three-Body Problem’
Anticipation of a new animated adaptation of Liu Cixin’s trilogy drove ‘The Three-Body Problem’ back to the top of China’s charts.
China Bestsellers: History, Awards, Humor
Awards and screen adaptations drive fiction, while humorous history stokes nonfiction, on China’s October bestseller lists from OpenBook.
China Bestsellers in September: ‘Humor and Wisdom’
Writerly craft, online serialization, television appearances, and studies of loneliness propelled titles onto the September bestseller lists in China.
Shanghai’s Children’s Book Fair Changes Venue Amid COVID Constraints
Moving its dates for a third time this year, the Shanghai Children’s Book Fair is changing venue in an effort to host the event in December.
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.
Hong Kong Sentences Five Publishers: IPA Joins Objections
Aligned with concerns from world NGOs, the IPA’s Einarsson warns of a ‘once vibrant publishing market’ now ‘constrained’ in Hong Kong.
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.