As the annual China Shanghai International Book Fair season arrived, Beijing’s OpenBook research group had new observations to mention.
Endangered, Indigenous Languages Featured at Shanghai’s Fair
The dogged problem of endangered and Indigenous languages is a major one in children’s books.
China Bestsellers: Flashes of New Titles in the Slow Season
Those school-driven sales of the “classics” on the mainland’s reading lists have room for a couple of newer works this season.
China Bestsellers: Summer Reading Rules the Charts
July’s summer-reading-list among students in China may yet yield some newcomers to the mainland’s bestseller lists.
Shanghai’s 2025 Children’s Book Fair: New Exhibitors
The China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair looks to new international markets in November’s upcoming 12th iteration.
China Bestsellers: Charts Boost Keigo Higashino and Ma Boyong
The mainland’s June 2025 charts demonstrated some strong reader loyalty for both a Chinese and a Japanese author releasing new books.
Interview: Wattpad’s Aron Levitz, and the Demise of Radish
The president of Wattpad, Aron Levitz looks at the value of ’embracing a community, embracing a fandom.”
Radish Announces the ‘Difficult Decision’ To Close
Less than a decade in action, one of the key ‘online literature’ serialization platforms, Radish, is to close on December 31.
China Bestsellers: Charting May’s Marketing Energy
‘Store-exclusive merchandise’ and ‘women-centric fiction’ are spotted on the May bestseller charts in Mainland China.
Rights Roundup: Seoul’s and Beijing’s Simultaneous Fairs
Our Rights Roundup carries news of deals on books from the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, Turkey, and South Korea.