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.
British Academy Book Prize Announces Its 2022 Shortlist
Six titles are shortlisted this year by this 10-year-old award for nonfiction that contributes to ‘global cultural understanding.’
Cengage’s Gale and Bodleian Libraries: Asia-Pacific Fellowships
The Gale-Bodleian Libraries partnership is in its second year of Asia-Pacific research into digital humanities fellowships.
China Bestsellers in June: Nonfiction Gets a Boost
A streaming B2C marketing program, ‘Oriental Selection’ seems to be behind a big jump in June’s nonfiction charts.
Beijing International Book Fair: New November Dates
The sprawling Beijing International Book Fair, founded in 1986, was to open this week but has announced late-November dates.