‘To expand our manga portfolio in Europe,’ says Brian Murray, HarperCollins is acquiring Crunchyroll’s manga elements in France and Germany.
French Publishers Navigate a Shifting Rights Landscape
A newly released report show France’s publishers faced a 2.6-percent drop in rights contracts in 2024, with co-editions surging.
China’s January Bestsellers: Managing Business and Education
January’s China bestseller lists show business and the education that supports it drawing book consumers in a changing economy.
Bologna Book Fair’s ‘Grand Tour’ Heads to Angoulême
The traveling exhibition of illustration, the ‘Grand Tour, makes its last stop before Bologna 2025 at the comics fair in France.
Binc Opens a $55,000 Matching Gift for California Book Retailers
Backers of the Book Industry Charitable Foundation create a matching grant for bookstores and comics shops impacted by the LA fires.
China Bestsellers: Reading the New Nobel Laureate
The Chinese readership in October honored the South Korean 2024 Nobel laureate Han Kang by placing ‘The Vegetarian’ on the fiction list.
South Korea’s Webtoon To Release Tactile Digital Comics
Two Webtoon digital comics series are being produced and released free of charge in Dot Inc’s ‘Dot Pad’ technology for sight-impaired readers.
Frankfurt: Guest of Honor Italy Reports Book Industry Slowdown
Days before opening its guest of honor week at Frankfurt, Italy’s publishers’ point to a €100 million loss in public funds under the Meloni government.
The Fast, Exuberant Rise of Comics in Italy
The story of comics and related categories in the Italian market is a recent and volatile one, an ‘explosion.’
KOCCA’s Frankfurt Stand: Seven K-Comics Companies
The collective stand from South Korea’s KOCCA will present seven K-comics companies at Frankfurter Buchmesse this month. Sponsored.