Penguin Random House has a new UK-built D2C holiday gift selector, and ups its donation to longtime charity partner First Book.
China Bestsellers for September 2019: Patriotism and Back to School
China’s bestselling books of September reflect celebrations of the People’s Republic’s 70th National Day and the opening of the autumn school semester.
Emirates Publishers Association Opens Educational Publishing Seminar
Grounded in discussions on supporting UAE-based education publishers, this two-day program includes road-mapping sessions to plan the next five years.
South Africa’s Snapplify Announces US$2 Million in New Capital
Digital education content platform Snapplify plans to use this new round of funding to ‘expand more aggressively into new markets’
The IPA Amman Seminar: Syria’s Zeina Yazigi on Publishing and Refugees
Dubai-based journalist Zeina Yazigi leads the IPA Amman seminar’s upcoming examination in Jordan of publishing’s role in the plight of refugees.
IPA’s Regional Events Expand: Bodour Al Qasimi on the Jordan Seminar
‘Her Majesty Queen Rania is a leading voice in the region,’ says Bodour Al Qasimi, whose patronage adds impact to the IPA’s coming seminar in Amman.
Spain’s ANELE Publishers Warn of a Chaotic, Splintering Educational Market
Spain’s educational publishers raise the alarm in a new report on competing regulations, politics, and economic support in the country’s 17 regions.
Authors Guild Says Cengage Failed to Renegotiate Contracts
The Authors Guild’s new statement sees unsettled business between Cengage Unlimited and authors over the publisher’s new usage-based royalty payments.
Industry Notes: Macmillan Learning Announces Its 2019 Bedford New Scholars Advisors
As the Macmillan Learning advisory board members called Bedford New Scholars work with the publishing house, the program can work as a kind of fellowship that might interest some graduates in publishing careers.
Kenya’s Tonee Ndungu of Kytabu: ‘Enriching Curriculum Content’
The challenge of building young readers in Kenya is being addressed by Kytabu, a platform not just for students but also for parents and ‘super schools.’