At NPD Bookscan, Kristen McLean sees the US book market ‘bucking uncertainty’ with strong August sales and year-end predictions.
Frankfurt’s LitAg in Sight: A Rights Roundup
Here’s news of Frankfurt, Ukraine’s Andrey Kurkov, and rights sales in this Roundup from Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, France, and Norway.
The UK’s Booker Prize for Fiction Names Its 2022 Shortlist
Half the shortlisted books for the £50,000 Booker Prize for Fiction are from independent publishers. The winner will be known October 17.
Spain’s Liber 22: Soledad Puértolas Is Its ‘Hispanic-American Author’
A prolific and much-awarded essayist, novelist, and story writer, Soledad Puértolas is named to receive Liber 22’s accolade for writers.
Brazilian Translation Grants: Mexico, Argentina
In a third and final interview, a Brazilian and a Mexican publisher talk about the support of the Brazilian Publishers Translation Grant. (Sponsored)
NPD BookScan: US Market Steady, Weekly Print Volume Up 2 Percent
The US market, heading to summer’s end, is stable in print sales, at 457 million units year-to-date, in NPD BookScan’s report.
Children’s Books Edition: ‘The Gita for Children’ Set for British Publication
The ancient Hindi scripture about dharma, yogic ideals, and philosophy is reinterpreted for kids by Roopa Kai.
International Children’s Books Edition: A Rights Roundup
Titles in this children’s Rights Roundup originally were published in Spain, Finland, the United Kingdom, Turkey, India, and Switzerland.
Spain’s 2022 Desperate Literature Prize Goes to Jay Gao
The fifth iteration of the Madrid-based Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction sends its winner to an Umbrian retreat.
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.