The trials of 2020 and outlook for 2021 drive discussions of discoverability, digital, and direct-to-consumer relations in Venice’s forum.
AIE: Italy’s Trade Book Publishing Sales Grow 2.4 Percent in 2020
Overall in 2020, the AIE and ALI with Nielsen have reported, Italians purchased 104.5 million book in 2020.
Coming Friday: Italy’s 2021 Mauri Booksellers’ School Seminar
Speakers in this year’s digital event include Arnaud Nourry, James Daunt, Jesús Badenes, Siv Bublitz, Ricardo Franco Levi, and more.
Garzanti’s New Book for Bergamo: ‘Creativity Does Not Stop by Decree’
Essays from 25 authors on the pandemic are collected by Mauri Spagnol’s Garzanti to benefit Bergamo’s Pope John XXIII Hospital in Bergamo.
Coronavirus: Milan’s Stefano Mauri to World Book Fairs and Festivals: Postpone
From near the heart of the Italian coronavirus crisis, publisher Stefano Mauri withdraws from London Book Fair and calls large events a “nightmare of epidemiologists.’