Armed with new and disturbing survey information about youth reading from the National Literary Trust, this year’s UK World Book Day hands out book tokens.
Québec Édition’s Many Points of Outreach: ‘We’re Quite Busy’
French-Canadian literature sees a larger-than-ever presence on the collective stands of ANEL’s Québec Édition, ahead of Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Canada.
Today’s World Read Aloud Day: ‘Competing for Attention’
On World Read Aloud Day, literary charity LitWorld works with Scholastic and other global organizations to encourage individuals and communities improve literacy.
China’s Book Market: A 2019 Update From the OpenBook Beijing Conference
As online retailers captured some 70 percent of book sales in the Chinese market, researchers say 2019 saw a downturn of almost 7 percent in new titles.
PRH Uses UK Designer for Holiday Campaign, Adds 300,000 Books to Donation
Penguin Random House has a new UK-built D2C holiday gift selector, and ups its donation to longtime charity partner First Book.
South African Book Fair and Book Week: Toward a Reading Culture
Citing figures that show only 14 percent of South Africans reading books, the South African Book Fair and indigenous language festivals address the issue.
China’s Book Market in the First Half of 2019: Up 10.82 Percent
In another period of double-digit growth for China’s book market, children’s books are the largest category by sales and online retail is still growing.
Penguin Random House Children’s Books to Publish Wattpad Books in UK
The latest stage in Wattpad’s rapid expansion, its own new line of books is to be published in the UK market by Penguin Random House UK.
China Bestsellers for June: Reading Pavilions Draw Crowds
Pop-up ‘reading pavilions’ offer sound booths for CCTV fans who record their favorite literary passages and send them to friends and loved ones.
Penguin Random House and Kellogg’s Renew ‘Feeding Reading’ Promotion
Having distributed more than 400,000 children’s books last year, the PRH-Kellogg’s partnership, Feeding Reading, is back this year with 125 titles on offer.