Recommendations on TikTok and other media are said to have pushed Alex Michaelides’ bestselling debut onto the charts in China in May.
France and Italy’s Publishers Open Three-Day Bilateral Rights Event
French and Italian book publishers are engaging in a 3-day translation rights event, each the other’s second-largest rights export market.
Bologna Today: AIE and Aldus Call for Publishing Research Coherence
The Italian Publishers Association and the Aldus Up network have studied how European markets survey their reading patterns and translations.
Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Juergen Boos: A ‘More Optimistic’ Outlook
Frankfurt Book Fair may be more focused than usual on independent publishers, as the new ‘Workstations’ meet needs for flexibility.
The Digital Bologna: A Literary Agent’s Viewpoint
Children’s rights agent Stephanie Barrouillet sees challenges in the late-pandemic approaches the industry has had to adopt.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair: Italy Published 7,289 Kids’ Titles in 2020
The Association of Italian Publishers participates in Monday’s Bologna Book Plus conference and shares 2020 book publishing and rights sales data from Italy.
Bookwire’s ‘All About Audio’ 2021: A High View from MIDiA Research
From the macro to the micro, Bookwire’s second ‘All About Audio’ program made its key points with high-level observations from MIDiA Research.
‘Sometimes I Am Furious’: Rights Roundup
The titles featured in this Rights Roundup include work from Sweden, Estonia, France, and the United Kingdom.
Richard Charkin: The International Publishers Association’s 125 Years
‘As we become ever more interdependent,’ Richard Charkin writes, the IPA is uniquely positioned to ‘protect, support, and nurture’ publishing.
London Book Fair’s 2021 International Excellence Awards Winners
The winners of the honors are to discuss their work in some of London Book Fair’s all-digital programming on June 29.