In Russia, a government plan to provide lower-cost retail sites to independent booksellers at state cultural facilities may help smaller bookstores survive.
Moscow’s ‘Non/Fiction’ Book Fair Hosts 400 Events, 300 Exhibitors
The 20th iteration of Russia’s ‘Non/Fiction’ Book Fair drew some 30,000 attendees, and readers showed strong interest in domestic authors and books on weighty topics.
Holiday Hopes: Russia’s New Bookselling Giant May See a 26-Percent Gain
With a combined 576 locations–and reported plans for domestic and international expansion–the Chitai-Gorod Bukvoed bookselling merger predicts strong 2018 sales.
Russia Textbook Piracy Is In the News: 160,000 Copies Reported Seized
New reporting in the Russian news media say that the educational sector’s large runs and distribution to the provinces help make textbooks attractive to organized crime.
Russian Market Book Sales Channels: Proponents of Both Online Retail and Off
In the Russian market, some see online retail as a key to future sales growth, while major chains are seeing good book sales in physical stores.
Frankfurt Rights Meeting Highlights Eastern Europe, Russia
Eastern Europe and Russia were in the spotlight at the start of Frankfurt Rights Meeting this year.
Expanding Its Presence at Frankfurt: Russia’s Eksmo Opens a New Outreach
Touting 7-percent growth in the first half of the year, Eksmo’s new general director, Evgeny Kapyev, is bringing a bigger stand to Frankfurter Buchmesse and a new list of Russian nonfiction and children’s books for sale in October.
Interview: Dmitry Glukhovsky on the ‘Dubious Reality’ of Putin’s Russia
‘In Putin’s Russia, one single government-corporation rules and owns the country,’ says Dmitry Glukhovsky, whose new ‘Text’ has sold into 14 languages and/or territories to date. It’s optioned or on submission in 16 more countries.
Interview: Bookseller Marina Kameneva’s Outlook on Russian Publishing
Marina Kameneva, head of Russia’s largest bookstore chain, Moscow Books, on the number of bookstores, book sales, and readers in Russia today.
Russian State Libraries’ Consolidation Program Moves Forward Amid Staff Shakeups
More than two years into its controversial plan for library system consolidations, staff leadership shakeups at Russia’s leading state libraries are part of a plan to eventually streamline and digitally network libraries across the country.