Larger book publishing companies in Russia attract more government support, say critics, while smaller houses struggle to keep up.
Ukraine Publishing’s Bad Year: Closures Amid a Ban on Russian Books
As publishers in Ukraine continue to struggle, the country’s ban on importing Russian-language books has led to decreased consumer demand and fewer titles.
OpenBook’s China Bestseller Lists for July 2017: Fiction and Nonfiction
As our China Bestseller Lists for July go to press, OpenBook’s conference in Beijing has put the 2016 value of the Chinese books market at US$21 billion.
Canadians’ Reading Habits: BookNet Sees Smartphone Reading Rising
Reading ranks fifth in BookNet Canada’s newest survey of respondents’ leisure-time activities, and smartphone reading is on the rise. Thirty-eight percent say their reading increased in the last year.
Women in Translation Month: Three Percent’s Chad Post Runs the Numbers
‘Keep an eye on Danish,’ Open Book and Three Percent’s Chad Post advises. ‘That seems to be the hot language for women writers’ in translation.’
Russian Government Figures Put Book Piracy at 25 to 30 Percent
Russia’s book piracy problem seems to be getting worse: in a new survey, two out of three respondents say they believe downloading pirated content is legal.
US Publishers Association Statistics: Overall 4.9% Rise in First Quarter
The Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program cites preliminary indications that its 1,202 publishers saw $2.33 billion in revenue in Q1.
Industry Notes: Canada’s Shifts in Ebook and Print; London Book Fair Plans a Writer’s Digest Day
In Canada, BookNet’s check on sales shows ebooks a bit up, In the UK, a new author day is announced by London Book Fair and the US-based Writer’s Digest.
The Internationalist Viewpoint: A Report on ‘The Business of Books’
‘A brutal pattern has become firmly established,’ reads the new Frankfurt Book Fair Business Club white paper on the international industry.
Germany’s 2016 Book Market Report: ‘Stable Amid Transformation’
Even as German booksellers see online efforts pay off, consumption patterns are weaker, says a new report: ‘A truly distressing drop in customer frequency.”