Newly accessible in five more languages than before, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award site now offers its information in seven languages.
Reflections on the 2020 American Market in Sales and Deals
In what NPD’s Kristen McLean calls ‘a remarkable year’ for US book sales, Publishers Lunch reports a decline in 2020 of translation rights deals.
Börsenverein Report Shows 2020 German Book Revenue Down 2.3 Percent
Shutdowns in December short-circuited the German market’s progress in making up book sales losses from spring lockdowns.
NPD: 2020 Was the US’ Bestselling Year for Print in a Decade
One-third of 2020 growth in US print book sales was driven by juvenile fiction, NPD BookScan reports, with overall sales of 751 million units.
Year’s End Surprise: Spiegel & Grau, a Once-and-Future Publisher
Two of the best-known publishers of New York’s Big Five scene are promising a media-spanning concept at their new independent press.
AAP’s 2020 Freedom to Publish Award: Bangladesh’s Jagriti Publishing House
The Jagriti Publishing House and its bookstore are Razia Rahman Joly’s memorial to her slain husband, publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Opens Translation Funding For All Shortlisted Works in 2021
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces six new translations from Arabic and offers translation grants for all its shortlisted titles.
Douglas Stuart’s ‘Extraordinary Year’: ‘Shuggie Bain’ Rights Sales Are Soaring
The Scottish-American winner of the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction writes in Broad Scots and says he’s fascinated with translators’ work.
Russian Book Market at Year’s End: ‘The Decline Will Be Inevitable’
Year’s End: ‘Constant access to large catalogues of ebooks’ is credited with digital subscriptions’ popularity during the pandemic.
Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ Breaks NPD BookScan’s Nonfiction Records
Year’s End: An already exceptionally busy year for nonfiction gets even hotter as US adult nonfiction print sales move 257 million units.