From soaring costs to the competition of subscriptions: HarperCollins UK CEO Charlie Redmayne on the fundamentals at Frankfurt.
The Lunar New Year: China’s Book Market in 2021
In China, 2021 was a ‘grim’ year for physical bookstores, and online book sales also leveled off, according to research from Beijing OpenBook.
Italian Trade Jumps 16 Percent in 2021: Fourth Strongest Gain in Europe
In what Ricardo Franco Levi calls ‘a good year throughout Europe,’ Italy in 2021 broke its own records with a 16-percent industry gain.
NPD BookScan: US 2021 Market Unit Volume Up 9 Percent
Print book sales by volume in the United States was the highest ever recorded by NPD BookScan, with adult fiction as the leading growth category.
Year-End Russian Book Publishing Industry Assessment: ‘Seriously Difficult’
The downturn in print book sales in Russia may have been as deep as between 50 and 70 percent, according to editor Svetlana Zorin.
Rights Edition: Foreign Rights Sold to 12 Percent of Italy’s New Books
Positioning itself for its turn in 2024 as Frankfurter Buchmesse’s guest of honor, the Italian market celebrates its rights sales.
Year’s End: European Writers’ Council Follows Up on COVID’s Impact
The European Writers’ Council’s study of the COVID crisis’ impact on authors brings sobering estimates to an uncertain holiday season.
Year’s End: IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi Focuses on Publishing Solidarity, Freedom to Publish
IPA president Bodour Al Qasimi, caps a year of international meetings with publishers with a call for protection of the freedom to publish.
NPD Projects US Print Book Unit Sales 17 Percent Above 2019
Year-to-date book sales in the US are looking likely to converge with that of 2020 at 8 percent growth, reports Kristen McLean at NPD Books.
Richard Charkin in London: ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’
The season puts Richard Charkin in mind of a dozen things he’d like to see arrive, come about, or evolve by Twelfth Night.