The London Book Fair has announced the twelve Indonesian writers who will take part in the Cultural Programme of The London Book Fair Indonesia Market Focus next year. The list ... Read more
There will be many publishers congratulating the founder and leader of the Emirates Publishers Association, Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi at next week’s Sharjah International Book Fair in the United Arab ... Read more
Judging by the energy on The London Book Fair stand at its party in Frankfurt to whet people’s appetites for Indonesia Market Focus 2019, next year’s celebration should be a ... Read more
A bestseller was born – President Trump’s telephone conversation with Bob Woodward was a cheery affair that was widely broadcast. Not sure if it was the President’s intention to give ... Read more
Well, no one saw that coming. The trade is still reeling from Waterstones acquisition of Foyles, which has been arguably the industry’s best kept secret since Bertelsmann’s swoop on Random ... Read more
Demand is currently exceeding supply in the children’s market in China, according to Liying Lin, director of the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) which wrapped up last Saturday (25 August). ... Read more
There were healthy quarterly results for HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, with revenue in the fourth quarter at HC up 20%, and sales at S&S up by $1m in the ... Read more
The boardroom ructions at Bonnier which have seen a number of individuals leave that particular publishing island with their metaphorical wheelie bags in tow – just like that programme that ... Read more
As parks and gardens turned brown across the UK and Waterstones stores cleverly displayed Penelope Lively’s novel Heat Wave, so the mercury on the Nielsen print sales thermometer (this analogy ... Read more
Some interesting comments from Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle on wanting to grown both its physical and digital businesses. He noted: “Today we are selling our books through 120,000 ... Read more
