Egypt’s Bookish Revolution
Egyptian publishers are taking more risks in the post-Mubarak era. more...and more.
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NewsPEN America Rallies Support for Turkish Writer Facing Jail
PEN America is rallying international support for writer Aslı Erdoğan, who is facing a sentence of up to nine years in jail in Turkey for alleged terrorist propaganda. PEN has called the charges against her “judicial harassment."
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Indigo Sales Dropped Nearly 10% in 2019 Holiday Quarter
Indigo Books and Music reported that revenue for the quarter ended December 29, 2019, was down 9.9% from the comparable period in 2018 as sales fell across all of its channels. Earnings, nevertheless, rose to C$25.8 million from C$21.5 million in 2018.
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Italy's Giunti Buys into U.K.'s Quarto Group
Italy's Giunti Group has acquired 20% of U.K.-based Quarto Group. Polly Powell, a former publisher at Pavilion Books, has been appointed CEO of Quarto’s U.K. operations.
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Canadian Book Buyers' Habits Unchanged in 2019
The mix of formats sold in the Canadian book market differed only slightly from previous years, according to BookNet Canada. The bricks-and-mortar channel picked up some market share from online outlets.
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Trade Shows
Spain’s Publishing Goliaths Trade Blows
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial and Planeta's fight for supremacy of Spanish-language publishing was on full display at the 2019 Guadalajara International Book Fair.
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Virus Impacts Publishing In and Out of China
The pandemic virus, 2019-nCoV is already having an impact on the global publishing business, with numerous U.S. and U.K. publishers and event planners monitoring the situation in China.
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Book Sales Up in U.K. and France
Booksellers in the U.K. and France are reporting strong results, with two-thirds of booksellers in the U.K. reporting stronger holiday sales, and booksellers in France seeing a drop in December but an overall sales hike in 2019.
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U.K.'s Book People Collapses, Again
The Book People, the U.K. online discount bookseller, which also operates pop-up stores at schools and businesses, has gone into administration, a U.K. term similar to filing for bankruptcy protection.
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New Round of Tariffs Suspended
Tariffs that were scheduled to be placed on a range of children's books printed in China on December 15 have been suspended by the Trump administration following a "phase one" trade agreement reached Friday between the U.S. and China.
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Obama, Atwood Among Canada's 2019 Bestsellers
Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' was the bestselling English-language print book in Canada for the second year, according BookNet Canada SalesData. Margaret Atwood and Malcolm Gladwell were the top Canadian fiction and nonfiction authors.
