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NewsWelbeck Partners with Bookseller Booktopia for ANZ Expansion
U.K.-based Welbeck Publishing Group is partnering with online bookseller Booktopia to publish books in Australia and New Zealand.
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Australia's Hardie Grant Completes Buyout
Insiders at Australian-based publisher Hardie Grant Publishing have bought back all of the shares held in the company by Associated Media Investments, securing, the company said, its "commitment to being an independent, Australian-owned business.”
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair Is Taking Shape
Plans for the Frankfurt Book Fair are shaping up, with professionals from 60 countries committing to participating in the live, in-person fair, to be held this October 20-24.
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Books for Africa Opens New Atlanta Warehouse
Books for Africa, a charity that ships donated books from the United States to schools and students in Africa, opened a new warehouse in Atlanta on June 26.
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News
Spanish-Language Titles: July 2021
A round-up of select Spanish-language titles for July with descriptions provided by the publishers.
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News
Book Sales Dipped in France in 2020
Book sales fell 2.3% in France last year, according to France's publishers association, the Syndicat National de l'Édition. Graphic novel sales were a bright spot and saw a 29% sales bump for the year.
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Egmont Takes Sole Ownership of Cappelen Damm
Egmont will become the sole owner of Cappelen Damm, Norway's largest publishing house. Together with its ownership of Lindhardt and Ringhof, Egmont ups its share of the Nordic book publishing market.
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Deals
Wattpad Webtoon Studios Commits $100 Million to Development
Wattpad and Naver's Webtoon are merging their film and television production studios under the name Wattpad Webtoon Studios and committing $100 million to content development and production financing.
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News
‘The Missing Sister’ Discovered in Europe
Lucinda Riley, who died in early June, took multiple spots across European bestseller lists in late May with her Seven Sisters series, published in English by Atria.
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Trade Shows
Bologna Children's Fair Sees Increase in Online Visitors
The Bologna Children's Book Fair's virtual events program wrapped up last week and organizers cited a 55% increase in pageviews compared with last year's fair. Some 16,000 professionals participated.
