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Rakuten Shuttering Its U.K. Marketplace
The Japanese e-tailer Rakuten has announced that its U.K. marketplace operation will be offline by August. Formerly known as Play.com, the website, which Rakuten bought five years ago, was once the country's second-largest online retailer of books.
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Behind the Finnish Bestseller, 'The Light Behind the Eyes'
Tommi Kinnunen’s 'The Light Behind the Eyes,' is burning up the charts in Finland thanks to a strong critical reception and the ongoing success of his previous novel.
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Aussie Booksellers Join Fight Against U.S./U.K. Book Imports
The Australian Booksellers Association has joined with other members of the country's publishing industry to protest a government proposal to allow booksellers to import U.S. and U.K. books without restrictions.
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Behind the Italian Bestseller, 'The Physics of Love'
'The Physics of Love,' about a woman who finds herself torn between her husband and another man, has been a mainstay on the local bestseller list since its March release.
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Euro Politicos Top Nonfiction Lists Overseas
Guillaume Musso’s "Brooklyn Girl" has Parisians dreaming of Park Slope for the second month running, as the bestseller retains its #1 position on the fiction chart in France for April.
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Quercus Reveals Fifth Millennium Series Title
Quercus, the British publisher of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, has announced a fifth book in the bestselling line, set for a 2017 release. Knopf will publish the book in the U.S.
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IPG Inks Deal to Import Cuban Books
In a deal tied directly to the U.S. Publishing Mission that visited the Havana Book Fair in February, IPG has signed a deal with a Peruvian book distributor to bring books by three Cuban publishers into the U.S. book market.
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New Report Shows Importance of Digital to Canadian Pubs
The third annual report from BookNet Canada, released this week, found that 14% of Canadian publishers earned 30% of their revenue from e-books in 2015, up from 8% the year before.
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Ghomeshi Signs a Peace Bond; Sexual Assault Charge Dropped
Former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi was scheduled to go to trial in June, but the complainant in this final sexual assault trial agreed to drop the charges in exchange for a peace bond and an apology.
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Behind the Italian Bestseller, 'A Tempest in Four Teacups'
Federica Brunini's new novel about a group of girlfriends on a retreat in the south of France, released last month in Italy, has hit the Italian bestseller list after just a few weeks on sale.
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Overseas Spanish-Language Indie Publishers Tackle the American Market
Traditionally, the American market for Spanish-language books has been dominated by big publishers from Latin America and Spain. But now there’s a new wave of independents making a splash.
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France Looks to ‘Brooklyn,’ ‘Grey’ Claims Sweden
Two of the three top-selling fiction titles in France at the end of March were new to the list, with Guillaume Musso’s newest suspense novel, Brooklyn Girl, landing at #1.
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Newfoundland and Labrador Publishers Unite Against Increased Book Tax
Residents and publishers in the remote Canadian province are wringing their hands over a 10% tax jump on all book purchases, set to take effect in January 2017.
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Irish Company Focuses on Diversity for New Personalized Children's Books
Irish startup Writing for Tiny allows users to create personalized books with characters of all sizes and colors.
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The Import Trends Driving the Chinese Academic Publishing Boom
Soft sciences and business/economic titles led imports to China between 2010 and 2014.
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Behind the French Bestseller, 'Waiting for Bojangles'
This debut novel, about a child with eccentric parents, has sold over 120,000 copies in France since its January release and has benefited greatly from early support from booksellers.
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Canadian Print Book Sales Up Slightly in 2015
Nonfiction category saw the largest boost, thanks to the popularity of coloring books such as 'Secret Garden' and 'Lost Ocean.'
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Millennials, Diversity Big Topics at BookNet Canada's Annual Tech Forum
At BookNet Canada’s 10th annual Tech Forum, discussions centered around e-book pricing, Millennials’ book-buying habits, and how publishers can better market diverse books.
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Behind the Spanish Bestseller, 'All My Futures Are With You'
A book of poetry by singer-songwriter Marwan has now spent over 43 weeks on the bestseller lists in Spain thanks, in part, to the star's social media following.
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‘Mein Kampf,’ ‘The Defector’ Tops in Germany
A number of new titles hit the top of the bestseller lists in major European markets at the end of February.
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