Ingram in the United Kingdom opens its new Ingram Wholesale Services UK, adding a channel for clients’ potential sales. Ingram’s stand at the 2023 London Book Fair, near the French and German collective stands. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson David Taylor: ‘Connecting Great Content With More Retailers’ One of […]
The Börsenverein is raising the alarm again about falling reading-skill levels in Germany in the wake of new OECD ‘PISA’ test results. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Egoitz Bengoetxea Iguaran By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘We Need a Political and Social Rethink’ In another instance of concern about reading skills in the German market, the Börsenverein
A new use of its core ‘Ignition’ marketing, Open Road’s ‘Activation’ approach allows publishers to mix various D2C components. At Jack’s Wife Freda on Lafayette Street in New York City, June 29. Image – Getty iStockphoto: John Penney By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Looking for Frontlist Sales For many in international publishing, a distinct—and
A tale of a war photographer’s post-death search for truth in Sri Lanka’s violence wins the UK’s Booker Prize for Fiction. Camilla, the queen consort, meets winning author Shehan Karunatilaka at the Booker Prize for Fiction ceremony at London’s Roundabout. Image: Booker Prize Foundation By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Also today: Kim de l’Horizon
Subscription leads audio business models—some of them ‘hybrid subscription’—that Dosdoce will report on at London Book Fair. Image: Dosdoce By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson A Seminar Session at London Book Fair Following his January “map” of fast growth in Spanish-language audio markets, Dosdoce‘s Madrid-based Javier Celaya at London Book Fair this week will introduce another
In a new BookNet Canada survey, consumers say that in 2023 their visits both to physical and digital booksellers increased. Reading in Vancouver. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Wirestock By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Purchases: 53 Percent Paperback, 25 Percent Hardcover As many of our readers will recall, BookNet Canada is a standards and research organization
The 2024 London Book Fair opens with busy, boisterous trade-meeting energy and a new emphasis on programming. Meetings on the Bloomsbury stand at London Book Fair on March 12. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Rapley: ‘Global Publishing All Under One Roof’ Tuesday’s (March 12) opening of the 2024 London Book
Some 115,000 trade visitors from 153 countries were at Frankfurter Buchmesse last week, covered by 7,500 news-media representatives. Author Bülent Ceylan in conversation with Evgren Gezer on Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Open Stage in the Agora. Image: FBM, Holger Menzel By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Juergen Boos: ‘Our Internationality Creates Relevance’ With the number of professional
Scholarly analysis of the ‘Arabian Nights’ was the focus of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award and Arabic Language Centre program in Tokyo. Dr. Ali Bin Tamim, secretary-general of the Sheik Zayed Book Award and chair of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre, speaks at this month’s program in Tokyo. Image: ADALC By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
In its look at Q1 2024, the American publishers’ StatShot tracking analysis sees children’s and YA books under pressure in March. In Washington, DC, where the Association of American Publishers has its offices, the cherry trees tend to blossom in the final week of March. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Pete Van Vleet By Porter Anderson,
