Overall book sales in China decreased in 2022, but online sales driven by TikTok and other short-video platforms are growing rapidly. At Longqing Gorge in Yanqing, January 31, during the Lunar New Year’s lantern festival. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Luchunyu By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also: Our monthly China bestsellers series, in association […]
Book publishers in the Czech Republic praise their legislators for removing the 10-percent value-added tax formerly levied on books. In Prague, feeding the swans on the Vitava, February 6. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Alen Orgolich By Jarosław Adamowksi | @JaroslawAdamows ‘This Enlightened Step by Legislators’ Czech book industry representatives say they hope that after a challenging
Forming a dashboard for the French book industry, the Filéas project gets its go-ahead at a meeting in Paris. Key players gathered in Paris on December 20, 2024, to formalize the Filéas program. Image: SNE By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Finally Possible To See the Light of Day’ You may recall that in June
The 2022 Booker Prize longlist comprises writings from the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Zimbabwe, and Sri Lanka. Image: The Booker Foundation By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also: The UK’s Booker Prize for Fiction Looks to Boost Social Media With a Book Club Contest and Nielsen BookData Opens a New Industry-Wide 10
