‘We ask politicians on all sides to recognize the publishing industry’s economic value,’ says the Publishers Association’s Dan Conway. Publishers Association CEO Dan Conway. Image: PA By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson To Politicians: ‘Recognize Publishing’s Economic Value’ On the eve of London Book Fair (Tuesday through Thursday), the United Kingdom’s Publishers Association has released […]
In Frankfurt again this week, Richard Charkin considers what makes the long days and even longer evenings at the Buchmesse worth while. The Frankfurter Buchmesse flags are out this week at Messe Frankfurt in the trade show’s 76th edition. Image: FBM, Holger Menzel By Richard Charkin | @RCharkin ‘A Good Question’ Whenever I pack to
The ebook and audiobook distributor Bookwire opens its presence in a seventh country, looking to the United States for new business. In Manhattan, a photo from April 2022. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Jerome Labouyrie By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Klingelhöfer: ‘Technology and Expertise’ As Publishing Perspectives readers know, the digital distributor Bookwire is based
There are 21 publishers with work represented in the 2024 edition of the American Literary Translators Association awards. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Prose and Poetry Shortlists Are Expected October 10 As the book competitions compete for coverage this autumn, we continue working to catch up with the announcements of longlists, shortlists, and wins.
Italian publishers, with a newly named leadership committee, hail the new BookCity Milano study of books’ supremacy in cultural spending. On a train in Milan. Image – Getty iStockphoto: SportPoint By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Cipolletta Calls Milan ‘A Driving City for the Sector’ Recent news from the Italian market includes both good and
The ‘Booker Prize Book Club Challenge’ will be won by a book club that produces the most impressive social media for the shortlist. The Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 is being juried by, from left, Helen Castor, Alain Mabanckou, chair Neil MacGregor, M John Harrison, and Shahidha Bari. Image: Booker Foundation, Hugo Glendinning By Porter
Half the shortlisted books for the £50,000 Booker Prize for Fiction are from independent publishers. The winner will be known October 17. Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 shortlisted authors are, upper row from left, NoViolet Bulawayo (image: NyeLynTho); Percival Everett (image: Nacho Goberna); and Alan Garner (image: David Heke). And on the lower row, from
Digital audio, in 2023, was up 14.9 percent in the United States, at US$864 million, per the Association of American Publishers’ Statshot report. In Eleven Mile Canyon, Colorado, December 4, 2023. Image – Getty iStockphoto: SW Krullmaging By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson US Trade Revenues Down 0.3 Percent in 2023 In its release today
The first Audio Day PARIX on February 27 is a production of Spain’s Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez in the audio sector. A training event at Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez in Madrid. Image: Foundation GSR By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson González: ‘Professionals in the Spanish-Language Markets’ Amid a busy season in world publishing’s audio season
The 76th edition of the world’s largest international book publishing trade show sees 114,000 trade visitors from 131 countries. Juergen Boos, now in his 20th year as president and CEO of Frankfurter Buchmesse, at the Hall 5.0 collective stand of Guest of Honor Italy. Image: Holger Menzel By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Exhibitors Up
