2024

Italy at London Book Fair: 28 Publishers and Agents

In its guest of honor year at Frankfurter Buchmesse, the Italian market arrives at the 2024 London Book Fair with a large delegation. The traditional white-on-white Italian collective stand design developed for the ‘Spazio Italia,’ in this image at the 2022 Frankfurter Buchmesse. Image: AIE By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Highlighting a Key Challenge […]

China Bestsellers in January 2023: A Three-Adaptation Problem

Now with three serial adaptations either on the air or in post-production, Liu Cixin’s ‘The Three-Body Problem’ rockets up the charts. A production still with actor Luyi Zhang from the CCTV live-action adaptation of Liu Cixin’s ‘The Three-Body Problem,’ which began airing January 15. Image: CCTV-8 By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson CCTV’s Series Opened

Storytel’s 2023 Report and ‘Ambitious Targets’

Johannes Larcher, CEO of Sweden’s Storytel, says that performance in 2023 saw the non-Nordic subscriber base pass 1 million consumers. Listening to audio on the Flemingsberg district overpass in Stockholm, January 10. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Alexander Farnsworth By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘A Weekly Positive Net Addition of Subscribers’ In its year-end and

Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Its 2022-2023 Scientific Committee

Looking forward to the ‘experience the new members will bring,’ Dr. Ali Bin Tamim names the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s new committee. At the 2022 Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners’ ceremony at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Four New Scientific Committee Members Dr. Ali Bin Tamim today

TikTok at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: Hany Kamel

Books, says Hany Kamel, ‘align with TikTok’s mission to inspire creativity and bring joy.’ The social medium is at Abu Dhabi’s book fair. Inside the unmarked TikTok stand at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson TikTok Mounts a ‘Stealth Stand’ in Abu Dhabi There’s a

Frankfurt Book Fair Reports 215,000 Visitors in 2023

With a press corps of more than 7,000 journalists, the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse adds a 30-percent boost in public attendance. Near the City Entrance to the 75th edition of Frankfurt Book Fair. Image: FBM, Ingo Hattendorf By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Boos: Special Praise for the Ljubljana Reading Manifesto As Frankfurter Buchmesse reached its

US National Book Award 2024 Longlists: Fiction

The 75th National Book Awards’ longlist in fiction is drawn from an initial pool of 473 books submitted by publishers for consideration. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also:The UN’s Melissa Fleming: A ‘Summit of the Future’ and IPA’s CongressUS National Book Award 2024 Longlists: NonfictionUS National Book Award 2024 Longlists: Young People’s BooksUS

Bookwire Partners with US Publisher Podium

The California-based digital publisher Podium, a multiple Audie Award winner, is in a distribution partnership with Frankfurt-based Bookwire. Listening to audio in Zurich. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Lucia Gajdosikova By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Creativity and Ambition in the Audio Space’ Based in Frankfurt, and a very familiar company to Publishing Perspectives readers, Bookwire

Publishers Celebrate 25 and 50 Years as Frankfurt Exhibitors

More exhibitor milestones were celebrated at the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair with cake deliveries from book fair staff. By Hannah Johnson 50 Years at Frankfurt Publishing Scotland celebrates 50 years as a Frankfurt Book Fair exhibitor. From left: Lucy Feather, Membership Services Manager; Marion Sinclair, Chief Executive. Image: Frankfurter Buchmesse, Dorothea Grimberg 25 Years at

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