A seasoned screenwriter, Liu Zhenyun says his characters ‘chat with me’ when he adapts his novels to film. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘A Deep Connection With My Characters’ In another year without a “Market Focus” international emphasis, the ongoing London Book Fair‘s presentation of the Chinese author Liu Zhenyun today (March 12) drew […]
While fiction was up 18 percent in 2024, the United Kingdom’s nonfiction sales ran some 4 percent below their 2023 performance. In Highgate’s Waterlow Park, London. Image – Getty: Victor Huang By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘The Desire for Escapism’ In its newly released Industry Insights 2024 report, the United Kingdom’s Publishers Association has
The three 2025 Prix Albertine Jeunesse winners were chosen by more than 15,000 students in 70 schools, organizers say. Covers of the nine books in contention for this year’s Prix Albertine Jeunesse. Image: Albertine By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Voting in 672 Classes The French Institute’s Albertine in New York City has announced the
The 2027 Frankfurter Buchmesse guest of honor, Chile, hosts a CONTEC conference with visiting publishers. Among the speakers at this week’s CONTEC from Frankfurter Buchmesse in Santiago de Chile are, from left, Ralf Biesemeier of Germany’s Zebralution; Pola Iriarte, a Chilean translator; Diven Nagpal of India’s Seagull Books; and Chilean journalist, writer, and literary agent
As some franchise-supported titles arrive on China’s bestseller lists, more are anticipated in months to come. China’s consumer base is well accustomed to the energy of franchising, as is evident in this storefront at Tianfu International Airport near Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Beeding. Image – Getty: Vera Tikhonova By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief |
Digital audio accounted for 99 percent of 2024’s US audiobook revenues, per newly released survey results. Image – Getty: Yuliia Kaveshnikova By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson General Fiction Holds the Largest Genre Usership Always helpful in observing the evolving strength of the audiobook market in the United States, the Audio Publishers Association (APA), led
