January’s China bestseller lists show business and the education that supports it drawing book consumers in a changing economy. Image Getty – ImTmPhoto By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also: Seven years of China Bestsellers in our Archives A Dynamic in Nonfiction and Children’s Books In an interesting article by Yoko Kubota on February […]
The arrival of the Year of the Snake coincides with an upturn in sales impact from Web novels in China’s fiction lists. The Year of the Snake arrived on January 20 in pre-new-year celebrations at Shanghai. Spring Festival continues through the first week of February. Image – Getty: Yanjf By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
In young people’s self-help, a November trend was spotted in specialized guidance for male and female teens in China’s market. Formerly pegged as ‘short-video’ platforms, market-influencing social media channels driving book sales in China now are being referred to as “content e-commerce channels,’ a reflection of a broadening of formats used to catch consumer attention.
US backlist sales continued to grow in share in January, Kristen McLean reports, adult fiction helping to offset sagging adult nonfiction. On Elliott Bay at Puget Sound, Washington State, January 23. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Randall Williams By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Juvenile Categories Are Soft’ In her first month’s coverage period of the
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
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
In 2023’s first six weeks, the total US comics and graphic novels market is down 13 percent against 2022’s figures, per NPD’s Kristen McLean. A table of manga for sale in a bookstore. At NPD Books, Kristen McLean says that 60 percent of the year-to-date slowdown in comics and manga sales was attributed to a
Catapulted to the top of February’s list just weeks after its show’s premiere, ‘The Knockout’ smacks down ‘The Three-Body Problem.’ A still from ‘The Knockout’ (season 1, episode 1), the television series that premiered in mid-January in China. Its tie-in book from Qingdao Publishing House has entered the OpenBook fiction bestsellers list at No. 1
A stage adaptation and the work of a strong translator were behind some of the standout books on China’s bestseller charts in March. The pink Yunnan cherry blossoms in March this year drew tourists to that city in the northwestern area of the province. Image, March 15 – Getty iStockphoto: Gujiang xie By Porter Anderson,
Three editions of one 2008 book were on OpenBook’s April bestseller fiction lists in China, powered by a new, touring stage adaptation. An April view of the Qing dynasty summer palace at Chengde’s mountain resort, a UNESCO World Heritage site built between 1703 and 1792. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Thomas De Wever By Porter Anderson,
