The run-up to the Year of the Dragon in China’s bestseller charts was energized by entertainment and humorous education books for kids. The ‘Chess Pavilion’ as seen from the eastern peak of Mount Hua in China’s Shaanxi Province. The area is featured in one of January’s bestselling books for young readers, ‘Treasure Hunting in Shaanxi.’ […]
The holiday-filled February market in China threw some light on self-help books and the desire of many consumers to upgrade their social relationships Interpersonal relationships and self-confidence are key interests trending on the Chinese self-help nonfiction charts. Image – Getty iStockphoto: IMTM Photo By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson In Nonfiction; Constructing Personal Relationships’ A
An act of violence among school students may be prompting readers in China to make quick bestsellers of social nonfiction for youngsters. Buckwheat harvesting in Hebei province, near Zhangjiakou and a wind p0wer plant. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Xenotar By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson A Children’s Bestseller: ‘What To Protect Yourself With’ On March
China’s April bestseller lists are starting to include more mental-health content for young readers, looking at ‘insensitive force’ and expressiveness. A family at Geming Revolution Park in Shaanxi Province reads from a ‘stone book.’ Image – Getty iStockphoto: Pawopa By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Cultivating Confidence: ‘Insensitive Force’ In our China Bestsellers coverage for
On China’s nonfiction list in May, Fei Zhi’s army of ‘Cats’ books were held at bay by the TV-powered arrival of Li Juan’s ‘My Altay’ at No. 1. In the Altay region of China’s enormous Xinjiang province. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Dandelion By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Small Screens to Big Sales In many
Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol (GeMS) has dominated Italy’s debut fiction market for years — with small and medium houses and imprints. Stefano Mauri. Image: Scuola per Librai Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri (UEM), Yuma Martellanz By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Family Sagas, ‘Just Old Enough To Be History’ When Giunti’s Leeann Bortolussi on Friday (July
The school-holiday reading lists change lists, as tourism and social media savvy shapes sales. Many Chinese tourists favor Lugu Lake as a summer destination, an alpine lake at 8,809 feet on the border between Yunnan Province’s Ninglang County and Sichuan Province’s Yanyuan County. Image – Getty: Yunpeng Li By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Another
As China’s school reading lists sell the classics, ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ is newly adapted in dance, museum shows, and on screens. A production still released from Mei Hu’s new film adaptation of the 18th-century classic ‘Dream of the Red Chamber,’ written in the released this month in China. Image: Artemple By Porter Anderson,
The Chinese bestseller lists in August showed an unusual level of interest in newer works as well as the traditionally favored classics. Bamboo rafting on the Li River in Yangshuo County at Xingping Town, Guilin, a popular tourist destination. Image – Getty: TK Kurikawa By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson More Than the Classics In
China Publishers Magazine has surveyed 100 of the country’s senior publishing executives to capture their outlook for China’s book market. Shopping for books in China, where a survey of publishing executives indicates that many feel they must reduce discounts passively in order to remain competitive in distribution channels. Image – Getty: Creative Family By Zhang
