As agreed at São Paulo’s book fair, the International Publishers Association is working on reading and books in the Ibero-American markets. At the signing of the agreement on the Ibero-American Movement in Favor of the Promotion of Books and Reading are IPA president Karine Pansa, left, and Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean […]
The Italian publishers association and six sister agencies call for an overhaul of Italy’s sharply altered ’18App’ culture voucher. On Ponte Vecchio in Florence. Image – Getty: Atalay Mert Kuskaya By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘We Need To React’ As Publishing Perspectives readers know, “culture vouchers” are government programs that provide young adults with
When Biblioteka Narodowa, Poland’s National Library made its 2023 survey, it found a 9-percent jump in respondents’ book reading. At Biblioteka Narodowa: A view of the Polish National Library reading room after its renovation. Image: CC BY SA 4.0 By Jarosław Adamowksi | @JaroslawAdamows Poland’s Annual Library Survey: 9 Percent Rise in Reading IIn a positive
The Polish Book Institute revamps promotional activities under new management, providing funds to small bookstores. The Polish Book Institute’s stand at Frankfurter Buchmesse. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Hannah Johnson By Jarosław Adamowksi | @JaroslawAdamows The Book Institute of Poland ‘Under New Management’ Last year, Polish publishers released a reported 33,893 titles—an increase of around 5 percent compared
As the Scholz coalition spirals toward a new parliamentary election, book business leaders lay out what they need. At the Reichstag on the Platz der Republik in Berlin. Image – Getty: Hanohiki By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Basic Prerequisites for Democratic Participation’ In a similar bid to the Italian ministerial meeting held in Milan
Calling for protection of the freedom to read, three organizational chiefs go to bat for the ‘Pass Culture’ in France amid economic pressure. Crossing the Seine in winter. Image – Getty: KDB Media By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also:Italy’s Book Leaders to Minister: 1.7 Million Sales LostItaly’s Publishers Demand a Culture Voucher RelaunchGermany’s
At the 23rd Più libri più liberi (‘More Books, More Freedom’), the Italian Publishers Association presents survey data on reading rates in Italy. Book fair goers queue for entry into an earlier iteration of Italy’s national small- and mid-sized publishers book fair, Più libri più liberi, outside Rome’s La Nuvola. Image: Più libri più liberi
‘Raising Readers’ will have authors, illustrators, and translators sign messages in adult books on ‘fostering a lifelong habit of reading.’ Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK CEO David Shelley in interview on the opening day of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024 in the Publishing Perspectives Forum. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Johannes Minkus By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
