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Setting Up a New CBA
Canadian indie booksellers are working to form a national organization.
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U.K. Reports 2017 As Record Year for Publishing
The U.K. publishing industry had a record-breaking year in 2017, with income up 5% to £5.7 billion, according to figures released by the Publishers Association in its annual Yearbook.
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Camilleri Returns in Italy, Slaughter Goes Dutch
'The Catalanotti Method' is the 26th installment of Andrea Camilleri’s Commissioner Montalbano series and was on top of Italy’s bestseller list in June.
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French Book Sales Fell 1.6% in 2017
French publishing sales were down in 2017, falling 1.6% to $3.6 billion. Comic books and literature had a good year, while sales of children's books dipped slightly compared to 2016.
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Author Earnings Sliding Fast in U.K.
Median annual income of professional writers is now under £10,500—down by 15% since 2013—according to ALCS research, with hourly rates well below minimum wage.
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Levy Rules Again in France
Superstar author Marc Levy hasn’t hit it big in the U.S., where he has been published by AmazonCrossing and Europa Editions, but he’s back on top at home in France.
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Cochrane to Succeed Martin as PRH Canada CEO
Kristin Cochrane will be elevated to CEO of PRH Canada on July 1, as Brad Martin retires after five years in the role.
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Isabel Fargo Cole Wins 2018 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize
Cole has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for her translation of 'Old Rendering Plant' by Wolfgang Hilbig, the Goethe-Institut announced.
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Arts Groups Speak Out Against Travel Ban
The National Coalition Against Censorship has joined more than 30 other prominent arts organizations in a friend of the court brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down the third version of the Trump travel ban issued in September 2017. The case is going before the court today.
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New Releases Top Lists in Europe
Swiss author Joël Dicker returned to the French fiction bestseller list in March, landing in the top spot with The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer, a thriller set in the Hamptons in the 1990s.
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A U.K. Oral History Documents Women in Publishing
An oral history project just launched in the U.K. to document the history of women in publishing has collected interviews with a pioneering generation of female book industry professionals.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Giants of Lithuanian Publishing Weigh In
Two of Lithuania's most prominent publishing figures are optimistic about the future.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Lithuania's Alvydas Šlepikas on the Timeliness of History
Among the forgotten stories of the past century is that of the "wolf children" of Lithuania. It is the tragedy of children in East Prussia who were orphaned at the end of World War II and left to fend for themselves as the Red Army conquered the territory. On their own, they took to hiding in the forests, and many of them fled into neighboring Lithuania and adopted new identities.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Finding Lithuania's Present in Its Past
The London Book Fair Author of the Day discusses the inspiration for her bestselling work.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: A Publisher's View of the Lithuanian Book Business
The director of Tyto Alba describes what her house and other publishers are up to.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: An Introduction to Publishing in Lithuania
The executive director of the Lithuanian Publishers Association surveys the literary scene.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Children's Book Publishing in Latvia
The sector's attractive and intriguing books are drawing international acclaim.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Printing in Latvia
The export market is central to the sector's growth.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Long Live #IAmIntrovert!
Latvia's quirky campaign to promote its writers has attracted a following of fans.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Exploring Latvia's History in Fiction
A bestselling series of novels explores a century of Latvian life.
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