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PRH Buys Spain's Ediciones B for Rumored €40 Million
Penguin Random House has agreed to buy major Barcelona-based publisher Ediciones B for a rumored €40 million, further consolidating its power in Spanish-language markets.
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Canada's University of Regina Press: More Than the Little Publisher on the Prairie
The press has long focused on academic books addressing issues around indigenous communities, but it's now expanding its mission and reaching new audiences.
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Cedilla & Co. Unveils Collective Model for Translations
Nine translators have banded together to form a collective that will offer publishers translation and marketing expertise. One of the founders called the collective a "one-stop shop for publishers looking for translation services."
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Behind the Dutch Bestseller, 'A Jihad for Love'
This memoir, written by the husband of a victim of the March 2016 terror attack in Belgium, has become a bestseller in the Netherlands.
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International Bestsellers: France, Italy and the Netherlands
Audrey Carlan’s Calendar Girl series, published in the U.S. by Waterhouse Press, continued to win over readers in France in February.
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Children's Books in China 2017: All Our Coverage
Welcome to the inaugural PW coverage of the Chinese children's book market.
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Children's Books in China 2017: A Gallery of Hot Titles from China
The titles Chinese publishers are bringing to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April run the gamut from downright whimsical to outrageously adventurous.
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Children's Books in China 2017: Social Media Marketing Takes Center Stage
Chinese publishers are turning to social media marketing sites to create a new bookselling channel.
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Children's Books in China 2017: Zhejiang Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House
With its 2016 sales accounting for at least 7.5% of the Chinese children’s book market, Zhejiang Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House is the indisputable #1 children’s publisher in the country, a position it has occupied for the past 14 years.
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Children's Books in China 2017: Xinjiang Juvenile Publishing House
This year marked the 60th anniversary of Xinjiang Juvenile Publishing House, which is located in Xinjiang, a province that makes up one-sixth of China’s total land area and borders eight countries, including Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
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Children's Books in China 2017: Trends in the Rights Market
Over the past decade, China has rapidly imported classic children’s books of all genres from the West.
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Children's Books in China 2017: Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House
Established in 1952, Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House was China’s first professional children’s publisher and is part of the much larger Shanghai Century Publishing.
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Children's Books in China 2017: Jieli Publishing House
This 27-year-old publisher (“a veritable young man in the industry,” says editor-in-chief Bai Bing) is less concerned with generating more new titles than publishing quality content for children.
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Children's Books in China 2017: Hunan Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House
Striving to uphold its stated mission to be “a kid’s best friend,” Hunan Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House has been on a 35-year journey to assemble the best children’s materials from near and far.
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Children's Books in China 2017: China Children’s Press & Publication Group
The Chinese home of Cipollino, Pippi Longstocking, Le petit Nicolas, and Tintin, China Children’s Press & Publication Group is the largest publisher in terms of output in the nation.
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Children's Books in China 2017: Beijing Dandelion Children’s Book House
Beijing Dandelion Children’s Book House grew from three full-time staff (counting founder and editor-in-chief Sally Yan) in 2007 to eight within a year.
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Children's Books in China 2017: Anhui Children’s Publishing House
With three offices in China and one in Lebanon, Anhui Children’s Publishing House adds about 800 new titles annually to its 15,000-title catalogue.
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Children’s Books in China 2017: 21st Century Publishing Group
Voted Best Children’s Publisher in Asia at the 2015 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, 21st Century Publishing Group has come a long way in its 32 years.
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Children's Books in China 2017: A Quick Survey of Bestselling Titles in China
A survey of sales from brick-and-mortar operations, online portals, and major publishers’ revenues has revealed some of China's bestselling titles in 2016.
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Children's Books in China 2017: A Brief Look at Some of China’s Biggest Children’s Publishers
Beijing-based Bookdao has identified 10 of the largest children’s book publishers in China.