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HarperCollins Struggles with Shipping Delays in Canada
During the first holiday shopping season without its Toronto-area warehouse, HarperCollins has been struggling to get shipments to Canadian booksellers in a timely manner, causing frustration and impacting sales.
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International Bestseller Lists, October 2015
A number of different authors topped bestsellers lists around the world at the end of October.
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Baby Boom to Children's Publishing Boon
The end of China’s one-child policy is expected to drive children’s book sales.
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André Alexis Wins Canada’s Giller Prize
The 58-year-old author won the country's most prestigious award for fiction, worth C$100,000, for his novel 'Fifteen Dogs.'
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Why Publishers Are Vying for 'What's That To Do With Me?’
Iris Brandt, rights and contracts director at German publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch, explains why the soon-to-be-published nonfiction book, 'What’s That to Do With Me?,' has been captivating publishers around the world.
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Book Deals: Week of October 26, 2015
Pushcart Prize–winner Stephanie Powell Watts takes her debut to Ecco, Diana Palmer gets seven figures from Harlequin, Juliet Nicolson sells a nonfiction title to FSG, and more in this week's notable book deals.
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International Bestseller List: 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' Remains Hot Across Europe
David Lagercrantz's addition to Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy is a bestseller in France, Sweden, and Italy.
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PEN, U.S. Publishers Respond to Chinese Censorship
PEN American Center is teaming with 12 U.S. publishers to monitor and address incidents of censorship in the translations of U.S. titles in the Chinese book market.
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'Toronto Star' Doubles Its Books Pages
The newspaper will increase its weekly print books coverage from two to four pages and run extended bestseller lists.
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'Fugitive Pieces' Author Anne Michaels Named Toronto’s Poet Laureate
The appointed three-year position, which includes an annual C$10,000 honorarium, means that Michaels will be the city’s advocate for poetry and language.
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Behind The Swedish Thriller, 'The Ice Beneath Her'
The latest hot thriller property to emerge from the Scandinavian crime fiction scene follows an unreliable narrator's attempt to solve a grisly murder.
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Banned New Zealand YA Novel Acquired By U.S. Publisher
Ted Dawe's 'Into the River,' which earlier this month became the first book in more than two decades to be banned in New Zealand, has been acquired by Jason Pinter at Polis Books.
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'Girl in the Spider's Web' Dominated International Bestseller Lists in August
David Lagercrantz's continuation of the late Stieg Larsson's Millennium series topped the charts in France, Germany, and Sweden.
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Behind the Swedish Thriller, 'Lycke'
In Sweden, a thriller finds an audience with women readers "probably a bit tired of reading about middle-aged policemen."
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Country Spotlight: Malaysia: A Mixed Bag for Bookselling
For the Malaysian bookselling and publishing communities, the first quarter of the year leading up to the 6% goods and services tax (GST) implementation on April 1 was tumultuous and disruptive.
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Country Spotlight: Malaysia: Checking Out the Top Shows and Festivals
With publishers large and small putting on road shows, holding minifairs, and participating in major book events, and with chain bookstores and remainder sellers holding their own shows, there are plenty of opportunities for book lovers and content creators to congregate across Malaysia.
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Country Spotlight: Malaysia: Companies
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Country Spotlight: Malaysia
Malaysia—a multicultural nation of 30 million people made up of Malay, English, Chinese, and Tamil speakers—is a relatively small and divided book market.
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Country Spotlight: Malaysia: Heating Up the Rights Market
Rights traffic, as expected in a small book market like Malaysia, typically flows one way, with English-to-Malay translations mostly found in the education and reference segments.
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Country Spotlight: Malaysia: Digital Segment on the Move
The Malaysian e-book industry is still in the low single digit in terms of market share and international e-book retailers have yet to show signs of setting up shop here.
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