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The Top 10 International Book Business Stories of 2024
This year's top stories from abroad include booming English-language book sales across Europe, publishers rallying in support of Palestine, and more.
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U.K.’s Mack Launches New Imprint Run by Sofia Coppola
Mack has announced a new publishing imprint, Important Flowers, run by filmmaker Sofia Coppola. Its first three titles will be released next year.
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War Leaves Scars on Lebanese Publishing
The brief war of bombardment between Israel and Hezbollah this year destroyed millions of books in Lebanon, disrupting a Lebanese production sector that is critical to the book publishing business in the Middle East.
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IPA Congress Warns of Risks of Russian Aggression
Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk and incoming International Publishers Association president Gvantsa Jobava of Georgia described how Russia's attacks on their countries are an augury of worse things to come if Russia’s expansionism is not stopped.
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Rebellion Taps into the U.K.’s Long Comics Heritage
Rebellion Developments began life as a video game production studio, but over the past 25 years, it has become a force in the U.K. publishing industry, developing robust businesses around valuable IPs including Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper.
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2024 Guadalajara Book Fair Broke Records for Attendance, Participation
This year's Guadalajara International Book Fair, which closed on Sunday, was the largest in the event's 38-year history, with a preliminary attendance of 907,300 visitors and participation from 2,769 publishing houses from 64 countries.
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Finding Success in International Markets
As sales of trade books in the U.S. have stalled since the pandemic peak, publishers are taking a harder look at expanding into international markets. How to best break into different territories was the focus of the November webinar “Publishing Now Fall ’24: Strategies for Success in International Markets.” (Sponsored)
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Anagrama’s Herralde Prize Mints Literary Superstars
The annual award, given by Barcelona-based publisher Editorial Anagrama, was shared by two authors this year—Xita Rubert (l.) and Cynthia Rimsky—for only the second time in its history.
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Publishing in Sub-Saharan Africa Grows Amid Inflation, Piracy
Research commissioned by the British Council in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe found several successful trade publishers—and significant growth in self-publishing—despite growing costs and widespread piracy.
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A Kenyan Publisher Hopes to Change the African Books Market
Mvua Press adds to a short, but growing, list of African independent publishers in a market where books, typically priced between $20 and $30, are beyond the means of many to buy.
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