04/13/2012 @ 12:00AM
When the first Krasnoyarsk Book Culture Fair was held in 2007, there were no overseas attendees in sight. In fact, there were only 63 local exhibitors, including 45 publishing houses. Still, 10,000 visitors attended the midwinter event, for which exhibitors trucked in nearly 10 metric tons of books.
04/02/2012 @ 12:00AM
In conjunction with the Publishing in Russia 2012 print report (published on April 2), PW will be adding a series of articles on the Russian book industry in the weeks leading up to the Read Russia 2012 Festival (running June 1-8 in New York City). Check back here weekly for each new report.
03/29/2012 @ 03:00PM
By most accounts, this year's Bologna Book Fair was a vibrant one, with packed schedules and continued excitement for fiction. Unlike two years ago, when Hervé Tullet's Press Here was the title everyone was talking about, attendees didn't crown a book of the fair, and were by and large pleased about that. As Wernick & Pratt agent Marcia Wernick put it, "There was no buzz book this year, and it's been really nice. Everyone can focus on getting stuff done."
03/05/2012 @ 12:00PM
"Modern Family meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” “Heathers meets The Craft,” and “Titanic in outer space” are just some of the intriguing-sounding projects that will be on offer later this month at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. We asked some American agents to tell us about two projects they have high hopes for.
02/06/2012 @ 12:00AM
The Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), which just concluded its February 1-6 run, brought together representatives from more than 60 countries on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
12/19/2011 @ 07:00PM
Looking for Solutions
"Crisis or Opportunity? School Libraries in the 21st Century”: that was the question for panelists and the audience at an event hosted by the Canadian Book and Periodical Council and Ontario Library Association earlier this month, and the answer heard around the room pretty clearly was crisis. But there were also a lot of voices offering ideas of how to address the problems.
12/01/2011 @ 12:00AM
A total of 291 exhibitors from 20 countries congregated under one roof at Moscow’s Central House of Artists Thursday to kick off the 13th Non/Fiction Fair. The five-day event is set to hold around 300 programs and welcome 10,000 visitors per day.
11/17/2011 @ 12:00AM
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi and Ahmed Al Amri, two of the driving forces behind the Sharjah International Book Fair, have been very pleased with the reaction to the innovations at this year’s fair and at the overall participation.
11/16/2011 @ 12:00AM
The Sharjah International Book Fair, which is celebrating its 30th year this week, held its first professional program, announced new translation grants, and saw the number of participating publishers increase by 100 to 884, helping to lead to good activity in the rights center.
11/04/2011 @ 12:00AM
In his keynote speech at PubWest's annual conference Barnes & Noble CEO Len Riggio said he remains optimistic about the future of bookselling and publishing, seeing the growth of digital as generating more content as well as more readers.
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