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Canadian Publishing 2020: Choosing Progress over Change
Quebec’s publishers are working hard to address sexual harassment and diversity issues.
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Canadian Publishing 2020: Silver Linings
How being a locked-down bookseller made Dan Wells a better publisher.
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Canadian Publishing 2020: A Year of Introspection
Publishers across Canada reflect on the challenges of 2020 and look ahead.
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S&S UK Restructures Nonfiction Program, Adds Gallery Imprint
Simon & Schuster UK is restructuring its adult nonfiction program, and adding a new imprint modeled on Gallery Books in the U.S.
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'PW' in Spanish Debuts Around the World
The first issue of 'Publishers Weekly en Español' was published this week in Spain. The inaugural edition features an array of original interviews, news, and analysis, as well as more than 50 book reviews of Spanish-language titles.
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Canadian Book Sales Recover from Covid-19 Dip
The last eight weeks of book sales in Canada have been better than the corresponding period in 2019 and the market is slowly making up for sales lost earlier in the year due to the Covid-19 crisis, says BookNet Canada's CEO Noah Genner.
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China Literature Loses Big During the Pandemic
China Literature, China's top online publishing and bookselling platform, lost $465 million in the first six months of the year, prompting executives to say the company business model and culture needs to be fixed.
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European E-book, Audiobook Sales See Pandemic Pop
Sales of e-books and audiobooks have been robust across Europe throughout the pandemic despite storefront closures, according to a new report from Bookwire.
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Italy's Book Sales Bounce Back
The recent return of book buyers to stores in Italy has helped the overall Italian book business bounce back. After showing a year-over-year revenue loss of 20% through April 18, that loss is down to 11% as of July 11.
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Europe's Pandemic Sales Slide Quantified
A report by the Federation of European Publishers aims to quantify the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on European publishers, citing a significant plunge in bookstore sales and commensurate lost revenue for publishers.
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German Sales Drop 14% in the First Half of 2020
German Book sales crashed during lockdown, but have bounced back as bookstores reopened, and are down just 14% overall for the first six months of 2020, compared with the same period in 2019.
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Bertrams Goes Bankrupt
The Bertram Group, one of two major U.K. book wholesalers, has gone bankrupt. Asset sales have been agreed to, and the majority of its employees have been let go.
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Vietnam's Liberal Publishing House Wins Prix Voltaire
Liberal Publishing House, a clandestine publisher founded last year by dissidents to challenge the authority of the government of Vietnam, has been awarded the 2020 Prix Voltaire from the International Publishers Association.
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W.W. Norton Names New U.K. MD
Norton has named John Donovan managing director of its U.K. operations as the company integrates its international sales operations into a single group.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Will Take Place, Organizers Vow
The German state of Hessen gave the Frankfurt Book Fair permission to go ahead. The fair, scheduled for October 14-18, will be significantly smaller to maintain social distancing. Many events are moving online.
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Italy Reports Huge Decline in Book Sales
The Italian publishing industry sold eight million fewer books in the first four months of 2020 than 2019, and bookstores ceded ground to online bookstores. Publishers hope that promotions will help them rebound.
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France's Publishers Expect Big Revenue Declines
A survey found that one in four French publishers said they expected to lose between 20% and 40% of revenue this year, with a quarter expecting to lose more than 40%.
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U.K. Wholesaler Bertram Group Is Up for Sale
Bertram Group, one of the top U.K. book wholesale companies, is up for sale. An advertisement online notes that the company had a turnover of £250 million last year, with a gross profit of £9 million.
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German Bookstores Rebound After Reopening
Since stores began reopening on April 20, German bookstores are back to 80% to 85% of comparable sales from the same period last year.
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Canadian Publisher Survey Finds Stress, Burnout
Canadian trade magazine 'Quill & Quire' conducted its first workplace survey and found many publishing employees felt financial hardship and more than 75% had experienced workplace burnout.
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