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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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Country Spotlight: Malaysia: A Flourishing Alternative Scene
The growing popularity of alternative publishers such as DuBook, Thukul Cetak and Lejen Press is a welcome change (“an absolute delight”) to Raman Krishnan of Silverfish Books, a company many regarded as the catalyst in the independent bookselling and publishing scene in Malaysia.
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Canadian Publishing 2015: Hot Fall Adult Titles From Canadian Houses
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Canadian Publishing 2015: New Canadian M.F.A. Enhanced by Pace Partnership
The University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has a fledgling creative writing M.F.A., launched in summer 2013, that focuses exclusively on nonfiction and is the only program of its kind in Canada
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Canadian Publishing 2015: Book Marketing in 2015
With competition for bookstore shelf space as fierce as ever and the Inspire Book Fair gone for good, publishers are looking for new ways to reach potential readers.
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Canadian Publishing 2015: Two New English-Language Imprints Coming Out of Montreal
Two Montreal companies—English-language publisher Baraka Books and French-language publisher Éditions de l’Homme—are launching new imprints to showcase Quebec’s writers in translation for the English-language market.
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Canadian Publishing 2015: UTP Is the Winner In the New Canadian Distribution Landscape
When HarperCollins Canada announced last November that it would be getting out of the Canadian distribution business, it set off a succession of changes in the publishing landscape.
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Canadian Publishing 2015: Changes to Canadian Copyright Law Continue to Hammer Publishers
According to a new report, changes to Canada’s copyright law have had devastating effects on educational publishers and will ultimately contribute to a decline in the quality and quantity of content available to students. Trade publishers say they, too, are feeling the impact.
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Canadian Publishing 2015: E-book Sales Level Off
E-book sales have leveled off for the most part in 2015 to date, continuing a trend that began last year.
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Canadian Publishing 2015: PRH Canada’s Physical Consolidation Makes The Merger Complete
This summer, two years after the merger of Penguin Canada and Random House of Canada was finalized in July 2013, more than 200 employees left the publishers’ longtime separate headquarters and moved into a new Front Street office in downtown Toronto.
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Canadian Publishers Hold Steady In 2015
Most Canadian publishers are reporting that sales through the first six months of 2015 are steady, compared to the first half of last year.
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Behind the German Bestseller, 'Old Country'
On the 'Der Spiegel' bestseller list for 28 consecutive weeks now, this novel, according to its acquiring editor at Knaus Verlag, has garnered mass appeal by tapping into a universal theme: "the profound human desire for a place to belong."
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