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Three publishers and four initiatives are shortlisted for the ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing, to be awarded at Frankfurt. The post Shortlist Named for the 2021 Accessible Books Consortium Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The implementation of Germany's Copyright Knowledge Society Act is seen in a new survey to be cutting into textbook sales. The post Copyright: Germany’s Börsenverein Warns Textbook Market Is ‘Shrinking Drastically’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Aaliya's Books, a much-loved Beirut bookstore named for a character in a Rabih Alameddine novel, has lost the battle to stay open—for now. The post Aaliya’s Books Closes Amid Beirut’s Economic and Political Crisis appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Aaliya's Books, a much-loved Beirut bookstore named for a character in a Rabih Alameddine novel, has lost the battle to stay open—for now. The post Aaliya’s Books Closes Amid Beirut’s Economic and Political Crisis appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

This film about Misha Defonseca, author of a ‘memoir’ about escaping the Nazis and sheltering with wolves as a child, is propulsively watchable“Sometimes a story is so astonishing it’s unbelievable.” So said a Massachusetts radio presenter in the 90s, introducing Misha Defonseca, a local Jewish woman originally from Belgium. As a child in the war,…

Headline Home has signed Beyond Grief: Navigating the Journey of Pregnancy and Baby Loss by Pippa Vosper. 

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired the first children's book from Noel Fitzpatrick, star of Channel 4's "The Supervet".

Novelist Jessie Burton and children's book author Smriti Halls are among the judges confirmed for the 2021 Costa Book Awards, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

Independent children’s bookshop Round Table Books has hired Meera Ghanshamdas as its new director.

The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) has been rescheduled for later this month following its last-minute postponement last week.