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Words Without Borders in December: Female Sudanese Novelists ‘Caught in a Limbo’

'Not being Arab nor African enough,' translator Sawad Hussain writes, female writers aren't…

ReedPop Cancels BookExpo, ‘Retiring’ the Trade Show and BookCon

After the physical events were canceled earlier this year because of the pandemic, BookExpo and its…

Authors in 22 Nations Issue Statement for Colleagues: #FreeWordsBelarus

More than 120,000 writers in 33 unions and associations are represented in a new statement of…

Germany’s Bertelsmann To Buy Simon & Schuster for US$2.175 Billion

Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann will acquire Simon & Schuster. If the sale is…

Surveying the Coronavirus’ Impact on the International Book Business

The IPA explores 'the need for a joined-up, ecosystem recovery roadmap' to address effects of the…

Writers Groups Protest Audible Exchange Policy

The Authors Guild and other writer organizations are gathering signatures on a letter protesting a…

IPA Elects Bodour, Pansa: First Female Leadership Team

A first in its 124 years, the IPA votes women executives into both roles, the UAE's Bodour president…

Rights Roundup: It Is Good To Be Finland’s Max Seeck

Markets represented in our Rights Roundup today include Finland, Italy, USA, Norway, the Netherlands…

Yu Miri, Morgan Giles, Charles Yu Win 2020 US National Book Awards

Yu Miri and translator Morgan Giles win the 2020 National Book Awards category for translated…

Bologna Children’s Book Fair Joins London Book Fair in Moving to June

An even busier Bologna Children's Book Fair than in the past will feature a new parallel general-…

Author-Funded BingeBooks Site Launches

More than 120 authors have come together to fund BingeBooks, an online community and book discovery…

Sharjah Concludes Physical Book Fair Reporting 382,000 Attendees

Sharjah International Book Fair has fulfilled its planned 11-day physical exhibition-floor run and…

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Featured Resources

See if you qualify: Exec Summit for Content Marketing & D2C Technologies

As book publishers build relationships with their readers through D2C sales and marketing, they must…

DigiPub: Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Print - Nov. 16

An executive summit for magazine, catalog & book publishers exploring the convergence of online…

BEA Recovery: A Video Look Back at Book Expo America 2012

Our man-on-the-street Jim Sturdivant captured some of the flavor of Book Expo America on video,…

Exclusive Video: Kobo's New eReader Touch Edition

Kobo announced the latest version of its e-reader device at BookExpo America on Monday…

21 Tips for Book Publishers to Build an Effective Social Media Strategy

Contained in this whitepaper are 21 tips that will assist publishers in creating and implementing a…

This Week's Featured Video: Highlights from the 2010 Publishing Business Conference & Expo

Check out the video highlights from the 2010 Publishing Business Conference & Expo, featuring…

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