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China?s Book Market: A 2019 Update From the OpenBook Beijing Conference
by Porter Anderson
17 Jan 2020 at 12:36am
As online retailers captured some 70 percent of book sales in the Chinese market, researchers say 2019 saw a downturn of almost 7 percent in new titles.
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London Book and Screen Week 2020: For Writers and Watchers of Television
by Porter Anderson
16 Jan 2020 at 11:25pm
This year's public-facing London Book and Screen Week emphasizes television?and some cookery?with a 'Doctor Who' evening and a chat on politics.
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NPD: ?A Decade of Personal Exploration? Ahead in US Self-Help Books
by Porter Anderson
16 Jan 2020 at 10:15pm
With journaling books alone rising from fewer than 50,000 units in 2015 to 700,000 in 2019, creativity, motivation, and inspiration are booming.
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US National Endowment for the Arts: $1.2 Million in Translation, Creative Wri...
by Porter Anderson
16 Jan 2020 at 7:30am
In the US, the National Endowment for the Arts today announces the recipients of its 2020 translation and creativing writing grants totaling $1.2 million.
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Political Writings: The UK?s Parliamentary Book Awards Announce Delayed 2019 ...
by Porter Anderson
16 Jan 2020 at 6:01am
'Issues that are important to the public today' are examined in today's three shortlists that the UK's Parliamentary Book Awards held back?for the election.
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The German Book Trailer Award 2020 Pushes ?Play? on Its Shortlists
by Porter Anderson
16 Jan 2020 at 3:30am
The winners of the Deutscher Buchtrailer Award program will be named on January 30. The top prize winner's book trailer will be seen in Berlin cinemas.
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AAP?s StatShot for October: A Mixed Report With a Boost in Children?s Books
by Porter Anderson
15 Jan 2020 at 6:57am
Children's books see a handsome bump of more than 20 percent in October, year over year, as US higher education course materials drop almost 70 percent.
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UK Costa Book Awards Names Short Story Finalists
by Porter Anderson
15 Jan 2020 at 3:15am
A separate competition from the main category and overall award, the Costa Book Awards Short Story program uses public voting to choose its winner.
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Germany?s Bestselling Books of 2019: Fiction, Nonfiction, Self-Help
by Hannah Johnson
15 Jan 2020 at 1:30am
In a strong year for nonfiction sales, Germany's bestsellers of 2019 reflect a robust group of fiction and nonfiction titles by new and familiar authors.
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US Book Industry Study Group Announces James Daunt Keynote
by Porter Anderson
14 Jan 2020 at 7:25am
The annual meeting of BISG in April will hear Barnes & Noble and Waterstones' James Daunt in a keynote address around supply chain issues.
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