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US Publishers Tell Trump: Copyright Is 'Critical' in Digital Times
Copyright protection and enforcement are essential to US publishers’ ‘ability to compete in global markets,’ the AAP writes to Donald Trump. Read More
European Research Libraries Say ‘Neighboring Rights’ Oppose Open Science
Declaring that ‘the current copyright framework is unfit for the digital age,’ the chief of Europe’s research libraries speaks out against “neighboring rights’—related rights—for publishers. Read More
Publishing and Politics: ‘Toxic Negotiations,’ ‘Trumpian Dystopia’
International publishing this season lies downwind of hot blasts of political potentials that many feel could be damaging to various countries’ book industries and readership. Welcome to a Summer of Insecurity. Read More
Asia, North and South America, Africa, Europe Featured in London Book Fair’s Excellence Awards
France, Australia, US, China, Sudan, Brazil, Poland, New Zealand and more factor into the honors: New Bookstore of the Year category a popular favorite. Read More
The IPA London Congress: Confrontation and Debate
Dichotomies of local and global, major and modest, resonated throughout the International Publishers Association’s 31st Congress, convened in the run-up to London Book Fair. Read More
International Consumer Confidence: A Recessionary State of Mind
In its report on consumer confidence, Nielsen sees 55 percent of those surveyed saying that in Q4 2015, they believed the were in recession. Read More
Confidence Rising (Mostly): Nielsen Looks Over World Markets
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson The good news is that people think there’s good news. In a webcast this week from in London Book Fair’s #Quantum16 Virtual Conference, Nielsen’s Andre Breedt started his survey of key markets with a check of consumer confidence. He put special emphasis on the #Quantum16 markets: Brazil, China, India, The Philippines,… Read More
New Trajectory partnerships include PanMac UK ebook distribution to China
‘A relationship with new English language readers’ Boston-based Trajectory has announced a suite of new partnerships, capped by one that will take the Pan Macmillan UKcatalog into China. “China is a key focus for Pan Macmillan,” said PanMac’s international director Jonathan Atkins in a prepared statement, “and we are very excited by the potential for growth… Read More
China’s Feng Tang: Translating the ‘Beijing, Beijing’ Of His Peers
‘Sexuality Is Almost My Trademark’ “Why didn’t you take your stupid Three Gun briefs home?” she asked. “They were clearly dry already, dry as they would ever get, but you didn’t take them back. Why? After looking at them all day, I would go out and dance all night.” What the author Feng Tang does… Read More