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Top 10 best sellers in Italy the week of January 1-7, 2012

1. Le prime luci del mattino by Fabio Volo (Mondadori)

2. Il diavolo, certamente by Andrea Camilleri (Mondadori)

3. I menu` di Benedetta by Benedetta Parodi (Rizzoli)

4. L'educazione delle fanciulle by Luciana Littizzetto and Franca Valeri (Einaudi)

5. Un diamante da Tiffany by Karen Swan (Newton Compton)

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Top 10 best sellers in Italy in 2011

1. Le prime luci del mattino by Fabio Volo (Mondadori)

2. Il profumo delle foglie di limone by Clara Sanchez (Garzanti)

3. Il linguaggio segreto dei fiori by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Garzanti)

4. Nessuno si salva da solo by Margaret Mazzantini (Mondadori)

5. Il gioco degli specchi by Andrea Camillieri (Sellerio)

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Top 10 best sellers in Italy (the week of December 4-10, 2011)

1. Le prime luci del mattino by Fabio Volo (Mondadori)

2. L'educazione delle fanciulle by Luciana Littizzetto and Franca Valeri (Einaudi)

3. Tre atti e due tempi by Giorgio Faletti (Einaudi)

4. Il quaderno di Maya by Isabel Allende (Feltrinelli)

5. Un diamante da Tiffany by Karen Swan (Newton Compton)

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ControCorrente: magazines and artists’ books from publishers of visual poetry

ControCorrente: magazines and artists’ books from publishers of visual poetry

ControCorrente, an exhibit of magazines and artists’ books from publishers of visual poetry, is currently on view at the Fondazione Berardelli in Brescia. Curated by Marco Bazzini and Melania Gazzotti in collaboration with Nicole Zanoletti, the exhibit provides an overview of the publishing houses - many of which are independent and founded and directed by the artists themselves - which in the sixties and seventies published magazines and art books that radicalized the expressive power of words accompanied by the image, creating an artistic movement referred to as visual poetry.  more

Top 10 best sellers in Italy (the week of November 20-26, 2011)

1. Le prime luci del mattino by Fabio Volo (Mondadori)

2. Inheritance. L'eredità by Christopher Paolini (Rizzoli)

3. Tre atti e due tempi by Giorgio Faletti (Einaudi)

4. Mare al mattino by Margaret Mazzantini (Einaudi)

5. La versione di Vasco by Rossi Vasco (Chiare Lettere)

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News

Selling Abroad: Mysteries and More

Five of the six top-selling titles on Italy's combined list in June were new, led by the latest from the international bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón, September Lights. Coming in at #6 is Forever, the newest general romance from Italian novelist Susan Tamaro, whose Follow Your Heart sold 15 million copies worldwide when it was released in the mid-1990s. It was published in the U.S. by Nan Talese in 1995.

Excerpt from Publishers Weekly article.

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BookExpo America Announces Italy is Guest of Honor at Global Market Forum

BookExpo America (BEA) 2011 is pleased to announce that this year Global Market Forum will shine a spotlight on Publishing in Italy.

This year’s program will be produced with the support of the Italian Trade Commission and the Associazione Italiana Editori.

Program details are coming soon but be sure to mark your calendar for the Official Global Market Forum Opening Ceremony to be held Tuesday, May 24 at 9:30am.

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The College Board will revive the AP test in Italian

Announcement by Embassy of Italy in Washington:
http://www.ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Washington/Archivio_News/APP_11.11.2010.htm  more

Seen in PW: Sterling Publishing To Distribute White Star Publishers

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/43901-distribution-midpoint-teams-with-codemantra-sterling-adds-client.html  more