The Bologna Children’s Book Fair team did not give up on its costumers, on business and on books. In fact, they recently announced the launch of an online trading program platform for book rights, a sort of virtual BCBF. According to the manager Elena Pasoli, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair aims to remain “the biggest rights marketplace for children’s content”. The team worked hard … Continued
The Beijing International Book Fair is at the moment, one of the few book events still on going. The team of the Beijing fair wants to reassure the public that they continue the collaboration with the Chinese publishing industry as well as with the international one, despite the difficult 2020 beginning that challenged the world to adapt not only business operations, but also the … Continued
Elisabetta Dami, daughter of the Italian writer and publisher Piero Dami, is the author of the famous Geronimo Stilton and she will read today April 2nd, from her instagram account, extracts from her books in occasion of the International Children’s Book Day, in collaboration with the International publishers association (Ipa) and UNICEF . The reading is dedicated to all children in isolation during … Continued
The organizers of Comic Con issued a statement announcing the postponement of WonderCon Anaheim 2020, scheduled for April 10 to 12 in order to protect public health and slow the rate of transmission of COVID-19. No decision has been made so far in relation to Comic Con in San Diego, scheduled for July 23 to 26. The Comic Con team, in their effort to … Continued
According to Publishing Perspectives, Kuala Lumpur cancelled today, March 31, its opening ceremony for this year role as UNESCO’s World Book Capital. The event was originally scheduled on April 22, during the 3 days long celebration (April 20 to 23.) The Malaysian health ministry engages in “surveillance testing” that is to test for virus people with or without symptoms in order to determine where … Continued
According to the NY Times, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi gave the nation just 4 hours notice before starting the 3 weeks locked down: the strict measure is the government’s attempt of protecting a nation with hundreds of millions of citizens, and countless millions of people living in over crowded areas, with poor sanitation and with a weak public health care. Publishing Perspective reports … Continued
Two of the main sources of publishing news and events in the US and in the world, Publishers Weekly and Publishing Perspectives report that 4 of the so called “Big Five” American publishers, withdrew from the Book Expo of America in New York City. Despite Reed’s effort of keeping the show running (ReedPop) by postponing the event from May to July 22-26, 2020, many … Continued
The Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Tourism HERE, in collaboration with the publisher Coconino Press-Fandango and various authors, makes available online every week and for free, one of the 51 illustrated catalogues of Italian Museum available HERE
The American Library Association (ALA) decides to cancel its Annual Conference and Exhibition, which was scheduled for June 25-30, 2020, in Chicago. ALA, founded in 1878 in Philadelphia, is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Its mission is “to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to … Continued
