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The first 360 degrees book trailer ever created! "Misteri di Venezia" by Alberto Toso Fei

The first 360 degrees booktrailer ever created is for “Misteri di Venezia” by Alberto Toso Fei (www.albertotosofei.it)! In the astonishing, three-dimensional 360° interactive panoramic video, created by the group of digital designers Officine Panottiche (www.officinepanottiche.com) and Nuovostudiofactory (www.nuovostudio.it), the writer himself tells us one of his famous mystery stories, appearing within different points of the actual location, in the middle of the Grand Canal.  more

Las Vegas Edizioni at Salone Internazionale del Libro in Torino

Las Vegas Edizioni at Salone Internazionale del Libro in Torino

Italian publisher Las Vegas edizioni will exhibit at the Salone Internazionale del Libro in Torino along with a group of six publishers known as Nuovi Editori Independenti (New Independent Publishers) in Booth L17, Pavilion 2.  more

Explore the mysteries of Rome and Venice with Alberto Toso Fei

Explore the mysteries of Rome and Venice with Alberto Toso Fei

Venetian writer Alberto Toso Fei will present his new series dedicated to the mysteries of the cities of Italy, "Mysteries of Rome" and "Mysteries of Venice", at the Torino Salone del Libro. The series is published by Studio LT2 (www.studiolt2.it). For more information about the series and author, please visit www.albertotosofei.it.

Saturday, May 12 at 7:00 pm
Regione del Veneto booth (coordinates L142-M141)
Hall 2 of the Lingotto
Torino
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The late Manning Marable wins the Pulitizer Prize for history for his book Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

The late Manning Marable wins the Pulitizer Prize for history for his book Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

The late Manning Marable was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for history for Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (Viking), a book he worked on for twenty years but did not live to see published. The Italian translation by Alessandro Ciappa and Marianna Matullo was published by Donzelli editore (www.donzelli.it).
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The Bologna Children’s Book Fair - March 19-22, 2012

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair - March 19-22, 2012

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair
The "rights" place for children's content
March 19-22, 2012

Visit the Bologna Children’s Book Fair from March 19-22, where authors, illustrators, literary agents, licensors and licensees, packagers, distributors, printers, booksellers, and librarians will mingle while perusing the best of children’s publishing and multimedia.  more

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Top 10 best sellers in Italy the week of April 29-May 5, 2012

1. Fai bei sogni by Massimo Gramellini (Longanesi)
2. Giochiamo ancora by Alessandro Del Pietro and Maurizio Crosetti (Mondadori)
3. Léonie by Sveva Casati Modignani (Sperling & Kupfer)
4. Il momento è delicato by Niccolò Ammaniti (Einaudi)
5. Se ti abbraccio non aver paura by Fulvio Ervas (Marcos y Marcos)  more

Top 10 best sellers in Italy the week of April 22-28, 2012

1. Fai bei sogni by Massimo Gramellini (Longanesi)
2. Giochiamo ancora by Alessandro Del Pietro and Maurizio Crosetti (Mondadori)
3. Se ti abbraccio non aver paura by Fulvio Ervas (Marcos y Marcos)
4. Il rumore dei baci by Luciano Ligabue (Einaudi)
5. Tipi sinistri. I gironi infernali... by Giampaolo Pansa (Rizzoli)  more

Top 10 best sellers in Italy the week of April 8-14, 2012

1. Fai bei sogni by Massimo Gramellini (Longanesi)
2. Il rumore dei baci by Luciano Ligabue (Einaudi)
3. Dizionario delle cose perdute by Francesco Guccini (Mondadori)
4. Tre volte all'alba by Alessandro Baricco (Feltrinelli)
5. Lo scontro finale. Percy Jackson e gli dei dell'Olimpo by Rick Riordan (Mondadori)  more

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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