On the News page of the International Publishers Association (Ipa), we read: “On occasion of the Sinai Liberation Day on April 25, with Ramadan, the month of forgiveness, approaching, IPA reiterates its appeal to Egyptian president to release Egyptian publisher Khaled Lotfy”. Ipa continues to ask the Egyptian president Abdel Fatah el-Sisi to release publisher Khaled Lofty, who was sent in 2019 to 5 … Continued
Comic Con Convention, to be held at the end of July 2020 in the San Diego Convention Center, has now been cancelled. According to the State of California it would not be safe to move forward with plans for this year. The convention is scheduled for next year, from July 22 to 25, 2021. Even the opening of the Comic-Con Museum in the summer … Continued
The major book fairs in Latin America (Peru, Argentina & Colombia) are facing the hard decision of cancelling their cultural events in their effort of fighting the spreading of COVID-19. The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reports in Colombia, in mid April, a total of 3,105 confirmed cases and 131 deaths, in Argentina 2,571 cases and 112 deaths, while in Peru, there are 11,475 … Continued
Italian bookstores are now allowed to open to public, but how? On April 14th, the Italian Government officially ruled that bookstore may be allowed to let one person into a store at a time. The decision seems to be a small compromise towards the end of the locked down initiatives and towards the healing of the country. Ricardo Franco Levi, director of the … Continued
The New York Book Expo has been cancelled. Originally, the organizers (ReedPop) moved the event from May to July, but since the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to escalate in the United States, they took the decision to cancel the 2020 edition. Reed Pop looks forward to coming back with a stronger and bigger Book Expo in the spring of 2021. The part of the … Continued
Every year on April 23, the world officially celebrates the World Book & Copyright Day, a worldwide tribute to books, authors, culture and knowledge. April 23 is a symbolic date in world literature. The day was first established by UNESCO in 1995, with the goal of promoting the enjoyment of books and reading by remembering several prominent authors who died on that … Continued
The Georgia Publishers and Booksellers Association is going to stream online on April 23, program of their World Book & Copyright Day, which has been annually celebrated by different cultural associations and events in the world. The state of Georgia celebrates the World Book & Copyright Day through a 24 hours book fair, which gathers participants from different Publishing Houses, Distribution Companies and … Continued
DC Comics, “the official home of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash and the rest of The World’s Greatest Super Heroes” just released the preview cover + 6 pages of House of El Book One: The Shadow Threat, the graphic novel trilogy by author Claudia Gray and artist Eric Zawadzki. The graphic novel explores apocalyptic events in the world of Krypton, the … Continued
The Free Comics Book Day (FCBD), which usually takes place on the first Saturday of May, will be celebrated over the summer. Diamond Comics Distributions made this difficult decision at the end of March in order to fight the impact and spread of COVID-19 in the US. The FCBD is a huge 24 hours event in the comic book industry, during which comic … Continued
The publishing industry world-wide, reacted to the locked down and shelter in place acts during the Coronavirus deadly spread, by taking various initiatives in supports of readers and industry, such as the online access to global research on Coronavirus, the free access to various educational platforms and materials for home-schooled children and teens as well as for families, the actions of stimulus package requests … Continued
