Year: 2023

Italy’s Publishers and Artificial Intelligence in Europe

As the European Parliament works through its ‘AI Act’ legislation, Italy’s publishers back the country’s industrial sector’s position. The Association of Italian Publishers (Associazione Italiana Editori, AIE), influential among European publishers associations, is signaling its support for the statements of the Confindustria Cultura Italia and its new position paper on artificial intelligence. The Confindustria, as many Publishing Perspectives readers will recall, is the umbrella organization-of-organizations, bringing together manufacturing and service … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of July 17 – 23, 2023

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Come d’aria/ Like Air Ada d’Adamo Elliot 15.00 2 Il cognome delle donne / Womens’ Last Names Aurora Tamigio Feltrinelli 19.00 3 La banda dei carusi / The Apprentices’ Gang Cristina Cassar Scalia Einaudi 18.50 4 ELP Antonio Manzini Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 5 La portaletture / The Postmistress Francesca Giannone Nord 19.00 6 L’insostenibile leggerezza dell’essere/The Unbearable … Continued

Pui’ Libri Piu’ Liberi: Rome’s book fair’s Business Centre for Rights

With Più Libri Più Liberi, the Rome Small and Medium Publishers Book Fair organized by AIE (Assoc. degli Editori Italiani), the PLPL Business Centre returns for this coming December 6th to the 8th. The PLPL Business Centre is a 500-square-meter area, for the exclusive use of publishing professionals, where companies in the book supply chain can meet and talk with exhibiting publishers. Increasing your … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of July 10 – 16, 2023

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Come d’aria/ Like Air Ada d’Adamo Elliot 15.00 2 La banda dei carusi / The Apprentices’ Gang Cristina Cassar Scalia Einaudi 18.50 3 Beyond the story: Il racconto di 10 anni di BTS/ 10 Year Record of BTS Myeongseok Kang, BTS Mondadori 28.00 4 ELP Antonio Manzini Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 5 Il cognome delle donne / Womens’ … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of July 3 – 9, 2023

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Come d’aria/ Like Air Ada d’Adamo Elliot 15.00 2 La banda dei carusi / The Apprentices’ Gang Cristina Cassar Scalia Einaudi 18.50 3 ELP Antonio Manzini Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 4 E’ colpa mia? / My Fault (film tie-in edition) Mercedes Ron Salani 16.90 5 Il cognome delle donne / Womens’ Last Names Aurora Tamigio Feltrinelli 19.00 6 … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of June 26-July 2, 2023

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 La banda dei carusi / The Apprentices’ Gang Cristina Cassar Scalia Einaudi 18.50 2 ELP Antonio Manzini Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 3 Sindrome / Syndrome Rokia Magazzini Salani 16.90 4 Tre ciotole. Rituali per un anno di crisi/ Three Bowls: Rituals for a Year in Crisis Michela Murgia Mondadori 18.00 5 Un buon posto in cui fermarsi / … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of June 19-25, 2023

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 ELP Antonio Manzini Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 2 Tre ciotole. Rituali per un anno di crisi/ Three Bowls: Rituals for a Year in Crisis Michela Murgia Mondadori 18.00 3 Un buon posto in cui fermarsi / A Good Place to Stop Matteo Bussola Einuadi 16.50 4 Divertimenti / Entertainment Pera Toons Tunue’ 15.50 5 Madre d’ossa / Mother … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of June 12-18, 2023

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 ELP Antonio Manzini Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 2 Tre ciotole. Rituali per un anno di crisi/ Three Bowls: Rituals for a Year in Crisis Michela Murgia Mondadori 18.00 3 Divertimenti / Entertainment Pera Toons Tunue’ 15.50 4 Madre d’ossa / Mother of Bones Ilaria Tuti Longanesi 22.00 5 Il figlio sbagliato / The Wrong Son Camilla Lackberg Marsilio … Continued

Audio Publishers Association Report: US Sees Double-Digit Audiobook Sales Growth for 11th Year

The Audio Publishers Association finds in its annual report that audiobook sales generated US$1.8 billion in the United States in 2022 / Nel suo rapporto annuale, l’Audio Publishers Association rileva che le vendite di audiolibri hanno generato 1,8 miliardi di dollari negli Stati Uniti nel 2022 Parents Cite More Children Listening to Audiobooks In an exuberant report issued on June 1, the United States-based … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of May 29-June 4, 2023

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Tre ciotole. Rituali per un anno di crisi/ Three Bowls: Rituals for a Year in Crisis Michela Murgia Mondadori 18.00 2 Il figlio sbagliato / The Wrong Son Camilla Lackberg Marsilio 22.00 3 Divertimenti / Entertainment Pera Toons Tunue’ 15.50 4 Stigma / Stigma Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 19.90 5 Sorelle. Una storia di Sara/ Sisters: Sara’s Story … Continued

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  • The Bologna Children’s Books Fair will turn digital

    April 8

    The organizers (Ente Fiera) of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair announced on April 9th the cancellation of the 58th physical edition of the Expo, including the Licensing Trade Fair and the first Bologna BookPlus, expected for April 14 to 17 (2021) in order to stop the spreading of the Coronavirus. But the show must go on. In fact, according to Publishing Perspectives, the exhibition … Continued