Year: 2024

Rights Edition: Baseline News From Torino’s 2024 Trading Center

Torino’s professional program included a report on the Italian publishing industry’s statistics and positive signals from the Rights Center. During the 36th edition of the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino—which ran through Monday—several key points about the Italian book market were featured in informational programming from the Association of Italian Publishers (Associazione Italiana Editori, AIE). Particularly in Frankfurter Buchmesse‘s (October 16 to 20) … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of May 6-12, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Quando muori resta a me/ When You Die Stay with Me Zerocalcare Bao Publishing 24.00 2 Pioggia per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone / Rain for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone Maurizio de Giovanni Einuadi 18.50 3 Io, te, l’amore. Vivere le relazioni nell’era del narcisismo/ Me, You, Love: Living Relationships in a Time of Narcissism Stefania Andreoli Rizzoli 17.00 … Continued

Opening Day at the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino

Along with today’s (May 9th) official opening of the 36th edition of the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino, yesterday marked the opening of the Rights Center and the professional program for members of the publishing industry. The potential advantages of this deepening professional-program trend at these book fairs include: Market cultivation (participants meet and network with each other) Heightened visibility to business and … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of April 29-May 5, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Ricordatemi come vi pare. In memoria di me/ Remember Me as You Please: In Memory of Me Michela Murgia Mondadori 19.50 2 Un animale selvaggio / A Wild Animal Joel Dicker La nave di Teseo 22.00 3 La donna che fugge / The Woman Running Away Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 4 Che spasso!/ What Fun! Pera … Continued

Salone Internazionale del Libro Torino 2024

Opening in just a few days, on May 9th, the Salone Internazionale Libro Torino — Italy’s largest book fair by attendance — promises an interesting and stimulating series of events. Thousands of publishers gather yearly at the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino exhibition, which registered 215,000 attendees in 2023. Established in 1988, the Turin public-facing fair also features over 2,000 International guests and … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of April 22-28, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Un animale selvaggio / A Wild Animal Joel Dicker La nave di Teseo 22.00 2 La donna che fugge / The Woman Running Away Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 3 Cuore nascosto / The Hidden Heart Ferzan Ozpetek Mondadori 19.00 4 In nome della liberta’. La forza delle idee di Silvio Berlusconi / In the Name of … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of April 15-21, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Game of Titans. Ascesa al paradiso / Ascent to Heaven Hazel Riley Sperling & Kupfer 17.90 2 Un animale selvaggio / A Wild Animal Joel Dicker La nave di Teseo 22.00 3 Cuore nascosto / The Hidden Heart Ferzan Ozpetek Mondadori 19.00 4 In nome della liberta’. La forza delle idee di Silvio Berlusconi / In the Name … Continued

April 23, 2024: World Book and Copyright Day

World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, on 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world to recognize the scope of books – a link between the past and the future, a bridge between generations and across cultures. On this occasion, UNESCO and the international organizations representing the three major sectors of … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of April 8-14, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Un animale selvaggio / A Wild Animal Joel Dicker La nave di Teseo 22.00 2 In nome della liberta’. La forza delle idee di Silvio Berlusconi / In the Name of Liberty: The strength of the ideas of Silvio Berlusconi Paolo Del Debbio Piemme 17.90 3 Fabbricante di lacrime / Maker of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 … Continued

Italy: Distributor Emmelibri-Messaggerie and Book Chain Libraccio Merge

Libraccio is Italy’s leading chain of independent bookstores, today with 61 stores operating in 34 cities and seven regions of the country. Italy’s distribution powerhouse Emmelibri-Messaggerie has increased its ownership in Libraccio’s holding company, DMB, to secure a 51-percent majority stake, subject to approval by the Italian Competition Authority. Behind this news lies a 30-year relationship between Libraccio and Emmelibri-Messaggerie that can be traced … 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