Year: 2024

Bologna Children’s Book Fair – Opening Monday, April 8th

The 61st edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair opens this Monday, April 8th along with its “sister” events BolognaBookPlus (BBPlus), an extension of the fair dedicated to generalist publishing produced in collaboration with the Italian Publishers Association (AIE), and Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids (BLTF/K), specifically for brands and the licensing of content for children and young people. After the successful 2023 edition of … Continued

As Bologna Approaches: Italy’s Culture Voucher Evolves

After eight years, Italy’s culture voucher for 18-year-old citizens is becoming two programs, one based on need, one on academics. Two Cards: One Based on Need, One on  Academics This year marks the debut in Italy of two new measures replacing the 18App. The two programs are the Carta Cultura Giovani (Youth Culture Card) and the Carta del Merito (Merit Card). Having been active for eight years, Italy’s … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of March 25-31, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Un animale selvaggio / A Wild Animal Joel Dicker La nave di Teseo 22.00 2 Lo spezzacuori / The Heartbreaker Felicia Kingsley Newton Compton Editori 3.90 3 L’orizzonte della notte / The Night’s Horizon Gianrico Carofiglio Einaudi 18.50 4 Life. La mia storia nella Storia / Life: My Story through History Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) HarperCollins Italia … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of March 18-24, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Life. La mia storia nella Storia / Life: My Story through History Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) HarperCollins Italia 19.00 2 L’orizzonte della notte / The Night’s Horizon Gianrico Carofiglio Einaudi 18.50 3 Tra il silenzio e il tuono/ Between Silence and Thunder Roberto Vecchioni Einaudi 18.00 4 Tutta la vita che resta/ All the Life that Remains … Continued

Book Purchases in Italy in 2023: Almost half of the titles written by women authors.

Among the bestsellers in Italy for 2023, a decisive presence of women authors is noted in the 2023 sales rankings. If we look at the overall ranking, 48 out of 100 titles were written by women, with a total of 34 female writers. All together they generated 4 million copies sold and 61.7 million euros in total purchasing. Compared to the previous year, we … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of March 11-17, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Tra il silenzio e il tuono/ Between Silence and Thunder Roberto Vecchioni Einaudi 18.00 2 L’orizzonte della notte / The Night’s Horizon Gianrico Carofiglio Einaudi 18.50 3 Cara Giulia. Quello che ho imparato da mia figlia / Dear Giulia: What I Learned from My Daughter Gino Cecchettin, Marco Franzoso Rizzoli 15.00 4 Tutta la vita che resta/ All … Continued

Nielsen-GfK’s Pre-London Book Fair ‘Global Book Market’ Report

The first outing for this Nielsen BookData-GfK study sees revenue up in many book markets, but rising prices contributing to that 2023 trend: Revenue Growth: 8 of 12 Markets in Europe An assessment of broad book-publishing revenue growth—but, significantly, coupled with price rises—leads the inaugural release — of March 7th — of a new joint annual study made by Nielsen BookData and GFK Entertainment. … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of March 4-10, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 L’orizzonte della notte / The Night’s Horizon Gianrico Carofiglio Einaudi 18.50 2 Cara Giulia. Quello che ho imparato da mia figlia / Dear Giulia: What I Learned from My Daughter Gino Cecchettin, Marco Franzoso Rizzoli 15.00 3 Tra il silenzio e il tuono / Between Silence and Thunder Roberto Vecchioni Einaudi 18.00 4 Frontiera. Perche’ sara’ un nuovo … Continued

Bologna Children’s Book Fair Names Its 2024 Ragazzi Award Winners

The Bologna Ragazzi Award program—now in its 57th edition – is considered the major competition at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair’s Illustrators Exhibition. Bologna is now three things: (a) the main children’s book fair led by Elena Pasoli; (b) a generalist (non-children’s) conference program called Bologna Book Plus led by Jacks Thomas; and (c) the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids. In a sense, some of … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Feb. 26 – March 3, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 L’orizzonte della notte / The Night’s Horizon Gianrico Carofiglio Einaudi 18.50 2 Tra il silenzio e il tuono / Between Silence and Thunder Roberto Vecchioni Einaudi 18.00 3 Gli occhi di Monna Lisa/ The Eyes of Mona Lisa Thomas Schlesser Longanesi 22.00 4 Cuore nero / Black Heart Silvia Avallone Rizzoli 20.00 5 La meraviglia del tutto. Conversazioni … 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