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
# 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
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
# 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
Ahead of Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italian publishers release statistics on the 2024 Frankfurt guest of honor’s children’s book sector. ‘Children’s Books: An Italian Excellence’ The Bologna Children’s Book Fair (April 8 to 11), will run again this year concomitantly with two “brand extension” programs, Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids and Bologna Book Plus. In an interesting round of statistics released on February 28th by the Association … Continued
# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Amore senza fine. Love me Love me/ Endless Love: Love Me Love Me (3rd in the series) Stefania S. Sperling & Kupfer 15.00 2 Tutti i particolari in cronaca / All the Details in the News Antonio Manzini Mondadori 17.50 3 Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros Sperling & Kupfer 19.90 4 Dare la vita/ To Give Life Michela Murgia … Continued
The Bologna Book Plus, a generalist-publishing program, offers its first ‘Audio Forum’ on April 10 during Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The upcoming Bologna Children’s Book Fair (April 8 to 11) is now three things: (a) the main fair led by Elena Pasoli; (b) a generalist (non-children’s) fair called Bologna Book Plus led by Jacks Thomas; and (c) the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids. Bologna Book Plus has added an … Continued
# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros Sperling & Kupfer 19.90 2 Tutti i particolari in cronaca / All the Details in the News Antonio Manzini Mondadori 17.50 3 Dare la vita/ To Give Life Michela Murgia Rizzoli 15.00 4 Abel Alessandro Baricco Feltrinelli 17.00 5 Pesci piccoli / Small Fish Alessandro Robecchi Sellerio Editore Palermo 16.00 6 Cuore nero / … Continued
# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Tutti i particolari in cronaca / All the Details in the News Antonio Manzini Mondadori 17.50 2 Dare la vita/ To Give Life Michela Murgia Rizzoli 15.00 3 Pesci piccoli / Small Fish Alessandro Robecchi Sellerio Editore Palermo 16.00 4 Cuore nero / Black Heart Silvia Avallone Rizzoli 20.00 5 La portalettere / The Postmistress Francesca Giannone Nord … Continued
A new report from Italy shows the value of its consumer book market rose in 2023, despite a slight drop in overall unit sales. One of the traditions of the Scuola per Librai Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri (UEM) is a report on the final day of this “school for booksellers” set in Venice on the Italian market’s financial performance in the previous year. As … Continued
