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
China thanks world countries with THIS, a comic book for children in which a panda deals with the health issues and the social consequences caused by the spreading of COVID-19. The book highlights the gestures of solidarity provided by various countries in the world (South Korea, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Pakistan) during some of the most dramatic and acute phases of the chinese … Continued
The Italian publisher GARZANTI will publish on April 9th, the e-book Andrà tutto bene. Gli scrittori al tempo della quarantena, a collection of stories by 25 authors on the challenges and difficulties of the last two months under the attack of COVID-19. The e-book will be available on many of the online reading platforms such as Kindle, IBS, Kobo, LaFeltrinelli, Bookrepublic, Edigita. You can … Continued
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair team did not give up on its costumers, on business and on books. In fact, they recently announced the launch of an online trading program platform for book rights, a sort of virtual BCBF. According to the manager Elena Pasoli, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair aims to remain “the biggest rights marketplace for children’s content”. The team worked hard … Continued
The Beijing International Book Fair is at the moment, one of the few book events still on going. The team of the Beijing fair wants to reassure the public that they continue the collaboration with the Chinese publishing industry as well as with the international one, despite the difficult 2020 beginning that challenged the world to adapt not only business operations, but also the … Continued
Elisabetta Dami, daughter of the Italian writer and publisher Piero Dami, is the author of the famous Geronimo Stilton and she will read today April 2nd, from her instagram account, extracts from her books in occasion of the International Children’s Book Day, in collaboration with the International publishers association (Ipa) and UNICEF . The reading is dedicated to all children in isolation during … Continued
The organizers of Comic Con issued a statement announcing the postponement of WonderCon Anaheim 2020, scheduled for April 10 to 12 in order to protect public health and slow the rate of transmission of COVID-19. No decision has been made so far in relation to Comic Con in San Diego, scheduled for July 23 to 26. The Comic Con team, in their effort to … Continued
According to Publishing Perspectives, Kuala Lumpur cancelled today, March 31, its opening ceremony for this year role as UNESCO’s World Book Capital. The event was originally scheduled on April 22, during the 3 days long celebration (April 20 to 23.) The Malaysian health ministry engages in “surveillance testing” that is to test for virus people with or without symptoms in order to determine where … Continued
According to the NY Times, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi gave the nation just 4 hours notice before starting the 3 weeks locked down: the strict measure is the government’s attempt of protecting a nation with hundreds of millions of citizens, and countless millions of people living in over crowded areas, with poor sanitation and with a weak public health care. Publishing Perspective reports … Continued
