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The Italian Trade Agency-Chicago and the Publishing Task Force at the upcoming ACTFL Conference 2022 in Boston

In just 10 days, the Italian Trade Agency – Chicago and the Publishing Task Force team will be at the upcoming ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo 2022 in Boston from November 18-20th. The following Italian companies will be exhibiting at ACTFL this year: Accademia Italiana Salerno, Alma Edizioni, Babilonia – Center for Italian Language … Continued

Publishing Crisis: AIE’s Proposal for the Next Administration

The publishing industry crisis, due to the paper shortage and the unprecedented increase in costs, weighs on the entire publishing sector. This and other problems afflict the entire book supply chain, and to protect it, the AIE (Italian Publishers Association) has drawn up a manifesto to be presented to the new government administration in Italy. The proposal is based on four key points: 1 … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of September 12 – 18, 2022

# Title Author Publisher Pub Year Price/Euro 1 M. Gli ultimi giorni dell’Europa / M. The Last Days of Europe Antonio Scurati Bompiani 2022           24.00 € 2 California Francesco Costa Mondadori 2022           18.50 € 3 La verità nascosta/ The Truth Untold Rokia Magazzini Salani 2022           16.90 € 4 Mussolini il capobanda/ Mussolini, the Ringleader Aldo Cazzullo Mondadori 2022           19.00 € … Continued

Open Access in Italy: A New Three-Year Transformative Agreement

The newly announced agreement between IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and Italy’s CRUI (Conference of Italian University Rectors) for an open-access opens options to researchers at 54 universities and research hubs. Few fields love their acronyms more than academic publishing does, and today’s news arrives saying that the IEEE and CRUI have announced a new TA which will provide access to … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Sept. 5 – 11th, 2022

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Fairy tale. (Italian edition) Stephen King Sperling & Kupfer 21.90 2 Regno di carne e fuoco / Blood and ash. Vol. 2 Jennifer L. Armentrout HarperCollins Italia 17.90 3 Siamo noi a dire basta / It ends with us Colleen Hoover Sperling & Kupfer 15.90 4 Cose che non abbiamo mai superato/ Things We Never got Over Lucy … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Aug. 2 – Sept. 4, 2022

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 La Costanza è un’eccezione/Constancy is an Exception Alessia Gazzola Longanesi 19.00 2 Il caso Alaska Sanders/ The Alaska Sanders’ Case Joël Dicker La nave di Teseo 2200 3 Siamo noi a dire basta/ It Ends With Us Colleen Hoover Sperling & Kupfer 15.90 4 Fabbricante di lacrime / Manufacturer of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 5 Sulla … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of August 22-28, 2022

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Il caso Alaska Sanders / The Alaska Sanders’ Case Joël Dicker La nave di Teseo 22.00 2 Siamo noi a dire basta/It ends with us Colleen Hoover Sperling & Kupfer 15.90 3 Fabbricante di lacrime / Maker of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 4 Come uccidono le brave ragazze / A Good Girls’ Guide to Murder Holly … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Aug. 15-21, 2022

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Il caso Alaska Sanders / The Alaska Sanders’ Case Joël Dicker La nave di Teseo 22.00 2 It ends with us. Siamo noi a dire basta Colleen Hoover Sperling & Kupfer 15.90 3 Fabbricante di lacrime / Maker of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 4 Spatriati / Expatriates Mario Desiati Einaudi 20.00 5 Come uccidono le brave … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers for Summer reading in July in Italy

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Spatriati / Expatriates Mario Desiati Einaudi 20.00 2 Il caso Alaska Sanders / The Alaska Sanders’ Case Joël Dicker La nave di Teseo 22.00 3 It ends with us. Siamo noi a dire basta Colleen Hoover Sperling & Kupfer 15.90 4 Fabbricante di lacrime / Maker of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 5 Il rosmarino non capisce … 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