We are just a few short weeks away from May 19th, when the 34th edition of Il Salone Internazionale del Libro opens in Turin. The Salone del Libro show promotes books and online and offline reading during the whole year in Turin, in Italy and in the world. To do so, the fair involves all the members of the book community: publishers, authors, booksellers, … Continued
# Title Author Publisher Price 1 One piece. Celebration edition. Con gadget. Con Poster. Vol. 100 Eiichiro Oda Star Comics 18.00 2 Rancore / Resentment Gianrico Carofiglio Einaudi 18.50 3 Fabbricante di lacrime / Maker of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 4 Limes. Rivista italiana di geopolitica (2022). Vol. 3: La fine della pace / Limes. Italian magazine of Geopolitics (2022), vol.3: The … Continued
The 2022 Mauri School commentary from Waterstones CEO James Daunt and Thalia CEO Michael Busch was a deep look at ‘The New Future’ ahead for books. This year’s 39th edition of the Scuola per Librai Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri—a “School of Booksellers” that annually provides valuable updates to many more book industry players than retailers—was held digitally, as was the previous year’s iteration. So … Continued
# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Rancore / Resentment Gianrico Carofiglio Einaudi 18.50 2 Fabbricante di lacrime / Maker of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 3 La luna di Kiev. Ediz. illustrata / Kiev’s Moon Gianni Rodari Einaudi Ragazzi 8.00 4 It ends with us. Siamo noi a dire basta Colleen Hoover Sperling & Kupfer 15.90 5 Limes. Rivista italiana di geopolitica (2022). … Continued
In 2021, a new report indicates, Italians carried out an average 322,000 acts of book piracy per day, a major challenge for publishing. During the course of the still-ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, book piracy has cost the Italian book publishing industry €771 million (US$856.7 million) as well as an estimated 5,400 jobs. That’s the top-line finding of a second round of research conducted by … Continued
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation MAECI) is now accepting applications for the request of financial support for translation of editorial work from Italian to other languages. Applications for translation grants sponsored by MAECI must be submitted directly by the U.S. entity to one of the Italian Cultural Institutes in the United States, according to the procedures established by the Open Call. … Continued
# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Fabbricante di lacrime / Maker of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 2 Limes. Rivista italiana di geopolitica (2022). Vol. 2: La Russia cambia il mondo/Limes: Italian magazine on Geopolitics, vol.2: Russia Changes the World Gedi (Gruppo Editoriale) 15.00 3 La mascella di Caino. Il puzzle letterario più diabolico del mondo / Cain’s Jawbone Torquemada Mondadori 18.00 4 … Continued
The numbers are in: the 59th edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Festival draws 75 percent of its 2019 crowd size, a strong in-person turnout – 40 percent international. “This was an unexpectedly positive result for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair,” says BolognaFiere in its media messaging this afternoon, “given the difficult international situation.” It translates to an attendance figure of 21,432 visitors, with … Continued
# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Limes. Rivista italiana di geopolitica (2022). Vol. 2: La Russia cambia il mondo/ Limes: Italian magazine on Geopolitics, vol. 2: Russia Changes the World Gedi (Gruppo Editoriale) 15.00 2 Una persona alla volta/One Person at a Time Gino Strada Feltrinelli 16.00 3 Fabbricante di lacrime/Maker of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 4 La mascella di Caino. Il … Continued
At this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, for the first time, a special webinar is being hosted with a focus on comic books. The webinar is part of the International Children’s Bookstore Conference and is a free online event for industry professionals. For more details: Special focus on comic books/Bologna
