May 12, 2022 From Milan, the Association of Italian Publishers (Associazione Italiana Editori, AIE) is reporting relatively mild downturns both in units sold and in value across the first four months of the year. In physical and online retail points as well as in large-scale distribution, the association says, sales were down by 3.7 percent in value and 2.5 percent in number of units, … Continued
# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Solo è il coraggio. Giovanni Falcone, il romanzo / Courage is Alone Roberto Saviano Bompiani 24.00 2 Rancore / Resentment Gianrico Carofiglio Einaudi 18.50 3 Fabbricante di lacrime / Maker of Tears Erin Doom Magazzini Salani 15.90 4 Le storie da brivido / Chilling Tales Lyon Magazzini Salani 16.80 5 Una storia. Autobiografia / One Story. An Autobiography … Continued
The Publishing Task Force of the Italian Trade Agency – Chicago will be at the US Book Show, the digital event sponsored and organized by Publishers Weekly. The show, open to librarians, booksellers, vendors, professionals, and in general, to the book publishing community, offers virtual networking and interaction between attendees and exhibitors on a 3D Exhibit Hall. The book show will take place from … Continued
Ivrea has been selected as the Italian Book Capital 2022. It follows on from Vibo Valentia in 2021. The mayor of Ivrea, which is close to Turin said, “[It’s] A great opportunity for the area. We will network on the themes of reading and culture.” The Ivrea project is based on Olivetti’s concept of “Community.” It beat rivals from Aliano, Barletta, Costa di Rovigo, … Continued
# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Solo è il coraggio. Giovanni Falcone, il romanzo / Courage is Alone Roberto Saviano Bompiani 24.00 2 Le storie da brivido / Shivering Tales Lyon Magazzini Salani 16.80 3 Rancore / Resentment Gianrico Carofiglio Einaudi 18.50 4 One piece. Celebration edition. Con gadget. Con Poster. Vol. 100 Eiichiro Oda Star Comics 18.00 5 Fabbricante di lacrime / Maker … Continued
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
