The US BOOK SHOW 2022 digital fair (www.usbookshow.com), one of the most important North American trade fairs dedicated to publishing, opens today and will end on May 26th. The US Book Show has replaced BookExpo, a historic trade fair that was held annually in New York by ReedPop, Publishers Weekly and others. The new event is sponsored exclusively by Publishers Weekly magazine (PW) who … Continued
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
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
# 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
