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China Bestsellers: Double 11 Promotions and Living in an Era of Uncertainty Boost Sales

Erin L. Cox — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:30:13 +0000

OpenBook shares their insight into the top books on their fiction, nonfiction, and children’s bestseller lists from November, plus a look at what international authors are selling well in China.

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Association of American Publishers Announces This Month’s Revenue Report

Erin L. Cox — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:00:53 +0000

The Association of American Publishers released October 2025 StatShot report noting revenue is up 6.7% over October 2024 and 0.4% so far this year.

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The Value Rubric: Do Book Bloggers Really Matter?

Beth Kephart — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:00:04 +0000

Author Beth Kephart discusses the impact bloggers have had on her career, propelling her most recent novel into a third printing and foreign rights sales.

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Can Books Bridge Political and Religious Divides?

Edward Nawotka — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:40:49 +0000

There is simply no better way to bridge a cultural divide than through books, a wide variety translations from around the world

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Hayya Naqra! (Let’s Read!) Brings Books to Palestine’s Neediest

Roger Tagholm — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:35:26 +0000

American organization ANERA encourages reading among parents and children of the West Bank

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Latest Best Books Lists from Brazil

Hannah Johnson — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:21:05 +0000

Three sources for the best books in Brazil: literature, children's and short stories.

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#BEA11: “What’s Next?” A Chance Encounter with Jan Brett

Kathleen Sweeney — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:29:52 +0000

By Kathleen Sweeney As a BEA newbie, I hadn’t counted on being starstruck by a children’s book celebrity siting. I was strolling through the Penguin Books pavilion scanning books when there she was, Jan Brett, the author and illustrator extraordinaire, no less than a legend on my daughters’ bookshelves, passing out swag bags emblazoned with her book covers for Home ...

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#PubNewsCheat: Bologna’s iPad Obsession, Amazon’s Bid on Hocking

Edward Nawotka — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:51:41 +0000

By Edward Nawotka Our cheat sheet to some of last week’s notable publishing news from around the world… Children’s publishers descended on Bologna last week for the Book Fair where -– aside from the usual rights deals –- all talk focused on developing books for the iPad and the iPad alone. A debate ensued about whether it was better to ...

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Has Apple’s iPad Cornered the Market for Children’s E-Books?

Edward Nawotka — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:00:46 +0000

By Edward Nawotka When will a viable competitor to the iPad emerge? Today’s feature story discusses the Tools of Change conference at the Bologna Book Fair, where nearly all the talk developing apps and e-books for the iPad. The simple fact is, up until now, nothing has been able to compete with the iPad when it comes to the readability ...

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Storytime Goes Digital: Assessing the Children’s E-Book and App Market at TOC Bologna

Guest Contributor — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:00:36 +0000

O’Reilly’s Tools of Change conference at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair focused on apps vs. e-books, legacy publishers vs. start-ups, and adapting to this digital world. By Sophie Rochester The children’s market is a huge opportunity within the digital publishing arena, but for the first time, computer and tech publishing giant O’Reilly Media took it’s “Tools of Change” conference on ...

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