OpenBook Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/openbook/ International publishing news and opinion Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:49:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://publishingperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-P19-favicon-32x32.png OpenBook Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/openbook/ 32 32 China Bestsellers: Double 11 Promotions and Living in an Era of Uncertainty Boost Sales https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/china-bestsellers-double-11-promotions-and-living-in-an-era-of-uncertainty-boost-sales/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/china-bestsellers-double-11-promotions-and-living-in-an-era-of-uncertainty-boost-sales/#respond Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:30:13 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=214614 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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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/china-bestsellers-double-11-promotions-and-living-in-an-era-of-uncertainty-boost-sales/feed/ 0 China Bestsellers: Nobel Prize Boost, Aspirational Nonfiction, and Children’s Classics https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/china-bestsellers-nobel-prize-boost-aspirational-nonfiction-and-childrens-classics/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/china-bestsellers-nobel-prize-boost-aspirational-nonfiction-and-childrens-classics/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:37:12 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=214230 Beijing's OpenBook shares their insight into the top books on their international, fiction, nonfiction, and children's bestseller lists.

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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/china-bestsellers-nobel-prize-boost-aspirational-nonfiction-and-childrens-classics/feed/ 0 China Bestsellers: Energies Around Shanghai’s Book Fair https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/china-bestsellers-energies-around-shanghais-book-fair/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/china-bestsellers-energies-around-shanghais-book-fair/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:18:15 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=213740 As the annual China Shanghai International Book Fair season arrived, Beijing's OpenBook research group had new observations to mention.

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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/china-bestsellers-energies-around-shanghais-book-fair/feed/ 0 Endangered, Indigenous Languages Featured at Shanghai’s Fair https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/engangered-indigenous-languages-were-featured-at-shanghais-fair/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/engangered-indigenous-languages-were-featured-at-shanghais-fair/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:14:17 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=213792 The dogged problem of endangered and Indigenous languages is a major one in children's books.

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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/engangered-indigenous-languages-were-featured-at-shanghais-fair/feed/ 0 China Bestsellers: Flashes of New Titles in the Slow Season https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/10/china-bestsellers-flashes-of-new-titles-in-the-slow-season/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/10/china-bestsellers-flashes-of-new-titles-in-the-slow-season/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:49:42 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=213088 Those school-driven sales of the "classics" on the mainland's reading lists have room for a couple of newer works this season.

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]]> China Bestsellers: Charts Boost Keigo Higashino and Ma Boyong https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/09/china-bestsellers-junes-charts-boost-ma-and-higashino/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:30:45 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=211759 The mainland's June 2025 charts demonstrated some strong reader loyalty for both a Chinese and a Japanese author releasing new books.

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]]> China Bestsellers: Charting May’s Marketing Energy https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/china-bestsellers-charting-mays-marketing-energy/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 01:48:50 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=210047 'Store-exclusive merchandise' and 'women-centric fiction' are spotted on the May bestseller charts in Mainland China.

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]]> China Bestsellers: Franchising Fuels Success in April 2025 https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/china-bestsellers-franchising-fuels-success-in-april-2025/ Thu, 29 May 2025 21:40:48 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=209464 As some franchise-supported titles arrive on China's bestseller lists, more are anticipated in months to come.

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]]> China Bestsellers in March: Entertainment and DeepSeek https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/china-bestsellers-in-march-entertainment-and-deepseek/ Mon, 19 May 2025 04:21:12 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=209173 The March bestsellers in China this year have shown a growing demand for 'NZ2', books about AI and DeepSeek, and revived poetry.

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