Today: Two transatlantic CEOS, James Daunt and David Shelley, keynote at London Book Fair.
‘Between Eternity and Change:’ The Mauri School at Venice
The seminar of the Scuola per Librai Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri at Venice explores ‘Constants and Variables of the Publishing Profession.’
London Book Fair: Daunt and Shelley Headline Keynotes
Main Stage keynotes at the 2025 London Book Fair are to include transatlantic CEOs David Shelley and James Daunt.
NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute: Amandeep Kochar
CEO Amandeep Kochar of Baker & Taylor, with operations on four continents, shares his worldview at NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute.
Barnes & Noble’s Len Riggio, Dead at Age 83
Len Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble, dies at 83. The visionary entrepreneur revolutionized bookselling in the US.
Waterstones’ New Children’s Laureate on ‘Reading Rights’
Frank Cottrell-Boyce says his tenure as the Waterstones Children’s Laureate ‘will have happiness at its heart, but will be about urgency.’
Rights Edition: Tove Jansson’s Moomin Characters Licensed to Barnes & Noble
Almost 80 years after the first of Tove Jansson’s Moomins appeared, the US market finds the durable characters at Barnes & Noble.
Frankfurt: An Executive Talk with Planeta CEO Jesús Badenes
Jesús Badenes: Many Spanish consumers now say they were sustained during tough pandemic conditions by friends, family – and books.
German Printing Association: New Warnings About Paper Prices
Alarms raised in many parts of the publishing value change–and from many markets–tell of a deepening crisis.
Italy’s 39th ‘Mauri School’ on January 28: ‘The New Future’
‘Il Nuovo Futoro’–the New Future–is the title of this year’s Umberto and Elisabetta Mauri program in bookselling and publishing.