NielsenIQ BookData highlights top books in France for 2025, including books by Nicolas Sarkozy, Prix Goncourt winner Laurent Mauvignier, and American authors Freida McFadden and Suzanne Collins.
At Italy’s Lucca Comics & Games, AIE Reports Fast Growth
AIE says the Italian comics market is showing superpowered dynamics among consumers, tripling its punch in six years.
French Publishers Prevail Against Manga Pirate Site Japscan
Having helped take down the Z-Library pirate site, France’s SNE publishers now have a court ruling against Japscan.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Outlines Plans for Comics, Manga, Webtoons
The Comics Business Center in Hall 6.1 will be Frankfurter Buchmesse’s main gathering point in comics, manga, and webtoons.
HarperCollins Buying French, German Manga Operations
‘To expand our manga portfolio in Europe,’ says Brian Murray, HarperCollins is acquiring Crunchyroll’s manga elements in France and Germany.
French Publishers Navigate a Shifting Rights Landscape
A newly released report show France’s publishers faced a 2.6-percent drop in rights contracts in 2024, with co-editions surging.
China’s January Bestsellers: Managing Business and Education
January’s China bestseller lists show business and the education that supports it drawing book consumers in a changing economy.
Bologna Book Fair’s ‘Grand Tour’ Heads to Angoulême
The traveling exhibition of illustration, the ‘Grand Tour, makes its last stop before Bologna 2025 at the comics fair in France.
Binc Opens a $55,000 Matching Gift for California Book Retailers
Backers of the Book Industry Charitable Foundation create a matching grant for bookstores and comics shops impacted by the LA fires.
China Bestsellers: Reading the New Nobel Laureate
The Chinese readership in October honored the South Korean 2024 Nobel laureate Han Kang by placing ‘The Vegetarian’ on the fiction list.