China – Online books platform Books China loses 4 million books to Typhoon Doksuri flooding
The first floor of the Zhuozhou warehouse of Books China was completely submerged, destroying...
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Hong Kong Book Fair clocks just shy of 1 million visitors, but not all were there to buy books
A survey of visitors revealed that while 96% had read printed books within the past month, 65% had...
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CICG brings China-themed publications to wider global audience
Many publishing houses are exploring new mechanisms for book trading. One such recent initiative...
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China’s Beijing International Book Fair returns with 200,000 visitors
The 2024 dates for the BIBF have been set for June 19-23, when hopefully we’ll see the fair...
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China – Beijing International Book Fair 2023 registration is under way
Details are sparse – the BIBF website has yet to be updated beyond a banner announcing...
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China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair confirms November dates for 10th anniversary incarnation
This will be the first year since the pandemic began that China’s big book fairs have...
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Beijing Int. Book Fair postponed at two days notice as Pandemic rages in China
What chance BIBF22? While much of the world seems to have learned to live with the Covid-19...
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The Shanghai Children’s Book Fair postponement has a stark message for western publishers
Industry-media coverage of the Shanghai postponement has been brief and news-focussed as always,...
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South China Morning Post ventures into the metaverse – lessons for book publishers
The immediate appeal of the metaverse for book publishers, especially those in the comics, graphic...
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Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair postponed. Will now run with Bologna. But is either event realistic right now?
With London, Bologna and now Shanghai all lining up for the spring it could be a very exciting...
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Start the Day Global – essential industry reading from around the world
As the monsoon season draws to a close here in West Africa hopes rise that TNPS can get back on...
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China’s last-minute Beijing IBF cancellation is a reminder Pandemic Y2 is far from over and publishers need to be thinking about Pandemic Y3
Publishers need to be strategising about Pandemic Y3 as a very realistic prospect, not making...
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