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China Literature Loses Big During the Pandemic

China Literature, China's top online publishing and bookselling platform, lost $465 million in the first six months of the year, prompting executives to say the company business model and culture needs to be fixed.

European E-book, Audiobook Sales See Pandemic Pop

Sales of e-books and audiobooks have been robust across Europe throughout the pandemic despite storefront closures, according to a new report from Bookwire.

FoRB Publications launches new book of Rosita Å orytÄ—, on NRMs and the Pandemic

New religious movements are rarely given credit for their humanitarian work. A case in point is the Church of Scientology during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Opponents used the epidemic as an opportunity to accuse Scientology of spreading conspiracy theories and not respecting anti-virus precautions.

Aldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality, a review by Patrick Horn

Aldous Huxley is among the most important thinkers of the 20th century. He was a key figure among a network of intellectuals and writers interested in transcendence and transformation, and he enormously influenced the Human Potential Movement, the 1960s psychedelic counterculture, the New Age Movement, and deep ecology.

Agents Protest London Book Fair’s Handling of Refunds

Calling the London Book Fair "tone deaf," literary agents from North America have written an open letter to LBF organizers, protesting their refusal to issue refunds to those who canceled attendance prior to the fair's official announcement that the event would not take place.

Italy’s Book Sales Bounce Back

The recent return of book buyers to stores in Italy has helped the overall Italian book business bounce back. After showing a year-over-year revenue loss of 20% through April 18, that loss is down to 11% as of July 11.

Europe’s Pandemic Sales Slide Quantified

A report by the Federation of European Publishers aims to quantify the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on European publishers, citing a significant plunge in bookstore sales and commensurate lost revenue for publishers.

German Sales Drop 14% in the First Half of 2020

German Book sales crashed during lockdown, but have bounced back as bookstores reopened, and are down just 14% overall for the first six months of 2020, compared with the same period in 2019.

Guadalajara Fair Offers Proposals for 2020

The organizers of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, scheduled for November 28 to December 6, may divide the fair into two venues, go virtual, or cancel altogether.

Derecho y Religion launches its latest scientific magazine

Derecho y Religion launches its latest scientific magazine

Bertrams Goes Bankrupt

The Bertram Group, one of two major U.K. book wholesalers, has gone bankrupt. Asset sales have been agreed to, and the majority of its employees have been let go.

Frankfurt Updates Exhibitors on Changes

The Frankfurt Book Fair updated exhibitors on changes, which includes getting free additional booth space, the option to reserve a co-working space, or cancel with a full refund before August 15.

Penguin Random House Will Not Attend Frankfurt

Penguin Random House is the last of the Big Five American trade publishers to announce they will not attend this year's Frankfurt Book Fair.

Frankfurt Launches Facebook Rights Community

The Frankfurt Book Fair has launched Pitch Your CIP, a new Facebook-based community to connect rights holders and facilitate books-to-film pitches and other intellectual property exchanges.
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