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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…

30 July 2020 · 4 min read

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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,…

28 July 2020 · 2 min read

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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…

22 July 2020 · 3 min read

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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…

15 July 2020 · 2 min read

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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.

14 July 2020 · 1 min read

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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.

4 June 2020 · 3 min read