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Bologna - steady business but fewer attendees

30 March 2009

Although there were fears that the Bologna Children's Book Fair was going to be less busy this year as a result of the recession, the most important annual rights fair for children's publishers seems to have been business as usual. There were fewer delegates from some parts of the world, particularly the United States (notably neither Random House Inc nor Puffin US sent delegates), but t  Read more

Libraries - the fight-back

23 March 2009

Our libraries seem to have been facing inexorable decline. In the boom times people switched from libraries and started buying their books in greater numbers. The free internet access libraries provided proved attractive, particularly to younger library visitors, but became less of a draw as home internet access has become the norm.   Read more

Recession and the book trade

16 March 2009

How is the economic slowdown affecting books? We've managed to stay off the subject of the recession for over two months, so now is the time to have another look at how it is affecting the book business.   Read more

A triumphant World Book Day 2009

9 March 2009

World Book Day 2009 has been a great success. Celebrated in 100 countries around the world, it's especially strong in the UK, so it's worth looking at it to see what can be achieved in having an annual day to promote the book.   Read more

Does the new Kindle herald the end of the book?

2 March 2009

It may seem like old news now, but News Review has been on holiday so it seems worth tracking back to Amazon's announcement of its new version of the Kindle (see News Review 2 February), which became available last week, only in the US, although wider release is expected to follow soon.  Read more