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International Hot Book Properties, Week of January 23, 2017
Two backlist titles find new life abroad, and a French novel set in 11th-century Japan is picking up sales across Europe.
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Behind the Flemish Bestseller, 'Will'
A novel set in WWII Antwerp centered on a conflicted policeman has been a Belgian bestseller since the summer, with translation deals in place in four other territories.
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Europeans Cheer Move Toward Flexible VAT for E-books
A proposal to allow European Union countries to offer reduced tax on e-books will be voted on in 2017 and has broad support of publishers and booksellers.
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of January 9, 2017
A Spanish graphic novel satire of Donald Trump and a samurai novel set in 1614 are among the books selling across multiple territories currently.
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Book News
Behind the Swedish Bestseller, 'Forget About Me'
Swedish media personality and popular podcaster Alex Schulman's latest novel has been on a bestseller since its October publication.
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Trade Shows
Sharjah’s Publishing City to Open Soon
The United Arab Emirates imports some $125 million worth of books each year, most of them in English.
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Book News
Prize Winners On Top in France, Spain
Leïla Slimani’s thriller Chanson douce, which opens with the killing of two children by their caretaker, took the top spot on the fiction bestseller list in France at the end of November.
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Behind the Spanish Bestseller, 'Homeland'
A novel by a prize-winning author about two families torn apart by separatist politics has been a Spanish bestseller for three months.
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of December 12, 2016
A tragicomic French novel about dementia and a Finnish novel about the hardships endured by Ingrians during WWII are among the books picking up sales internationally this month.
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Trade Shows
Attendance at Guadalajara Book Fair Up 3%
Total attendance at the recently concluded Guadalajara International Book Fair was about 813,000, a 3% increase over 2015. The number of publishers in attendance rose to 2,042, up from 1,983 last year.