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Book NewsSales Jump in Boom Year for U.K. Publishing
U.K. publishing sales rose 7% in 2016 over 2015, fueled by rising exports from a Brexit-weakened pound.
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Book News
Powerhouse Spanish Agency Pontas Literary Marks 25 Years
The Barcelona-based literary and film agency is celebrating its anniversary on April 23, during the Spanish city's annual literary celebration, Dia Sant Jordi.
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Deals
International Hot Book Properties, Week of April 24, 2017
A tongue-in-cheek anatomy book about the vagina, by two Norwegian medical students, is racking up foreign sales, along with the new novel by Swedish romance author, Simona Ahrnstedt.
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Book News
Behind the Norwegian Bestseller, 'The History of Bees'
The Norwegian novel 'The History of Bees' is a bestseller in Germany, thanks to an aggressive marketing campaign from its publisher that focused on making the title highly visible in bookshops.
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Book News
Danish Mysteries Ruled March
Author Jussi Adler-Olsen was on a roll abroad last month, placing books in the top ten of bestseller lists in France, the Netherlands, and Germany.
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Trade Shows
Bologna 2017: Total Attendees Up 2%, Foreigners Up 15%
The Bologna Children's Book Fair's official attendance numbers are in. Last week's show drew 26,743 people, putting attendance 2% higher than at last year's event.
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Book News
Behind the Italian Bestseller, 'The Eight Mountains'
This debut novel, which was a buzz book at last year's Frankfurt Book Fair, has racked up over 30 foreign rights sales and spent 20 weeks on the Italian bestseller list since its October 2016 publication.
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Deals
International Hot Book Properties, Week of April 10, 2017
A Finnish lifestyle book about perseverance and a memoir by a Syrian refugee are among the books generating buzz abroad this week.
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Book News
PRH Buys Spain's Ediciones B for Rumored €40 Million
Penguin Random House has agreed to buy major Barcelona-based publisher Ediciones B for a rumored €40 million, further consolidating its power in Spanish-language markets.
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Trade Shows
First Wave of BookCon Panels Announced
The announced panels include appearances from authors Dan Brown, Margaret Atwood, Veronica Roth, Rainbow Rowell, and Shea Serrano and pop culture icons including Bill Nye, Jeffrey Tambor, and Krysten Ritter.
