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Nourry regrets misunderstanding over iPad ad

Hachette Livre chief executive Arnaud Nourry has said that he regretted that a misunderstanding had arisen with French booksellers over the publisher's advertising campaign for the launch of the...

B&N founder increases stake in business

Barnes & Noble founder and chairman Leonard Riggio has bought almost one million additional shares...

Flexible French publisher offers new e-book model

Le Bélial Editions, a French sci-fi specialist, is to launch an e-book platform on 1st...

Barnes & Noble 'close' to resolving Burkle row

Barnes & Noble could be close to reaching an agreement that would give billionaire shareholder Ron...

More staff go at Borders

Borders has laid off an unspecified number of staff at its Ann Arbor head office, only a week after...

International Blogs

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Gary Cummiskey

Towards the digital future

What is needed in South Africa is a greater understanding of ebooks, as well as greater visibility of reading devices.

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GAYLE FELDMAN

Robust BEA hums after mid-week move

This year's two-day format was all too short for some fair-goers but the pared-down event still...

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Stuart Woods

Amazonian conflict

Amazon's application for a physical base in Canada threatens the country's protectionist...

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In Depth

Last updated 02.10.09

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Market snapshot: Brazil

In 2008 Brazil produced nearly three and half million books, making it responsible for 50% of the books produced in Latin America and the eighth biggest book market in the world. Despite this figure, a dearth of well-known authors (Paulo Coelho...

Eastern promise

Although India was tabbed to be the London Book Fair's Market Focus 2009 a few years ago, the timing could not have proved better. Britain has long been linked to the subcontinent, both culturally and in publishing terms, but this past year has...

Crossing the pond

Some of the biggest success stories in British publishing are US imports. Thirteen of the top 50 authors by revenue in 2008 were Americans, including mega-brands James Patterson, John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and Khaled Hosseini (who, before you...