China – Book retail up 4.72% in 2023 as short-video platforms drove sales
Short-video platforms became the second-largest book sales channel, following e-commerce platforms.
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China – Online books platform Books China loses 4 million books to Typhoon Doksuri flooding
The first floor of the Zhuozhou warehouse of Books China was completely submerged, destroying...
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CICG brings China-themed publications to wider global audience
Many publishing houses are exploring new mechanisms for book trading. One such recent initiative...
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China’s Beijing International Book Fair returns with 200,000 visitors
The 2024 dates for the BIBF have been set for June 19-23, when hopefully we’ll see the fair...
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China – Beijing International Book Fair 2023 registration is under way
Details are sparse – the BIBF website has yet to be updated beyond a banner announcing...
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Start the Day Global – essential industry reading from around the world
As the monsoon season draws to a close here in West Africa hopes rise that TNPS can get back on...
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China’s 1 billion internet users underpin the Beijing International Book Fair this year
With one billion internet users it’s no surprise that China is ahead of the game. Publishers...
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Be afraid. Be just a tiny bit afraid. TikTok owner ByteDance targets 3-fold growth in 2021
One thing we all need to understand is that AI-produced content doesn’t have to be perfect to be...
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Global internet users edge towards 5 billion, and 1 billion of them will be in China
…We can safely say it’s 5 billion, give or take, and it’s not rocket science to...
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As children’s audio booms in China, the OUP says “China is now one of our fastest-growing and most strategically important markets”
The Oxford University Press picked up 400,000 paying subscribers for an audio series offered on...
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Mapping the New Normal: China’s Smart Beijing Int. Book Fair sets the bar for Frankfurt with 5G, AR, VR and a year-round Smart Rights Link
Publishers and agents will have access to a Smart Rights Link that will be available all year...
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China has more than 70,000 bookstores, fuelling the prospect that China is now the world’s largest book market
Last week the China Bookstore Conference released its latest figures, showing that there are more...
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