Wednesday, September 05, 2007


Publishing in China: Beijing Book Fair Leftovers

This marvellous, succinct wrap-up report just in from mediabistro.com at the conclusion of the Beijing Book Fair.

The Beijing Book Fair - the world's fourth-largest after Frankfurt, London and BEA - just wrapped up yesterday and here are some notable highlights:

Penguin gets big money for Victoria Beckham's new style book from a Chinese publisher.[The Bookseller]

HarperCollins will distribute a travel guide published by China's military just in time for the 2008 Olympics. [Forbes]

Macmillan hooks up with Chinese publisher FLTRP (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press) for Chinese course guides. [The Bookseller]

Katherine Rushton (from whom we swiped the above photograph) blogs about the BIBF experience.

Germany was the guest of honor at BIBF. [CCTV]

An Indian perspective on BIBF. [Times of India]

Toby Eady: still the go-to agent for Chinese literature. [China.org.cn]

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