Syria's civil war has decimated
the local publishing business, all-but-ending the printing and sale of new
books, and forcing many publishers authors to emigrate.
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Porter Anderson looks at the new
season's publishing conferences and notes that they all, intentionally or
not, may end up focused on writers.
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Ready for Frankfurt?
Global publishing CEOs, digital
book innovators, booksellers, literary agents and more — come hear leading
book pros at the Publishing Perspectives Stage in Frankfurt.
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More News from PP:
Editor-in-Chief Edward Nawotka, a guest at
this year's Lviv Book Forum, spoke to the Kiev newspaper Pravda about why
Ukrainian authors are not better known on the world stage.
A lack of competent translators
and a dysfunctional relationship with Russian publishing have frustrated
publishers hoping to bring better books to the Ukraine.
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From the Archives:
Publishing in Pakistan has always
been challenging. Third-generation publisher, Babar Maqbool, reflects on his
family business and the changes since independence.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
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