#bookselling #indieauthor #writer #writing #writers

From Elections to Escapism, What Brazilian Publishers Expect in 2026

In 2025, Brazil’s publishing market posted solid growth. The challenge for 2026 will be sustaining this growth amid political uncertainty, and capitalizing on the opportunities of a year that will include a World Cup and a presidential election.
The post From Elections to Escapism, What Brazilian Publishers Expect in 2026 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/02/from-elections-to-escapism-what-brazilian-publishers-expect-in-2026/

#Bookselling #Bookstores #Brazil #BrazilianAssociationofBookPublishersSNEL #NielsenBookData

#bookselling #indieauthor #writer #writing #writers

A #review of the #book “The Bookshop: A History Of The American Bookstore” by Evan Friss:

“Bookselling Out” [2024], The Baffler (https://thebaffler.com/latest/bookselling-out-sinykin).

#Books #BookReviews #Bookselling #Bookshops #Bookstores #Business #Reading #Publishing #Reviews

My article on hand-selling books is live at @SFWA Planetside today! https://www.sfwa.org/2026/01/20/how-to-hand-sell-books-for-fun-and-profit/ #books #bookselling

French Publishers Association Looks to Compensate Authors for Used Book Sales

Approximately 20 percent of the French book market is used book sales which authors do not benefit from, but the Publishers Association seeks to help authors gain income from second-hand…
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/french-publishers-association-looks-to-compensate-authors-for-used-book-sales/

#Authorcompensation #Bookselling #France #FrenchPublishersAssociation #UsedBooks

Czech Publishing Group Invests in Second-Hand Book Sales

Czech Publishing Group Albatros Media invests in second-hand book sales to capture a growing part of the market.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/czech-publishing-group-invests-in-second-hand-book-sales/

#Albatros #Bookselling #CzechRepublic #Elibro #Restorio

Wind and Lenz Lead MVB’s New Central Business Development Unit

At Germany's MVB, Meike Knops names Timo Wind and Felix Lenz to lead a new central business development department.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/09/wind-and-lenz-lead-mvbs-new-central-business-development-unit/

#Bookselling #Brsenblatt #BrsenvereindesDeutschenBuchhandels #CareersinPublishing #FrankfurtBookFair
@indieauthors

Brazil’s Book Business: A Fourth Industry-Wide Meeting

The 300-person conference at Guarujá brings publishers, distributors, booksellers, and printers together for an industry update.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/09/brazils-book-business-a-fourth-industry-wide-meeting/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Bookselling #Bookstores #Brazil
@indieauthors

Bulgaria’s Book Market: Hopes for Growth With the Euro

The Bulgarian market, while cautiously optimistic for 2026, knows that adopting the euro may mean some constriction at first.
The post Bulgaria’s Book Market: Hopes for Growth With the Euro appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/bulgarias-book-market-hopes-for-growth-with-the-euro/

#BookerPrizes #Bookselling #Bulgaria #EasternEurope #Euro
@indieauthors

Denmark Drops Its 25-Percent VAT on Books

In a belief 'that we must put everything at stake' to raise its flagging reading levels, Copenhagen drops its VAT on books to zero.
The post Denmark Drops Its 25-Percent VAT on Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/denmark-drops-its-25-percent-vat-on-books/

#Bookselling #CzechRepublic #Denmark #Europe #FederationofEuropeanPublishers
@indieauthors

Germany Saw Sales Grow by 1.8 Percent in 2024

The 2024 German market, while seeing a stabilization in ebook and audiobook markets, saw entrenched shortcomings in literacy continue.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/07/germany-saw-sales-grow-by-1-8-percent-in-2024/

#Audiobooks #BookSales #Bookselling #Bookstores #BrsenvereindesDeutschenBuchhandels
@indieauthors

>>We mentioned the case of the bookseller in a branch of WH Smith who was asked if there was any Chaucer in stock (April 25). ("I'm sorry", was the reply, "we don't have a crockery department.") But the customer isn't always so very right himself, you know. Rupert Marlow writes from Turnastone in Herefordshire with word of an incident at Hatchards: one day a man, presumably given a shopping list by his wife, walked in and asked for a copy of Night Cream by Elizabeth Arden ...<<

"Public facing." TLS. Times Literary Supplement, June 6th, 2025.

#Books #BookSelling #Bookshop #Bookstore #WHSmith #Hatchards

Lavender Menace: Queer Bookselling in Edinburgh
19 July, City Art Centre, Edinburgh. Free, ticketed

This talk explores the history of queer bookselling in Edinburgh, from the early bookstalls to the opening of Lavender Menace and West & Wilde to the resurgence of independent bookshops.

https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/lavender-menace-queer-bookselling-edinburgh

#Scottish #Scotland #LGBTQ #queer #bookselling #Edinburgh

Polish Publishers Hope To Open an Audiobook and Ebook Platform

At least nine publishers in Poland are hoping for government approval to create a joint audiobook and ebook sales platform.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/polish-publishers-hope-to-open-an-audiobook-and-ebook-platform/

#Audiobooks #BookRetail #Bookselling #DigitalPublishing #Ebooks
@indieauthors

Circana Cites ‘Dark Romance’ Growing in US Market

Some 51 million units have sold in print romance titles in the United States market in 12 months, per Circana's research.
The post Circana Cites ‘Dark Romance’ Growing in US Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/circana-cites-dark-romance-in-growing-us-market-sway/

#AdultFiction #BookSales #Bookselling #ChildrensBooks #CircanaBookScan
@indieauthors

Canadian Book Consumer Study: Pricing and More

The 2024 edition of BookNet Canada's 13th annual report reports 60-percent full-price buys.
The post Canadian Book Consumer Study: Pricing and More appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/canadian-book-consumer-study-pricing-and-more/

#BookNetCanada #Bookselling #Canada #IndustryStatistics #Reading
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Brazil’s Publishers Release New Book Market Research

Brazil’s book market is reported to have grown in 2024, with digital content at nine percent of revenue.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/brazils-publishers-release-nielsen-bookdata-market-research/

#Audible #Audiobooks #Bookselling #Brazil #BrazilianAssociationofBookPublishersSNEL
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Tagung im September in Münster: "Bookselling as Resistance"
https://indico.uni-muenster.de/event/2823/
"Book historical work has been increasingly highlighting books – their publication, distribution and reception – in intersectional activist contexts, shining light on interconnections between community-building, politics and the book. In our conference […] we plan to hone in on #bookselling as a practice and consider the ways in which #resistance can be interpreted vis-à-vis bookselling and #bookstores."
#books