Literary Broccoli: Why Cliches about Translations Hurt Books

Publishing Perspectives

Michael Stein argues that translations shouldn't be treated as "literary broccoli" or armchair travel, and that doing so is counterproductive.  Read more »

Could Translated Genre Books Other than Thrillers Sell? Will we be able to read the Brazilian or Moroccan equivalent of Fifty Shades of Grey anytime soon? And, perhaps of even more importance, will it sell?  Read more »

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. I’m Now An E-Book! Random House Children’s Books will publish for the first time 13 classic Judy Blume books for young readers as e-books. Read more »

Brazilian Media Group Abril's Iba E-bookstore Goes Live Abril's Iba, Brazil's newest e-bookstore, offers 25 magazines, 19 newspapers and 6,000 e-books from 170 publishers, and is focusing on tablets and PCs.  Read more »

SURVEY: Is the E-ink E-reader Dead in Developing Markets? In developing economies where users own one device, the limited functionality of an e-reader looks like a bad bargain in comparison with the tablet.  Read more »

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Central European Crime Wave Sweeps Publishing Crime writing is experiencing a renaissance throughout Europe, with City University in London having just started the country’s first MA program in the specialty Read more »