News from Publishing Perspectives:

Push Comes to Shove: Japan’s E-book Market in 2012 Until now, Japan has been the Galapagos Islands of e-books. Suddenly, with foreign companies appearing to win, the market is scrambling to catch up and adjust.  Read more »

Could Personal Book Scanning Ever Become Commercialized? If you lived in Russia, Indonesia, Japan or any number of other countries, you could have a commercial service scan your books for you. In the US, not a chance.  Read more »

Frankfurt Academy Leads Textbook Workshop in Casablanca This July, 30 publishers from Tunisia, Libya, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria and Morocco will attend a workshop on textbook design led by the Frankfurt Academy.  Read more »

Is Shakespeare’s "Grand Equivocal Comedy" Profoundly Anti-Semitic? Join us as Publishing Perspectives’ exploration of the plays of Shakespeare, The Play’s The Thing, begins its reading of the controversial Merchant of Venice.  Read more »

Closing of Paris' Village Voice Bookshop Marks End of an Era After 30 years, Paris' beloved English-language Village Voice Bookshop is closing in July, succumbing to the digital age and changing attitudes toward reading.  Read more »