The May 14th edition of BusinessWeek reports that “Bertelsmann is making a bundle off Old Media in former Soviet bloc countries.” Optimism about the printed word is pretty rare these days. In fast-modernizing Ukraine, though, Bertelsmann is enjoying dot-com-like expansion for its…

The International Geneva Book and Press Fair opens to the public today and will run until May 6th at the Palexpo Exhibition Centre. In its 21st year, the 2007 event will host approximately 500 international exhibitors with a spotlight on Russia; an…

The International Kuala Lumpur Book Fair is ongoing until May 10th in Malaysia. The theme of the 2007 event — the 26th year of the fair — is “Book Empowers.” Entrance to the event, which takes place at the Putra World Trade…

As almost anyone connected in the publishing industry will tell you, a lot of books are produced every year. No one agrees precisely on numbers, but they don’t argue about the fact that it’s scads. Scads and scads of books. It makes…

Orion Publishing — one of Britain’s biggest publishing houses — seems to be in the press a great deal lately. This is probably due, at least in part, to the London Book Fair which kicks off at Earls Court next week. Firstly,…

I rather enjoyed Stephen Page’s recent comments in The Guardian about what role publishers fill in the changing world of books. Page is the publisher and CEO of Faber & Faber, an independent house in the UK, and president of the Publishers…

A 90 per cent chunk of Virgin Books has been acquired by Random House UK. According to Booktrade.Info, the deal “gives the company worldwide use of the Virgin brand in the field of book, audio and digital publishing.” Not strictly part of…