In 2013 in the United States was less printed books
The firm Bowker published statistics on the production of printed books in the United States.
Will be made up of literary map of the capital of Russia
Will mark the places of the capital that appear in the famous works of Russian literature. On a special map will cause libraries and bookstores.
Nameless streets of St. Petersburg to be named in honor of the children's writers
Commission Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Vasily Kichedzhi decided to give names to the nameless passages in different parts of the city. Thus the overwhelming majority of them are named after famous figures of culture and art. So, in Krasnogvardeysky district will have streets bearing the names of children
Sony Reader ceases to exist
Sony said about stopping production of the BookReader.
Died Creator
Vladimir Orlov, the founder of the novel " the Violist Danilov ", died in the capital of Russia in the 78th year of life, informs ITAR-TASS referring to the Agency SIV-MEDIA.
Creator
" Game of thrones George Martin republishes the new design children's book " Ice Dragon ", which was written in 1980. The design is made Spanish fantasy artist Luis Royo, informs Telegraph. The book will present several original paintings Royo.
Became known the names of the laureates PEN-2014
PEN center announced the names of the winners of the annual awards, which will be presented in new York on September 29.
Launched the official Internet-portal of the Year of the Russian language and literature in Germany
Beyond The Headlines has launched the Resource russjahr. De, designed to increase the interest of the German public to the study of Russian language and literature and provide useful materials translators and teachers. The resource will become the official poster of the events of the Year of Russian language and
Publishers discussed the implementation of e-textbooks in Russian schools
Consider that the lack of motivation of teachers hinders the introduction of modern technologies in the educational institution.
In the Russian Federation will issue an unidentified stories about Hercule Poirot
Published the first history of Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot will be presented in early fall of 2014 in the " Eksmo ". About this Feed. Ru " said literary editor of the publishing house Evgeny Soloviev.
Macmillan opens libraries full electronic catalogue
Publisher Macmillan, which is a part of the " big five ", will provide American libraries full access to an electronic catalog.
NielsenBook: selling books in the UK in 2013 fell by 4%
In 2013, sales of the book market in the UK fell by 4%, and revenues from sales of e-books accounted for 14% of total revenue.
New novel by Victor Pelevin will be released on 9 September
Famous Russian writer Victor Pelevin has written a new book. It will be released on 9 September 2014 and will be called " the Love for three zuckermann ". The edition will be several tens of thousand copies.
Rospechat: portrait of punishment for Ukraine will not become
The Federal Agency for press said it has no plans to make restrictive measures for Ukrainian books on the Russian book market.
In Saratov gather to set the Guinness record for continuous reading aloud
To break the record will take more than fifteen days.
According to the project page in FundIt. " Ulysses " is one of the key novels of the modern era, but not every reader will overcome a thousand pages
Irish Director and Illustrator Yuen Kidni prepares the game In Ulysses points for virtual reality. In it, he will recreate the novel by James Joyce " Ulysses ",
Apple bought the book startup BookLamp
The company Apple bought the book startup BookLamp - informs TechCrunch.
In alcalц║ de Henares organized excursions dedicated to Cervantes
The University town of alcalц║ de Henares is deservedly considered the cultural heritage of the province of Madrid. There is a lot of historic monuments, included in the UNESCO List of world heritage of humanity, and the home of the great Cervantes.
Amos Oz was awarded the new German premium
The famous Israeli writer Amos Oz will get a new German award named Siegfried Lenz.
In Scotland announced the boycott of the Year of culture in Russia
The Scottish government said about the lack of support for cross-Year British culture in Russia and year of Russia in the UK, writes the print edition of the Herald Scotland. Authorized authorities also have plans to ignore all events that have been and will be organized in the framework of this program.
Published report
In the light of the report " Global trends in the publishing business "
Lviv forum publishers tried to convince ignore books from Russia
The presence of books from Russia on the Ukrainian forum of publishers, which will be held in September, declared undesirable. About it reported in the official message of the organizers on the Internet representation of the forum. It also States that citizens of Russia on the programme activities will not.
The designer offers a modern reissue of the Bible
Designer from California collects on Kickstarter funds for the reissue of the Bible, which, according to his vision, brought much-needed order both from the standpoint of structure and design.
The Germans (alleged)read paper books
Exchange Union of the German book trade believes that Germany e-books are not dangerous for the print media.
Presents 3 early story of Salinger
According to the publisher, this is the first legally released book the author of " the catcher in the rye! Over the last 50 years.