UK and US editors are in Germany this week—on a trip organized by the Frankfurter Buchmesse—and hearing German publishers address a big issue in the market right now: finding more book buyers.
A panel of bookselling experts agreed during the CONTEC Mexico conference that access to rich metadata and an overriding focus on the reader are crucial for bookstores to succeed.
Taking on topics from mental illness to abortion, and from happiness to love, the Commonwealth Prize regional short story winners contend next for the overall award.
