Larger book publishing companies in Russia attract more government support, say critics, while smaller houses struggle to keep up.

Beginning September 27, you can read English translations of excerpts from the six shortlisted German Book Prize titles at the 'New Books in German' site.

From 'Thoughts From Botswana': Selling rights not only to other African publishers but also 'in Europe, in North America and recently to the Arab world,' AmaBooks presses on in Zimbabwe.