DAILY EDITION
April 23, 2020
International publishing organizations are calling on this unique World Book and Copyright Day for support urgently needed by the books business—in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
From Turkey, South Africa, Sweden, China, Germany, Israel, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina, this year’s free books in translation from Amazon Crossing arrive at a moment of frontier-defying contagion.
Talking first of an online trading facility following its cancellation in the pandemic, Bologna's 57th trade show now plans to do more in the digital space, May 4 to 7.
In a moving message from Malaysia as it launches its World Book Capital year under the restrictions of the pandemic, the city's mayor quotes not only the Quran but also 'Winne the Pooh.'
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