'Lazy publishing,' says Canongate's Jamie Byng, 'is just a disservice to what books can be,’ in a discussion of the Man Booker, reading, and his new Live Letters project.

Referring to Russian's 'anti-gay propaganda law,’ the IPA chief urges against restrictions on freedom to publish in his speech at the Moscow Book Fair opening.

From VietnamNet: Several Vietnamese publishers report modest gains in rights sales abroad, with interest from Russia, New Zealand, and countries in Southeast Asia.