At this year's Più libri più liberi, the Italian Publishers Association will stage its rights trading center, and outline economic challenges.

The latest AAP StatShot reports that United States' book revenue is up 7 percent year-to-day, with adult fiction selling well this September.

A leader in lifestyle and guidebook publishing in Germany, Hamburg's Gräfe und Unzer is being acquired by Verlagsgruppe HarperCollins.