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- AAP StatShot Annual Report 2020: US Book Revenues Flat at $25.71 Billion
AAP’s Maria A. Pallante praises ‘the incredible dedication and innovation of the industry’ in a remarkable year’s outcome.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/10/aap-statshot-annual-report-2020-us-book-revenues-flat-at-25-71-billion-covid19/
- ‘I could do with more readers!’ – Abdulrazak Gurnah on winning the Nobel prize for literature
His lyrical novels about exile and loss enjoy critical acclaim but modest sales. Now he’s Zanzibar’s second most famous son – and £840,000 richer. The writer talks about racism on British buses, Priti Patel, and why books have to entertain
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/11/abdulrazak-gurnah-winning-nobel-prize-literature-zanzibar-priti-patel-racism - Kakwenza Rukirabashaija named this year’s International Writer of Courage
The Ugandan novelist, who was tortured in prison over his book The Greedy Barbarian, has been selected by Tsitsi Dangarembga as part of the PEN Pinter prize
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/11/kakwenza-rukirabashaija-named-this-years-international-writer-of-courage
- Bok-trend tar av på internett: – Ingenting kan måle seg med #BookTok
Videoer med bokanbefalinger tar av på TikTok. Nå tilpasser bokhandlene seg dette når de skal selge bøker.
https://www.nrk.no/kultur/bok-trend-tar-av-pa-internett_-_-ingenting-kan-male-seg-med-_booktok-1.15676874
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- Kraftig fall for norsk skjønnlitteratur
MÅNEDSTATISTIKKEN: Forleggerforeningen har publisert forlagenes salgstall for september. Salget av norsk skjønnlitteratur for voksne faller så langt i år urovekkende mye.
https://bok365.no/artikkel/kraftig-fall-for-norsk-skjonn/