Venice s Mauri School 2021: The State of the Book in Europe publishingperspectives.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from publishingperspectives.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Register for Intergraf Shaping the Future of Books Webinar Join to hear about the latest developments in the European book market from the perspectives of printing and publishing, including the effects of the pandemic and exclusive market data from Smithers. February 1, 2021
Login or register now to gain instant access to the rest of this premium content!
Shaping the Future of Books, a webinar by Intergraf, will take place on Thursday 11 February 2021 at 11-12:30h (CET). Join us to hear about the latest developments in the European book market from the perspectives of printing and publishing, including the effects of the pandemic and exclusive market data from Smithers.
Overall in 2020, the AIE and ALI with Nielsen have reported, Italians purchased 104.5 million books and online commerce jumped from 27 percent to 43 percent.
A June 30 shot of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice during 2020’s pandemic-depressed tourist season. Image – iStockphoto: Africanway
A 36.6-Percent Increase in Ebook Sales
Trade book publishing in Italy overall grew by 2.4 percent in 2020, for a total of some €1.54 billion (US$1.9 billion), based on cover prices and according to data presented today (January 29) as part of the 38th Scuola per Librai Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri program.
As was mentioned in
Associazione Italiana Editori, AIE), joined the Italian Booksellers Association’s (
The Federation of European Publishers announces a first: The European Commission’s cultural framework specifies support for the books sector.
‘The First Cultural Industry in Europe’
In a message to the news media from its offices in Brussels today (December 15), the Federation of European Publishers is hailing the European Commission’s Creative Europe program for inaugurating an unprecedented line of support with a strand of funding specifically for the book sector.
Creative Europe is the framework created by the EC to support the union’s cultural sectors
The new element is part of the programming sequence agreed to on Monday (December 14) for 2021 to 2027. While some media reports refer to €2.2 billion in budgeting for Creative Europe, the federation’s messaging sees it as €2.4 billion (US$2.9 billion), a substantially increased range of figures.