Not surprisingly, the U.S.-China trade dispute and its ramifications loom large in this 33rd annual coverage on the Hong Kong and China print manufacturing industry. Seven major export printers shared their observations, hopes, and plans on dealing with the tariffs and the fallouts.
Treating the U.S. tariffs as another business challenge—along with rising production costs, slimmer profit margins, and more stringent regulations—is the pragmatic way forward for Hong Kong and China print manufacturers.
Last year, ink companies announced price hikes on their inks and coatings in North American markets. Now, they are facing two serious challenges far beyond their control.
In the past decade, Leo Paper has been increasing its emphasis on edutainment and interactivity in its R&D direction for new product ideas. The latest result? "Magic Paper World."
Now that high-end printing with special visual and tactile embellishments is made possible with push-button simplicity on the presses, producing a show-stopping title is no longer a dream.
Scribner spends big on a book about John Muir’s quest to save Yosemite, Harper pumps for a memoir by Leonard Lauder, Grove wins a Booker contender, and more in this week's notable book deals.
Jesus Calling,' Thomas Nelson’s 2004 devotional by missionary Sarah Young, surpassed 30 million copies sold across all editions and formats this month.
In the last six months, three independent bookstores have received particularly large outpourings of support from their customers—yet all three say they were pushed to ask for help after becoming victims of state and local policies that put their businesses at risk.
Dav Pilkey has the #1 book in the country with ‘For Whom the Ball Rolls,’ the latest entry in his Dog Man series. Plus National Book Award winner Ibrahim X. Kendi’s ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ is #9 in the country, and Orange Prize winner Téa Obreht’s sophomore effort, ‘Inland,’ debuts in hardcover fiction at #12.
Among the week's headlines: why most authors are trying to get their e-books in libraries; the backlash continues over Macmillan's library e-book embargo; and publishers sue Audible over its Captions program.
The Association of American Publishers has filed suit in a bid to stop Audible from moving ahead with its plans to implement its Audible Captions program. Under Captions, Audible will transcribe a book’s audio in order to create text that will run along with the audio, something publishers see as copyright infringement.
Denver's Tattered Cover is adding a new location in the Origin Hotel in nearby Westminster, Colo. In Baltimore, Emma Snyder is moving the Ivy Bookshop, which she bought in January, two miles down the road into a church she recently acquired, with plans to expand the store's role in the local literary community.