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  Russian Publishing 101: What You Need to Know

  980 readersShockingly little is known about Russia’s book business, valued at $2-3 billion. Here’s an overview of Russian publishing, bookselling, e-commerce and foreign investment. By Daniel Kalder These days there is more buzz about Russian books than there has been since the days of Glasnost and Perestroika. At the London Book Fair in March, Russia was the guest

• Russian Publishing Steps into the Digital Future

  695 readers“For the whole Russian book market the digital share is just 0.25%.” By Daniel Kalder Vladimir Kharitonov began his career in publishing at Ural University Press, before transitioning to Ultra.Culture an independent house dedicated to “awakening thoughts and proposing alternatives” which occasionally ran afoul of the Russian courts — one of the firm’s books was banned and

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  Putin Proposes a New Russian Great Books Program

  946 readersThe 100-book required reading list is to be compiled by Russia’s “most influential cultural figures.” By Dennis Abrams Late last month, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, perhaps better known for his judo skills than his literary tastes, laid out plans to compile a canon of 100 Russian books, “that every Russian school leaver will be required to

• Russian E-Book Market Doubles in 2011 to $4.4 Million

  549 readers On a very small base, the Russian e-book market saw huge growth in 2011, according to a new study (E-Book Market in Russia Doubles in 2011): Legal sales of e-books in Russia increased almost 2.3 times in 2011, marking a third year of explosive growth, though remaining modest in absolute terms, the Federal Press and Mass

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  eReaders Are Outselling Tablets in Russia

  847 readersThe Russian tech blog expert.ru is reporting that around 658 thousand eBook readers were sold in Russia during the first 6 months of 2011. The data came from Euroset, a Russian mobile phone retailer, so it’s not clear how accurate the data really is. But Euroset also sells eReaders, and it saw an increase in sales

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  Trends in Russian Children’s and YA Books: The Not-So-Good News

  821 readers“It was a world populated by Soviet characters bought by mothers and grandmothers.” By Dennis Abrams As part of the “Read Russia” program at this year’s BookExpo America, several leaders in the field met to discuss “Children and Young Adult Titles in Russian Publishing”: Nasonova Alla Yurievna of DETGIZ Children’s Publishing, Attikus Group CEO Arkady Vitrouk, Egmont-Russia

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  Oh, the irony! Pirate Bay to Sue Anti-Piracy Group

  1362 readersIn another story to make me wonder if April Fool’s is coming early this year, Pirate Bay is going to sue the Finnish group the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) for their anti-piracy campaign that copies the design of Pirate Bay. Not only do they copy the website design, their logo looks like the Pirate Bay

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  Russian Publishing is No “Depressing” Siberia; E-book Innovation from Bookmate.ru

  2247 readersBy Hannah Johnson and Edward Nawotka As the Market Focus of this year’s London Book Fair, Russia shows off its literary culture, growing e-book market and readiness for international cooperation. As the Market Focus of this year’s London Book Fair, Russia was represented by a robust program of events featuring authors, publishers and industry experts — truly

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  Russian eReader sales almost doubled in 2010

  3210 readersThe US eReader market isn’t the only one seeing exceptional growth. 470,000 eReaders were sold in Russia in 2010, which is a dramatic increase over the 20k thousand sold in 2009. Records also show that only 60,000 in 2008, which means there was ...

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  Bendy Ereader Anyone? Wrexler Launch Their Flexible Ereader In The West.

  173 readersI have reviewed loads of super tough covers for ereaders and iPads here over the last few years, but this, the Wrexler Flex One Is a first for me, an ereader that you can actually throw around at almost no risk of breaking it. Wrexler, a Russian company who make a range of portable devices have