De boekenbranche, of moeten we zeggen: het boekenveld, is in 2024 minstens 2 procent gekrompen. Dat leest u alleen niet in de persberichten over de jaarcijfers van de branche die we van de CPNB-directeur anaf nu ‘veld’ moeten noemen. Iets met bloemen. Het vermogen om al het nieuws, ook het slechte, te brengen als iets wat mooi, goed en vrolijkmakend…
"Sales of children's books during Children's Book Week edition 2023 are higher than in 2019, 2020 and 2021. This applies to both sales through physical shops and e-commerce." KVB-Boekwerk, the research institute of Dutch Booksellers, has been publishing trend reports on the book market for a few years now. This year, for the first time, these include figures on sales of children's books,...
'Dutch-language music has been unabatedly popular for years in a variety of genres; from pop to hip-hop, competing with English-language music. That's where you see what you can achieve with attention. The same can happen with books.' This quote by author Gustaaf Peek, recorded in a press release from the Authors' Union, is quite inspiring. The press release, in which the advocate of 1,750 Dutch writers...
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