Porter Anderson

North Canton, Tampa

Editor-in-Chief at Publishing Perspectives

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Articles

Circana Cites 'Dark Romance' Growing in US Market

3 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

Some 51 million units have sold in print romance titles in the United States market in 12 months, per Circana’s research.
European Union Literary Prize: Winner and Special Mentions

3 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

Italy’s Nicoletta Verna wins the 2025 round of the European Union Prize for Literature, as announced in Prague. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_AndersonSubhed Amid the unusually dense crush of international publishing events this spring and the rollout of awards programs, there are news items that need to be reviewed and covered as we head for summer.
Penguin Random House Acquires the UK' Wonderbly

3 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

The 12-year-old UK independent publishing house Wonderbly is to maintain its autonomy as a PRH property.
Canadian Book Consumer Study: Pricing and More

3 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

The 2024 edition of BookNet Canada’s 13th annual report shows 60-percent full-price buys. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_AndersonBuying ‘3.6 New Books a Month Last Year’ The 13th edition of BookNet Canada’s annual Canadian Book Consumer Study 2024 looks at “Canadian book consumers as book buyers, book borrowers, as well as other profiles,” and one of its most interesting data points shows a strong preference for new-book buying over borrowing books from a library.
Bernardine Evaristo Wins Special £100,000 Women's Prize

3 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

The United Kingdom’s Women’s Prize Trust 30th anniversary special award goes to writer Bernadine Evaristo. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_AndersonMosse: ‘A Beautiful, Ambitious Body of Work’ Today (June 4) in London, the author Bernardine Evaristo is being named the winner of the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award. That’s the 30th anniversary accolade of the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Audio Publishers Association: US Audiobook Sales Reach $2.22 Billion

3 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

Digital audio accounted for 99 percent of 2024’s US audiobook revenues, per newly released survey results.
Dmitri Strosev and Nadia Kandrusevich

3 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

Dmitri Strotsev of the Hochroth Minsk and Nadia Kandrusevich of Koska are the 2025 Prix Voltaire laureates. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_AndersonA Joint Win for Belarusian Publishers in Exile Two Belarusian publishers operating outside their country tonight have been named winners of the International Publishers Association‘s (IPA) Prix Voltaire. The announcement was made this evening in Norway, at the World Expression Forum‘s (WEXFO) opening night dinner and ceremony.
'The Cellular Level of a Democracy'

3 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

WEXFO Youth and World Expression Forum delegates join in the conference’s opening day at Lillehammer By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also: At Norway’s WEXFO: ‘Democracies Depend on Reading’ Norway’s World Expression Forum in a ‘Year of Resistance’ The IPA Prix Voltaire Announces Its 2025 Shortlist Norway’s WEXFO: New Dates, Early Notes on 2025 in Lillehammer ‘Democracy Dies With the Lies’ Part empowerment, part reportage, Lillehammer’s World Expression Forum (June 2...
Book Banning: A US Court Issues a Reversal in Texas

4 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

A court decision that some say ‘forsakes core First Amendment principles’ alarms freedom-to-read backers. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_AndersonPEN’s Brinkley: ‘Immunizing State Censorship’ What once appeared as a victory to proponents of freedom of choice in reading now looks far less certain—and potentially on the way to the Supreme Court of the United States.
China Bestsellers: Franchising Fuels Success in April 2025

4 weeks ago | publishingperspectives.com | Porter Anderson

As some franchise-supported titles arrive on China’s bestseller lists, more are anticipated in months to come. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson‘Street Wizards’ Return Knocking Nezha: The Past of the Three Realms out of its film-powered (Nezha2) spot at the top of mainland China’s fiction bestseller lists took April’s arrival at No. 1 by a revised edition of Street Wizards from publisher The Writer’s Publishing House.