With the Olympic Games well underway in Beijing, the NYT’s Charles McGrath checks in with China’s publishing industry and finds the summer blues are affecting them as well. “Publishing is always a little slow in the summer,” remarks Jo Lusby, the manager of Penguin China. “But there’s also a feeling that right now nobody is paying any attention to books. Some publishing people have just left town.” The Olympics also affected the timing and scheduling of the annual Beijing Book Fair, pushed back to September and moved to Tianjin, an hour away – resulting in “a lot less interest” in […]
