On Wednesday at the Frankfurt Book Fair, two ceos discussed the top-level changes at their companies, their opinions on growth, and more. In conversation with Publishing Perspectives editor in chief Porter Anderson, Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK ceo David Shelley, who took over as CEO of the US division less than a year ago, discussed ways he can bring the two companies together. “I come from an editorial background, so I could see ways in which, if you get editors and publishers talking more, there’ll be more things that just organically come with that,” he said, primarily getting world […]

Bestselling Italian author Roberto Saviano will appear this weekend at the Frankfurt Book Fair, despite not being among the initial writers chosen to represent Italy, this year’s guest of honor at the fair. Saviano will appear on a panel at a PEN Berlin event on Wednesday and will speak several times on Friday and Saturday of the fair, the days that typically cater to consumers. In June, 41 authors signed a letter of protest, saying that Saviano’s exclusion from Italy’s official programming was a form of censorship by the government, led by far-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni, of whom Saviano has […]