Italy sells more books abroad, 12% of the novelties

(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 07 - The international dimension of Italian book publishing is expanding: in 2020 the sale of rights amounted to 8,586 works, + 0.2% compared to 2019. But small and medium-sized publishers suffer (between 9 and 100 titles published per year): the sale of rights concerned them, in 2020, for only 9% of the titles sold, or 772, a sharp decline (three percentage points) compared to 1,228 of 2019. In 2020, 12% of the news published were sold abroad. In 2001, only 4% of the titles published were of interest to foreign publishing houses. These are the issues presented at Più libri più libero, the Fair of the Piccola and Meda Publishing at the Cloud of Eur in Rome until December 8th. The research, 'Oltre Chiasso. The international dimension of Italian publishing ',Collaboration with the Center for Book and Reading-Cepell and with the support of Aldus Up, shows a setback, however, for imports: 9,127 works by autoristranieri were purchased by Italian publishers, down by 6% , a decline that must in any case be commensurate with the more general reduction in titles published during the year. Italy confirms a country that translates a lot, but with the passing of the years it depends less on abroad. From 1997 to 2020, Italian authors' works grew by 56%, translations by 24%.a decline that must in any case be commensurate with the more general reduction in titles published during the year. Italy confirms a country that translates a lot, but with the passing of the years it depends less on abroad. From 1997 to 2020, Italian authors' works grew by 56%, translations by 24%.a decline that must in any case be commensurate with the more general reduction in titles published during the year. Italy confirms a country that translates a lot, but with the passing of the years it depends less on abroad. From 1997 to 2020, Italian authors' works grew by 56%, translations by 24%.

   In 1997 one novelty in every 4 published was translated, today 17%.

   In 2020 it mainly translated from English (62% of all translations), French (16%), German (7%) and Spanish (4%).

Europe, with 5,914 works purchased, remains by far the leading outlet market, with 69% of the titles sold abroad.

Spain bought 1301, followed by France with 917, Poland with 650, Germany with 591 and the United Kingdom with 237. (ANSA).