Italian book distributor Emmelibri-Messaggerie and the bookstore chain Libraccio are engaged in a merger after many years of cooperation.

Shirley Yvonne Carby, Mitia Osman Tisma, and Anne Friebel win the inaugural PublisHer Excellence Awards at Bologna Children's Book Fair.

The top prize at the Bologna Licensing Awards goes to Mattel for the Best Property of the Year. And she's blonde.