MCLC: Paper Republic Newsletter, Oct. 2012

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The China Publishing Industry Newsletter is a monthly mailing on new
happenings in the Chinese literary and publishing scenes. It is edited by
Eric Abrahamsen 

Feature

Mo Yan: Blood in the Water

It should come as no surprise that Mo Yan's Nobel win would lead to rights
and representation disputes around the world. One bit of drama at this
year's Frankfurt Book Fair began with the announcement that Andrew Wylie
had taken over representation of all Mo Yan's novels ­ which came as news
to both the Dijkstra Literary Agency ...

News

Amazon China CEO Jumps Ship

In the leadup to the long-awaited launch of the Kindle in Amazon, news
broke on Monday that Amazon China CEO Wang Hanhua has left the company to
join Apple. The news of Wang's departure, which appeared on China's Weibo
microblogging platform on October 28th, has now been confirmed, though
Wang denies that he'll be joining Apple. Mention ...

A Letter from a Nobel Committee Member

The debate spurred by Mo Yan's Nobel prize win has been just as heated
within China as it has been without ­ many voices, particularly online,
have raised the question of Mo Yan's political loyalties. Though no one
really denies the literary value of Mo Yan's work, many raised the
question of whether the author is too close ...

15 Years Later, an Unexpurgated Edition of White Deer Plain

On the coattails of the 2011 release of the film White Deer Plain ,
People's Literature Publishing House has re-released the book in a new
edition, restoring extensive deletions made in the late 90s so that the
book could be eligible for a prestigious domestic prize. White Deer Plain
, first published in 1993, is the only major novel by author ...

Hachette Expands Purchases of Chinese Fiction

Since French publisher Hachette partnered with Phoenix to form the
Hachette-Phoenix Culture Development Company in 2010, most of its business
has been purchasing international copyright to publish in China ­ the
company brought 40 books into China in 2011, and plans to double that
number in 2012. Very slowly, Hachette-Phoenix copyright trade has begun to
flow in the other direction: in ...

Liu Cixin Gets an App

Most Chinese authors and publishers approach digital publishing with a
wince and a groan, certain that anything they put online will either be
instantly pirated, or ignored by readers accustomed to paying a fraction
of a cent for novels. But some developers are leaping in with gusto, as
we've reported before, hoping that a quality product will convince readers
...

New Books

A Dog With No Tail 

Originally titled Carrion Eaters , Ah Ding's first full-length novel was
eventually published as A Dog With No Tail : the tale of three generations
of a family living in a northern Chinese village.
A core member of the ...

Becoming the Peace Hotel

After writing on Shanghai-related themes for twenty years, Chen Danyan has
finally decided to draw a conclusion to her "Shanghai series". The sixth
book in that series, Becoming The Peace Hotel is a collection of stories
that straddle ...

I'm No Pan Jinlian 

Liu Zhenyun's next novel ­ following his Maodun Literature Prize win last
year ­ touches off the most famous and most controversial erotic novel in
China's literary history, Plum Blossom Vase , composed during the late
Ming dynasty ...