Wissenmedia, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann's Arvato unit, has bought the German encyclopedia publisher Brockhaus for an undisclosed sum, from its parent the Bibliographisches Institute. The deal is expected to go through by 1st February after it has been approved by the competition authorities.

Falling revenues in the encyclopedic...

Whenever I visit the UK I keep getting asked the same question by publishers and booksellers: "How does bookselling in Germany function?" Up until recently my standard reply would have been: "Very different to the UK, with family-owned bookshops and a number of regional chains setting the tone." But times are changing and...

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