News of the book market and electronic book publishing from Vladimir Kharitonov A lot of interesting and important events that are directly related to book, occurs not only in publishers and bookstores, but in computers and courtrooms, on bank accounts and Internet servers, in the applications and lines of the code.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Literary critic Konstantin Milchin has been appointed the new editor-in-chief of the Gorky publication. He took the place of journalist Nina Nazarova, who left the project last month. Konstantin Milchin was born in Moscow in 1980. Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of the Russian State University for the Humanities. In 2000, he began to engage in literary criticism. Worked for the newspapers Knizhnoe Obozrenie and Vedomosti.

About the journey of John Steinbeck to the Soviet Union Recently, the “Russian Diary” of the writer John Steinbek was released in Russian, who in 1947, along with photographer Robert Rap, visited the Soviet Union - at the very moment when the iron curtain began to fall. Despite the ostentatious well -being, which were met in the USSR of eminent guests, they managed to make an impartial report on the life of ordinary people and not succumb to the temptation of great generalizations.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" On Tuesday, April 25, the Russian Booker Literary Prize Committee announced the start of the next competition for the best novel of the year written in Russian. This was reported in the award press release. In 2017, the jury included poet Alexey Purin, literary critic Artem Skvortsov, prose writer and 2015 Russian Booker winner Alexander Snegirev and director of the Penza Regional Library Marina Osipova.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" On Tuesday, April 25, writer Elena Rzhevskaya died. This was reported by her granddaughter, philologist and translator Lyubov Summ. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1921407348091886&id=100006679173835 Elena Moiseevna Rzhevskaya (Kagan) was born in 1919 in Gomel. In 1937–1941 she studied at the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and History.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Robert Persig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, has died at the age of 88 after a long illness. This was reported by The Guardian with reference to Persig's wife. The writer died at his home in Maine. Persig's semi-autobiographical philosophical novel recounts a father and son's 17-day motorcycle journey across the western United States in first person.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Employees of the criminal investigation department of Ukraine detained people who in 2016 stole from the National Library of Ukraine named after V.I. Vernadsky's copy of Ivan Fedorov's "Apostle", printed in Lvov in 1574. The police reported this to the 112 Ukraine TV channel. The information was confirmed by the press secretary of the Kiev prosecutor's office Nadezhda Maksimets.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The thirteenth festival of slow reading “War and Peace of Languages: A Linguistic History of Jerusalem” has announced a call for participants. This was reported in a press release from the Eshkolot educational project, which organizes the event. The festival will last from August 7 to 10.