What is the world thinking?

The Bologna Book Fair has ended for another year and American publishers, like those around the world, are trying to assess what the trends in children's publishing are. Publisher's Weekly has hosted a Bologna Blog that gives a sketch of what has been going on. Europeans seem to be as fascinated by the Twilight series as Americans are. Everyone will no doubt be looking for the next hot series for the youth market. Meanwhile electronic publishing does not seem to be as much of a talking point in Europe as it is in the U.S. Of course no one knows how important a development that will be in the children's market, but U.S. and U.K. publishers are the ones to watch for future electronic moves.