Europe

“Europe: The Reconstruction of the Free World” by Ulrike Guérot and Robert Menasse
https://europeandemocracylab.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/media-europe-the-reconstruction-of-the-free-world-by-ulrike-guerot-and-robert-menasse/

Contemporary Literature

Leipzig Book Fair Prize: Where Are the Women?
http://publishingperspectives.com/2016/03/leipzig-book-fair-prize-goes-author-guntram-vesper/#.VvLJ-XoVFYA

Tim  Parks on the translation paradox
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/03/15/translation-paradox-quality-vs-celebrity/

We Already Know the Identity of Elena Ferrante
http://flavorwire.com/565722/we-already-know-the-identity-of-elena-ferrante

More than half of established writers in France earn less than the minimum wage
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/les-miserables-gloomy-french-writers-face-crisis-as-incomes-plummet?CMP=twt_a-world_b-gdnworld

Ebook & Publishing

Will Ebooks Ever Circulate Freely in Europe?
http://publishingperspectives.com/2016/03/will-ebooks-ever-circulate-freely-in-europe/#.VvLI2HoVFYA

Six consumer trends for 2016
http://www.thebookseller.com/futurebook/six-consumer-trends-2016-324790