Americans show growing interests in books from, about China

American readers have shown growing interests in books from China and about China, said publishers attending the BookExpo America (BEA) 2015 on Friday.

"We've already inked more than 200 copyright deals at this expo, the highest level for us ever," Zhu Lingyun, vice director of the publishing department of Shanghai Century Publishing Group, told Xinhua as the three-day expo closed on Friday in New York.

The total amount of copyrights sold by Chinese publishers in the BEA 2015 reached 1,328, showed official data.

"With the impressive growth of the Chinese economy and the increasing culture exchanges between the two countries, American readers are much more eager to learn about China than before," Zhu added.

Zhu's remarks were echoed by Liu Qinqiu, manager of the international business development department of China's Jiangsu (Province) Phoenix Publishing and Media Corporation Limited.

According to Liu, Phoenix sealed more than 50 copyright deals at the expo, a satisfactory harvest for a new comer to the BEA, the largest annual book trade fair in North America.

"Apart from books about traditional Chinese culture, children's books from China have also been well accepted by American readers in recent years," Liu said.

Publishers attributed the booming of Chinese children books in the U.S. market mainly to two factors: worldwide rising demand for children's books and growth in the number of Chinese living in the U.S.