14 Jul 2025獨媒#7033
獨立書店成最重要發行渠道 獨立出版商：連鎖書店選書視乎「作者多於內容」
With the summer holidays approaching, Hunter Bookstore is again holding a book fair this year, while a bookseller has also conducted a survey of Hong Kong’s independent publishing ecosystem, with 19 publishers taking part. The results showed that more than 60% of independent publishers considered independent bookstores their most important distribution channel, while social media was their main publicity channel. Initial print runs generally did not exceed 1,000 copies, and only half of the publishers had reprinted books. The main difficulties in selling books included high costs and a lack of distribution channels.
Compared with independent bookstores, what difficulties are there in selling books through major chain bookstores? Ng Tsz-ching, editor-in-chief of Blue Blue Sky, said that since a wave of book removals from public libraries in recent years, chain bookstores had stopped selecting books for sale based solely on their content and would also consider the author. Weixiong (1964) Chen gave the example that Eslite Bookstore had approached it several years ago about purchasing a book by former Legislative Council member Margaret Ng, but the deal ultimately did not proceed because some of the book’s content was politically sensitive. Last year, Ng published another book reviewing Jin Yong’s novels. Although it contained no political content, Eslite said after reviewing it that, because of the author’s identity, it was inconvenient for the bookstore to sell the book. Chan also said that some authors’ positions had led major publishers to decline to assist with publication, so they had “turned to me [to publish].”
暑假將至，今年除了繼續有獨立書店「獵人書店」舉辦書展，亦有書商就本地獨立的出版生態進行調查，共19間出版商參與。結果顯示，逾六成獨立出版商認為獨立書店是最重要的發行渠道，主要宣傳渠道為社交媒體。書本的首刷量普遍不多於一千本，並只有一半出版社曾加印，主要售書困難包括成本高、缺乏發行渠道等。
相比獨立書店，在大型連鎖書店售書有何困難？「藍藍的天」總編輯伍自禎指自近年公共圖書館出現下架潮後，連鎖書店不再只根據內容選書出售，而會視乎作者本身。壹壹陸工作室陳偉雄舉例，誠品書店幾年前曾主動接洽，想採購前立法會議員吳靄儀的著作，惟因書中部分內容政治敏感，最終未成事。至去年，吳再出版一本金庸小說評論書，書中沒政治成份，但誠品看畢後稱因為作者身份，不便在書店出售該書。陳又提到，有作者因立場取態，令大型出版商不願協助出版，「轉咗嚟我度（出版）」。
14 Jul 2025追新聞#7034
國安時代｜《教育刺針》揭國安大使培訓導師身份被Fb刪帖 左報點名「軟對抗」揚言打擊 楊穎宇斥侵害新聞自由
The Facebook page Education Sting recently published several posts revealing details of the Hong Kong government’s Youth National Security Ambassadors Training Programme, apparently striking a nerve with the authorities. The Ta Kung Pao, a mouthpiece of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, published a commentary naming Education Sting and its page administrator, Hans Yeung Wing-yu, as engaging in “soft confrontation” and threatening to suppress them through “hard measures”. On the same day, Facebook forcibly deleted one of Education Sting’s posts disclosing the identities of instructors in the training programme. Education Sting issued a statement strongly condemning the persons and organisations concerned for infringing press freedom, and reiterated that it would remain at its post and continue speaking up for Hong Kong’s education sector.
Facebook 專頁《教育刺針》近日發表多篇帖文揭露港府「青年國安大使培訓計劃」的內情，疑觸動政權神經，中聯辦旗下喉舌《大公報》發表評論文章，點名《教育刺針》及其版主楊穎宇「軟對抗」，揚言要以「硬手段」打擊，《教育刺針》其中一篇披露培訓計劃導師身份的帖文同日亦被 Facebook 強行刪除。《教育刺針》發聲明嚴正譴責涉事人等及機構侵害新聞自由，重申會謹守崗位，繼續為香港教育界發聲。
14 Jul 2025集誌社#7038
獨立書展｜獨立出版生態調查：國安法減創作自由 獵人書店周四起辦獨立書展
In recent years, several independent publishers have been asked by the Hong Kong Book Fair to withdraw books or have been refused permission to participate, while some independent bookstores have organised grassroots book fairs. An independent bookstore yesterday announced a survey on the local independent publishing ecosystem. Of the 19 independent publishers surveyed, 11 were established in the past five years, and 12 considered independent bookstores their most important distribution channel.
116 StudioWeixiong (1964) Chen said Eslite Bookstore approached it last year about selling a collection of essays on Jin Yong’s novels by former Civic Party Legislative Council member Margaret Ng, but ultimately said that, because Ng was the book’s author, it was “not convenient to sell” it. At present, 90% of its publications are sold through independent bookstores. Hunter Bookstore will hold an independent publishing book fair from Thursday to Sunday this week. Wong Man-huen said it was regrettable that some book fairs had been officially refused permission to participate, adding that the independent book fair aimed to provide another option, although its attendance could not be compared with that of the Hong Kong Book Fair and “should not be the only (choice) for all publishers in Hong Kong.”
近年多間獨立出版社被香港書展要求下架書籍、被拒參展等，有獨立書店舉辦民間書展。有獨立書店昨公布一項本地獨立出版生態問卷調查，19 間受訪獨立出版社中，11 間於過去五年成立，12 間認為，獨立書店為最重要發行渠道。
壹壹陸工作室陳偉雄表示，去年誠品書店主動接洽，望出售前公民黨立法會議員吳靄儀的金庸小說論集，但最終表示因吳靄儀為該書作者，「唔方便賣」，現時他有九成出版物均經獨立書店出售。獵人書店將於本周四至日舉辦獨立出版書展，黃文萱對有書展被官方拒參展感可惜，指辦獨立書展望提供另一選項，但入場人次與貿發局書展難以比擬，「唔應該係香港全部出版社嘅唯一（選擇）」。
10 Jul 2025明報#7020
SUPER JUNIOR香港演唱會售票平台惹爭議 港歌迷質疑缺港幣結算安排
South Korean group SUPER JUNIOR will hold two concerts in Hong Kong in September. It was announced yesterday that the official ticketing platforms would be Damai and Fantopia, neither of which is a traditional local ticketing platform commonly used by Hong Kong residents, prompting some local fans to question the lack of Hong Kong-dollar settlement arrangements. The Consumer Council said that if tickets for a local concert are sold through a ticketing website operated by a non-local merchant, and the transaction is conducted directly with that merchant, any dispute would "generally not fall within the scope of mediation in which the Consumer Council can intervene." It urged consumers to consider the risks before making a transaction.
The concerts, part of 《SUPER SHOW 10》, will be held at AsiaWorld-Expo in early September. The official ticketing platforms announced yesterday were the mainland ticketing platform Damai and Fantopia, which has previously used Macanese patacas (MOP) to sell tickets for events in Hong Kong. The concert organiser iMe HONG KONG and ticketing platform Fantopia responded to the controversy today (10th), saying that Fantopia had registered in Hong Kong two years ago and that payments for tickets would be collected in Hong Kong dollars when sales opened, urging prospective buyers to "use it with confidence."
南韓組合SUPER JUNIOR將於9月來港舉行兩場演唱會，昨公布官方售票平台為大麥及Fantopia，但均非港人慣用的傳統本地售票平台，惹部分香港歌迷質疑缺乏港幣結算安排。消費者委員會表示，倘本地演唱會門票透過非本地商戶營運的售票網站銷售，且交易乃直接與非本地商戶進行，倘現爭議，「一般不屬於消委會可介入調停的範圍」，呼籲消費者交易前先考慮當中風險。
涉事演唱會乃《SUPER SHOW 10》，將於9月初在亞洲國際博覽館舉行兩場，昨公布的官方售票平台分別為內地售票平台「大麥」及曾選用澳門元（MOP）銷售本港活動門票的「Fantopia」。演唱會主辦方iMe HONG KONG及售票平台Fantopia今（10日）回應爭議稱，Fantopia前年已在港註冊，指門票開售收款時會採用港幣，籲有意購票人士「放心使用」。
10 Jul 2025大紀元#7021
「易碎君」稱遭國安警告停止現時行動 否則會被通緝
Leung Kai-chun, known as “Fragile Bard”, posted on social media yesterday (9th), saying that national security police had “harassed” his uncle at his home in Hong Kong and asked him to relay a message: if Leung did not stop his current activities, a wanted notice would be issued for him. This newspaper is making enquiries with the police.
Leung described the national security police’s actions as “intimidation” and said: “Since I was convicted for my speech at the age of 15, my fighting spirit has never been extinguished. I have publicly exposed the political persecution I experienced in Hong Kong, rescued dissidents, and reported a British national serving as a Hong Kong national security law judge to the International Criminal Court. You have seen these actions. You are not short of reasons to fabricate charges against me, but I am even less short of the courage to fight for freedom to the end.”
A review of records shows that when Leung was 15, he was visited by national security police for investigation in February 2022 after posting online a spoof video mocking Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping. His computer, mobile phone and other personal belongings were confiscated. He was subsequently harassed by national security police and asked to act as an informant. Leung eventually went to the United States to seek political asylum, while his family also left Hong Kong and moved to the United Kingdom.
被稱為「易碎君」（Fragile Bard）的梁啟駿，昨日（9日）在社交平台發文，指其在香港的叔父遭國安警察「上門騷擾」，要求向梁啟駿傳話，若其不停止現時行動，就會對他發出通緝。本報正向警方查詢。
梁啟駿形容國安警是「恐嚇」，並強調「從我15歲那年因言獲罪開始，我的鬥志從未熄滅。我曾公開揭露我在香港所經歷的政治迫害、營救異見人士、並向國際刑事法院舉報英籍香港國安法官。這些行動你們看在眼內，你們不缺羅織我罪名的理由，但我更不缺為自由鬥爭到底的勇氣」。
翻查資料，梁啟駿15歲時，因在網上發布惡搞中共國家主席習近平的影片，於2022年2月遭國安警察上門調查，並沒收電腦、手機等私人物品，其後更被國安警騷擾及要求充當線人。最終梁啟駿前往美國申請政治庇護，其家人亦離開香港，移居英國。
9 Jul 2025追新聞#7013
國安時代｜文匯報連續兩日全版狙擊本土研究社斥軟對抗 陳劍青指內容多不符事實
As Hong Kong government officials have recently spoken prominently about “soft resistance”, the Liber Research Community, which has long focused on Hong Kong planning and conservation, has become the latest target. Wen Wei Po, the Sai Wan mouthpiece, devoted full pages on two consecutive days to attacking the group, and allegedly infiltrated and secretly filmed a closed-door seminar it organised on recycling policy, questioning whether it was “holding activities to challenge the national security bottom line”. It also criticised the group’s collaboration with Greenpeace on a report about ecotourism as “opposition for opposition’s sake”. In response to media enquiries, Chan Kim-ching, the group’s person in charge, stressed that the reports contained multiple inaccuracies.
港府官員近期高調談及軟對抗，一向關注香港規劃與保育的「本土研究社」成為最新針對目標。西環喉舌《文匯報》連續兩日以全版狙擊本土研究社，並疑似潛入偷拍本研社舉辦的回收政策閉門研討會，質疑其「搞活動挑戰國安底線」；又批評本研社與綠色和平合作發表報告關注生態旅遊是「為反而反」。本研社負責人陳劍青回應傳媒查詢時強調，報道內容有多處不符事實。
9 Jul 2025獨媒#7014
HKFP成立十周年 總編輯指縱減規模 感恩仍在新聞現場見證
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Free Press. In an interview on an online programme, HKFP editor-in-chief Tom Grundy said that although increasingly more issues were becoming sensitive, he believed there was no local hard news—local political and economic news—that could not be covered, and that the organisation could still report daily on what was happening in Hong Kong. He also said that although HKFP was currently reducing its scale, he did not believe it would reach a point where it had to close, saying, “We are still here.”
Sufficient reserves to support operations
Speaking on former Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau’s online programme, “ChatDP with Emily Lau,” Tom Grundy said HKFP was the first news organisation in Hong Kong to operate through crowdfunding after the Umbrella Movement, and that its operating costs had since been supported by donations. Although its operations had now been scaled back, it had recorded losses for four consecutive years and moved to a smaller office, he said it still had sustainable income and sufficient financial reserves to continue supporting its operations.
今年是Hong Kong Free Press成立的第十年，HKFP總編輯Tom Grundy在一個網台節目訪問時表示，儘管敏感的議題愈來愈多，但相信沒有不能做的「local hard news（本地政經新聞）」，仍可每天報道在香港發生的事情。他又認為，雖然HKFP現正縮減規模，但相信並不會去到需要關閉的一天，並指「We are still here（我們仍在這裡）」。
有足夠儲備支持營運
Tom Grundy在民主黨前主席劉慧卿的網台節目「ChatDP with Emily Lau」表示，HKFP是雨傘運動後香港第一個以眾籌形式營運的新聞媒體，營運成本其後由捐款一直支持。雖然現時營運規模縮減，財政連續四年虧損，亦搬到面績較細的辦公室，但他表示目前尚有可持續的收入及足夠資金儲備繼續支持營運。
9 Jul 2025獨媒#7015
動漫節7.25開鑼 Cosplay《逆統戰》角色會否犯法？ 大會：我哋研究吓
This year’s Animation and Game Convention will be held from July 25 to 29 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. The exhibition area will be about 30% larger than last year, with more than 788 booths. It will also add the Hong Kong World Doujin Festival and the local Chuang Tin Comprehensive Doujin Festival, which will be merged with the CosParadise area. However, the prices of photographer and cosplayer passes have each risen by 100% from last year, to HK$200 and HK$45 respectively.
今屆動漫電玩節將於7月25至29日在灣仔會展中心舉行。展覽面積較去年增加約三成，設逾788個展位，並新增「香港世界同人祭」及本地「創天綜合同人祭」，與「CosParadise」區域合併。不過攝影師及Cosplayer通行證價格較去年大增一倍，分別收費200元及45元。
9 Jul 2025Yahoo#7016
網媒 Channel C 前員工 另組新媒體 Channel WE 陳朗昇：繼續報道香港人消息
Online media outlet Channel C has been suspended since April this year. A former Channel C staff member said it had successfully found a “white knight” supporter and would continue reporting on a new platform, Channel WE.
Channel WE published its first report this morning, concerning the release from prison this morning of former Stand News editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen. Chan Long-sing, formerly Channel C’s multimedia production chief (Hong Kong news), wrote on Facebook: “This platform is new; this platform’s first news report is this story, and it is also comforting. We will continue reporting the news, continue doing livestreams, and continue reporting news about Hong Kong people.”
網媒 Channel C 自今年 4 月起一直停運。有 Channel C 前員工透露，成功找到「白武士」支持，將會於新平台「Channel WE」繼續報道。
「Channel WE」今早已經發表其首篇報道，內容涉及前《立場新聞》總編輯鍾沛權今早出獄的消息。前 Channel C 多媒體製作主任（港聞）陳朗昇在 FB 發文：「這平台，是新的；這平台，第一則新聞是這個消息，也是令人安慰的；我們繼續報新聞、繼續做直播、繼續報道香港人的消息。」
8 Jul 2025追新聞#7008
清算社工｜唔覆問卷即DQ？ 香港社工註冊局要求申明「通常居住香港」
One year after the Hong Kong government amended the Social Workers Registration Ordinance, the Social Workers Registration Board has introduced a new measure. It recently sent a “usually reside in Hong Kong” questionnaire to Hong Kong social workers who had moved to the United Kingdom, requiring them to declare whether they reside in Hong Kong and return photocopies of the required documents by 31 July for the board’s review. The Facebook group “Hong Kong Social Welfare Sector Reunion in the UK” reposted a letter from the board and said social workers had reported being placed in a dilemma: “If you don’t tick it, does that mean you do not ‘usually reside in Hong Kong’? If you can’t renew your licence, that effectively means you can’t obtain a foreign social worker certificate.” A netizen commented: “The questionnaire—can we choose not to answer it?” The Chaser News learned that when a social worker asked what would happen if the questionnaire was not returned by the deadline, the board said it would require the person to return their Hong Kong social worker licence.
港府修訂《社工註冊條例》至今滿一年，社工註冊局出新招，近日主動向移居英國的香港社工發出「通常居於香港」問卷，要求社工申明是否居住在香港，並備齊所需文件影印本於7月31日或之前回覆，以便當局審核。Facebook群組「香港社福界重聚在英國」轉載社工註冊局發出的信函並發帖指，接獲社工同業反映陷入兩難：「唔tick，即係不是『通常居住在香港？』，續唔到牌，變相唔可以取得外國社工證。」有網民跟帖留言：「問卷，係唔係可以唔答？」《追新聞》獲得消息指，有社工詢問若然在限期前不回覆問卷有何後果，局方稱會要求交還香港社工牌照。
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