The Publishing Industry’s Divergent Reactions to Amazon and AI Companies: A Study in Hypocrisy and Dependency
Joke of the Month: "The Trump-Vance FTC will never back down from taking on Big Tech" - US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson.
Morocco to be Guest of Honour at the Paris Book Festival
What I love about the Morocco pavilion at the Paris Book Festival this year is that visitors can explore five thematic areas, each offering a unique experience.
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India Sets World Record with Two-Kilometre-Long Comic Strip
The comic strip’s 2 kilometers surpasses the previous record of 1.6 kilometers set in Japan.
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Springer Nature’s Curie: an example of how AI is transforming the publishing industry not by stealing jobs but by creating new opportunities while improving quality
Curie, an AI-powered scientific writing assistant tailored for researchers, especially those for whom English is not a first language.
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Onfim’s Birch-Bark Doodles: A Medieval Reminder of Creativity for Publishing Industry Stakeholders Resistant To Change
Today, the digital revolution has expanded the horizons of children’s art. Technology offers new ways to create and share artwork, allowing children to experiment with styles and techniques.
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Adaptation Over Resistance: The film industry’s cautious embrace of Sora offers a blueprint for publishing
Text-to-video is the new cinema frontier, and we’ve been here so many times. If it’s new and shiny, it’s bad, bad, bad, and must be resisted at all costs. Until we can’t live without it.
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The Publishing Industry’s Divergent Reactions to Amazon and AI Companies: A Study in Hypocrisy and Dependency
Joke of the Month: “The Trump-Vance FTC will never back down from taking on Big Tech” – US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson.
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Submissions Open For The FIL Prize For Literature in Romance Languages
Submissions are now being welcomed and will remain open until Friday, 4 July,
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Canadian Booksellers Plead for Tariff Exemption on US-Imported Books
There’s a lesson here for publishers everywhere that rely on US trade.
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Legacy TV Consumption Falls. Streaming TV Rises. Lessons For Book Publishers From Streaming’s Success
Put simply, publishing needs to move with the times. And of course it will, eventually. The history of publishing is the history of active resistance, passive acceptance and eventual embrace.
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Digital Publishing Award Goes Global in 2025
Submissions opened 17 March and close 22 August.
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Morocco’s 2025 Book Publishing Support Programme
All that said, actions speak larger than words, so it will be interesting to review this in a year’s time and see what real progress has been made.
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“I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work.” The robot rebellion is already well underway!
As AI further disrupts the creative industries, it will be those that upskill to stay ahead that will thrive, while those that take the lazy route AI offers will find they have nothing original to say and no unique voice to say it.
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Thailand – Bangkok International Book Fair Expects 1.3 Million Visitors To Spend $12 million
“This will be the largest event in our 53-year history, reinforcing our position as the biggest book trade event in Southeast Asia.”
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The Untapped Potential of Large Print Books: A Strategy for the Publishing Industry
Repositioning large print books as “Comfortable Reads”, “Relaxed Reads” or “Easy-on-the-Eye Reads” for all demographics presents a lucrative opportunity for the publishing industry.
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The AutHer Awards 2025: Celebrating Women Writers in India
Now in its sixth incarnation, the awards celebrate the exceptional contributions of women authors to India’s literary landscape.
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Recognising Emerging European Fiction Writers: The European Union Prize for Literature 2025
The winners will be announced on 16 May 2025 at the Book World Prague fair in the Bohemian Pavilion.
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Voxblock Stories for Schools: Unlocking the Power of Audiobooks – UK Reading Initiative
So they did want any parent would do when spotting a market opportunity, a social need and a daughter eager for more audiobooks: they created Voxblock.
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USA – Bowker and IndieCommerce Boost Independent Bookstore Digital Sales With Book2look. A Global Perspective
Book2look has already generated over 250 million views, demonstrating its effectiveness.
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The Bookseller’s UK Publishing Salaries Survey makes for fascinating reading, even though its numbers and conclusions can only be considered indicative at best
We’d been told that 11 respondents in total claimed to be paid £18k or less, but how many of those were part time, and performing what role? What qualifications, experience and expertise do they bring to the table?
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Bangladesh – Ekushey Boi Mela Concludes After a Month of Low Attendance, Poor Sales, Censorship and Mob Rule
Stalls were shut down, books removed, and even female hygiene products were targetted by Islamic extremist elements.
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