As the US Senate opens the trial of the impeached Donald Trump, American political books rise on the updraft of media coverage. Read More
On Both Sides of the Political Divide, Books Are Soaring
Italian Book Publishers Reveal €528M Lost to Piracy Yearly
Costing the books industry as much as €528M, piracy is a major target for Italian book and news publishers in 2020. Read More
Netflix’s Kelly Luegenbiehl at Frankfurt: She Comes In Peace
The chief of Netflix International Originals at Frankfurt tells publishers that she actively wants to consider their stories for development: ‘I see us as partners, not competitors.’ Read More
Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s Cyberwarning
At the Annenberg, Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s ‘Library of Alexandria moment’ is a warning to publishers that their essential content could go up in cyber-flames.
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Is the Best Show Based on a Book?
Taking on the critics who say that TV and film are eroding publishing, the Publishers Association’s report asserts that the best—and top-earning—productions ‘begin with a book.’ Read More
VIDA Count: ‘Anything But the Norm’
Asking this year ‘if abuse and bigotry are anything but the norm,’ the annual VIDA Count for 2017 looks at how women are represented and reviewed in US literary publications. Read More
European Parliament: Copyright Directive Rejected
Shortly after the Federation of European Publishers met to hold its officers’ elections, the European Parliament has rejected a copyright directive the federation has supported. Another vote will occur in September. Read More
Madrid’s Casa del Lector
Built on the site of Madrid’s former industrial slaughterhouse complex, today’s Casa del Lector is filled with the joyous yelps of children meeting storytellers and the reading public encountering exhibitions on reading’s past and future. Read More
Audiobooks Jump 22.7 Percent
A six-year trend of double-digit growth in audiobook sales continues in the US, according to the new report for 2017 from the Audio Publishers Association. Audiobook sales last year totaled more than $2.5 billion. Read More
Tom Goodwin: ‘Digital Darwinist’
‘Challenging all assumptions of the past’ may be only the beginning of life after the digital disruption, Tom Goodwin says. And when he speaks at London Book Fair’s Quantum Conference, he’ll be talking about the ‘share-of-attention’ dilemma. Read More