Colombia’s Publishing Industry in 2024: Growth, Diversity, and Resilience
In 2024, 17,989 new titles were published in Colombia, with 37.9 million copies sold, signalling a strong rebound in production and demand.
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Author: Mark Williams
US Head of Copyright Fired. Just How Close Are We to a Trump Executive Order Declaring Fair Use for AI Companies?
The dismissal of the head of US copyright amid high-profile legal cases and potential executive interventions, rams home the urgent need for a measured, strategic response. Forget the soundbites and the posturing. This is serious.
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Iceland’s Storytel Dispute: A Clash of Values
“Literature and art are created exclusively by artists and not machines,” says the IWA, seemingly completely ignorant of the history of global literature, where technology has augmented – not replaced – human creativity.
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China – Unlocking History Through Verse: Ancient Poetry Illuminates Ecological Decline in the Yangtze
“Poetry isn’t just art – it’s a dialogue with our past, urging us to restore balance.”
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UAE Embraces AI: How the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre is Revolutionising Arabic Content
This growth was supported by the release of over 2,000 digital knowledge resources and – don’t tell the Luddite Fringe – AI-powered audiobooks, reinforcing the Centre’s commitment to digitising Arabic literature.
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