Category: Print
Egypt’s Publishing Sector Faces Existential Cost Crisis
Egypt risks losing its historic position as the publishing capital of the Arabic-speaking world.
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Storytel. Spotify. Now Audible. Audio, Text, and the Physical Book Slowly Converge
Audible, Spotify, and Storytel are collapsing the boundaries between audio and text. What it means for rights, royalties, AI — and the reader who never reads.
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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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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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PW special edition on ‘Printing and Paper Suppliers’ scheduled for February
Hopefully we’ll get some insights into how AI is helping transform the print and paper sectors, but this report will also come just as the new Trump tariffs will, for better or worse, be impacting the world.
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USA – sluggish sales, “Holidays” hopes, and cold realities
Milliott’s latest report on the struggling US print market for PW is one of so many it would...
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USA – Bookstore Sales Fell 17% in August. Ebooks fell, or rose, depending on where you look.
It is not clear just how much college books shifting to digital are contributing to the 17% August...
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Memo to Malaviya: Ditch the Dohle Doctrine and bring PRH into the 21st century
This will be Malaviya’s chance to nail his own colours to the mast and show us he has an...
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US – “Print Books Take a Tumble.”
Nothing too worrying, but also nothing to celebrate . Jim Milliot’s latest look at the US...
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“ISBN hyperinflation” and “arteriosclerosis of distribution channels.” Richard Charkin at large
Which reader is so poorly educated that they might be confused by the fact that there are a lot of...
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“We’re driving toward a paper crisis. More mills are converting to higher-value papers for diapers, etc.”
“We’re driving toward a paper crisis. More mills are converting to higher-value papers for...
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Say hello to HC Arc®, the new font for “non-English” books that no-one has been waiting for
If HCArc® can reduce the amount of paper used per title by up to 20% then that’s certainly a...
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