US federal judge dismisses antitrust lawsuit against Elsevier, Springer Nature and other major academic publishers, ruling that industry practices do not constitute illegal collusion under Sherman Act.
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Record $15M Superman comic sale signals new era for publishing professionals examining alternative investments and cultural asset values in rare publications.
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IPG partners with Beat Technology to launch white-label direct-to-consumer digital publishing platform for independent publishers, replacing decade-old infrastructure with modern audiobook and ebook sales capabilities.
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BBC’s Hoopla Digital expansion offers publishers unprecedented US market access through library streaming, converting TV viewers into book buyers and driving 44% sales increases.
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Insight Partners acquires Bookwire and Zebralution, uniting German ebook, audiobook and podcast distribution under one US private-equity roof.
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Independent Publishers Group adds six specialist publishers including Broad Book Group, The Secret Mountain, and Schaffner Press to its distribution network, expanding its independent publishing portfolio.
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Audible’s in-app video beta favours major publishers. We examine the martech move’s pros, cons and implications for indie presses.
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Barnes & Noble’s expansion and BookTok hype suggest a retail boom, but the data tells a different story. We’re not growing the market—just reshuffling it.
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Independent bookshops have a huge opportunity to use operational AI, as shown by Swoon City. Why the industry’s fear is costing indies a revolution.
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Anthropic, on the strength of the settlement and cave-in by the authors’ class action, has just pocketed another $13 billion in F-series funding, and now has a market value of $183 billion. You couldn’t make it up.
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Anthropic was not willing to gamble. And equally, nor was the Luddite Defence. Both sides opted to play safe, and the industry will live with the consequences.
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Authors and publishers in Europe and elsewhere complacently thinking it won’t matter to them need to think again. Unless they want to stop their sales to the USA.
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