The Mattel-OpenAI Partnership: A Wake-Up Call for Trade Publishing
Mattel-OpenAI's AI toy partnership challenges trade publishing to embrace AI for interactive storytelling or risk obsolescence.
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AI Training on Copyright Content is Fair Use in US. AI Companies Will Now Pay Less For Content. Our Loss
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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Voxa’s Latin America Leap. A Romanian Start-Up Challenges the Global Streaming Giants
We are not here to explore. We are here to win market share.
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Africa’s Book Market Value Exceeds TNPS Forecast, But the Best is Yet to Come
Africa’s book market hits $7B in 2025, with AI driving growth to $18.5B potential. UNESCO report highlights opportunities, challenges, and digital innovation.
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Streaming TV Beats Combined Broadcast and Cable – Why Publishing Must Embrace the Inevitable
Why publishing must learn from TV’s streaming milestone and embrace AI-powered subscription models before tech disruptors claim the future.
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The Mattel-OpenAI Partnership: A Wake-Up Call for Trade Publishing
Mattel-OpenAI’s AI toy partnership challenges trade publishing to embrace AI for interactive storytelling or risk obsolescence.
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Indonesia’s Literary Translation Initiative Needs AI To Truly Boost Potential
Indonesia plans systematic translation of its classics—could AI accelerate global reach? A hybrid human/AI model may make multi-language publishing viable for emerging markets.
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Seoul International Book Fair 2025: Taiwan Takes Centre Stage
Deputy Culture Minister Sue Wang has positioned the collaboration as a launchpad for expanded partnerships between Taiwan and South Korea across publishing, television, film, and video gaming industries.
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Syria’s Publishing Renaissance: A New Chapter for Arab Literary Freedom?
An exciting time for Syrian authors and other publishing industry stakeholders not just to rebuild, but to reframe Syrian publishing for the twenty-first century.
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Sharjah’s Onshur Scale Track: A Blueprint for Sustainable Publishing Growth in the UAE
While other countries may not have the UAE’s resources or govt. commitment to publishing to match the model in full, there’s much to be learned here.
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Arabic Poetry Flourishes Across Africa: A Continent’s Literary Revival
Almost everyone here learns Arabic as a second or third language, and often it’s their first written language, but I struggle to find anyone here who sees Arabic as language of the arts.
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Echoes! Contemporary Illustration in Nordic-Balti Children’s Literature
A testament to the enduring power of children’s book art – where storytelling, culture, and emotion intertwine.
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The 2025 Black Sea Literary Festival 2025 is Underway in Bulgaria
The event shouts out the region’s growing cultural synergy amid geopolitical tensions.
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AI and the Workforce: Implications for Publishing from PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
The latest PwC report is bad news for the Luddite Fringe.
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AI Licensing Deals Heat Up, But Trade Book Publishers Risk Falling Behind
It’s time trade publishers got off the comfy fence and started dealing with reality.
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Translation is About Much More than Converting Words from One Language to Another
Translation is about much more than converting words from one language to another.
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DC’s Cinematic Reboot: Superman’s New Dawn Amid Marvel’s Decline. Implications for Publishing
with audiences more discerning (and older film-goers like me wedded to C20 characters that Marvel and DC have lately walked away from) and competition fiercer than ever, success is far from guaranteed.
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IBBY Canada Opens Call for Papers for 40th World Congress: “Listening to Each Other’s Voices”.
Under the theme “Listening to Each Other’s Voices,” the Congress will explore inclusivity, representation, and sustainability through keynote speeches, workshops, and peer-led discussions.
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Spotify’s iOS Payment Reforms Drive Subscription Surge and Audiobook Sales. Don’t tell Markus Dohle and the SoA!
For publishers, the lesson is clear: consumer choice in payment systems isn’t just fair – it’s profitable.
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Romania’s Bookfest 2025: A Celebration of Literature (and a personal note)
“Years later I slipped it into the Kindle store one day and, despite it being written in the first person as a twelve year old Romanian girl in WWII, it sold a quarter million copies.”
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BLAPAN’s Inauguration Marks a Turning Point in Nigeria’s IP Protection Arena
A bold step forward in the fight against piracy and the push for stronger protections for literary professionals.
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