In the vacuum of any meaningful policy from governments, we have come together to define how generative AI services should be ...

Three publishing professionals discussed the impact of networks, mentorship, and sponsors for women in publishing. Waitere spoke at length about a formal mentorship she had in her early 20s. The ...

At Frankfurt’s Publishing Perspectives Forum, reps from several digital lending platforms explored how licensing, pricing, and growing demand are impacting digital access to books in public libraries.

The new award seeks to raise awareness of “courageous voices and the contexts in which they work,” and to “reaffirm the vital role of literature and free expression.” By Andrew Richard Albanese, ...

With audiobooks heading to more than 180 markets by year’s end, Spotify is turning a gradual rollout into a global one.

Audiobooks are widening the funnel for the book trade rather than draining it, according to a global survey commissioned by Audible. The study also suggests that consumer resistance to synthetic ...

Publishing Perspectives hosted our annual forum of high-level panels at Frankfurter Buchmesse last week. For anyone who might those events, please find the videos and the recordings of our popular ...

At a Friday morning session, Joachim Kaufmann, the newly appointed CEO of the Frankfurter Buchmesse said the fair was in a healthy state, and that his first order of business would be to listen. By ...

At the 2026 Frankfurter Buchmesse, Tonies CEO Tobias Wann, whose company makes of the popular Tonies box—a figurine-activated audio player for kids—outlined the company’s licensing-plus-studio model ...

Last week at Frankfurter Buchmesse, several companies celebrated significant anniversaries for the years they have been exhibiting at the book fair. Here are some highlights. Erin L. Cox is the ...

“The love of books is still flourishing and is pulsating,” said Sebastian Guggolz, Chairman of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, in his remarks at the October 6 opening press ...