The Sharjah Book Authority visited Kuala Lumpur two weeks before KLIBF, meeting Big Bad Wolf, BookXcess and Kota Buku. TNPS analyses what it means for the emerging south-south publishing corridor.
Major publishers condemn AI as theft while deploying automation to cut narrator, translator, warehouse and operational jobs. TNPS examines the selective labour theory behind publishing’s AI moral framework.
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The Sharjah Book Authority visited Kuala Lumpur two weeks before KLIBF, meeting Big Bad Wolf, BookXcess and Kota Buku. TNPS analyses what it means for the emerging south-south publishing corridor.
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IPG signs five publishers to its sales and distribution programmes from June 2026, spanning children’s, educational, business, and translated literature.
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The 2026 Warsaw International Book Fair runs 28–31 May at PGE Narodowy, with Sharjah as Guest of Honour and 1,200+ industry events.
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The Spotify/UMG AI licensing deal is a working blueprint publishing could have built. Instead, the industry’s anti-AI stance is handing the advantage to platforms.
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Turin Book Fair 2026 closes with 254,000 visitors, rising sales, and a packed Rights Centre. Catalonia named 2027 Guest of Honour Literature.
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While western publishers debate AI as existential threat, Korea’s Publishers Association president Kim Tae-heon proposed a licensed data market architecture that protects rights and builds new revenue simultaneously. The strategic divergence has consequences.
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The 50th Buenos Aires International Book Fair broke attendance records with 1.34m visitors and expanded 50,000 sqm space, cementing its status as the leading Spanish-language publishing marketplace.
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The 35th Doha International Book Fair 2026 opens with record participation, featuring 500+ publishers, 1.85m books, and key Arabic publishing trends.
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The UK comics market hit record sales of £78.7m in 2025. So why does the Comics Creators Report 2026 read like a sector in crisis? Mark Williams examines the assumptions.
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Bangladesh’s minister says books could become an export sector, but publishers will need stronger rights, skills, standards and institutions.
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Al Manhal Bakery and Books: a Damascus bookshop on historic Straight Street curating multilingual titles for post-censorship Syria. Beggars can be choosers.
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Hachette Livre and Studiocanal launch On Screen, a joint venture to adapt the publisher’s catalogue for film and TV, deepening ties between European publishing and screen production.
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Bulgaria is the guest of honour at Bookfest 2026 in Bucharest. Leading authors, including Booker winner Georgi Gospodinov, will attend.
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HarperCollins named the reading-for-pleasure paradox — then sold parents the phonics workbooks causing it. Publishing’s biggest conflict of interest, examined.
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Literary agent Khayala Murad discusses Azerbaijani literature’s evolution and professional standards at the 12th Reading Day Book Fair in Baku, April 2026.
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Hachette UK acquires Kogan Page, adding 1,000 titles and becoming the UK’s second-largest business publisher while preserving its imprint identity intact.
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Nigerian publishers warn proposed textbook ranking policy risks undermining standards, due process and the wider book ecosystem.
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South Africa’s R1.6bn Foundation Phase textbook tender faces collapse after Lighthouse Publishers, a “shelf company” with no publishing experience, won 26% of approvals.
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Transworld launches 3AM Books, PRH’s first horror imprint, tapping booming demand, genre diversity and digital fan communities.
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