Fans Lined Up All Night For The First Day Of The 2026 Taipei International Comics & Animation Festival
Taipei’s 500 000-fan anime expo: 100 vendors, NT$250 m spend, new safety rules, youth vouchers and a push for local IP—what publishers can learn.
Taipei’s 500 000-fan anime expo: 100 vendors, NT$250 m spend, new safety rules, youth vouchers and a push for local IP—what publishers can learn.
by Mark Williams | Feb 11, 2026 | AI | 0 |
Microsoft’s AI content marketplace excludes book publishers. Why fiction and minor-language content could reshape AI licensing—if publishers act now.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 11, 2026 | AI, Amazon, USA | 0 |
Amazon plans AWS-integrated AI content marketplace rivaling Microsoft PCM. Publishers sell training data via Bedrock. Unconfirmed, but leverages cloud dominance.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 11, 2026 | S.E. Asia, Vietnam | 0 |
Vietnam’s publishing sector shows strong growth, driven by digital transformation. Analysis for publishing professionals on market trends, strategy, and policy.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 8, 2026 | Armenia, Eurasia | 0 |
Armenian Publishers National Association relaunches with new leadership including Antares CEO Armen Martirosyan as president, alongside board members from major publishing houses.
Read MoreAnalysis of Yoshitoki Ōima’s India tour as a strategic publishing play by Japanese stakeholders targeting institutional gatekeepers and emerging market share.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 7, 2026 | Africa, Ethiopia, Uncategorized | 0 |
Hawassa University becomes Book Aid International’s 2026–28 national consignee, replacing British Council to steer donated-book supply chain across Ethiopia.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 7, 2026 | Brazil, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
Grupo Editorial Triz launches Soul Next imprint in Sharjah Publishing City, becoming first Brazilian house with UAE presence. Arabic, English, Hindi titles target 17-country market from Q3 2026.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 6, 2026 | Academic and specialist publishing, Publishing Controversies, USA | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 6, 2026 | Africa, Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Egypt | 0 |
Cairo International Book Fair 2026 drew 6.2 million visitors, doubling Madrid’s turnout and cementing its status as publishing’s most formidable Arab-world market.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 6, 2026 | Anime, Comics, Taiwan | 0 |
Taipei’s 500 000-fan anime expo: 100 vendors, NT$250 m spend, new safety rules, youth vouchers and a push for local IP—what publishers can learn.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 4, 2026 | Africa, Comics, Congo | 0 |
Jevic Josué Otiléon, founder of Centrale Comics, on winning the Prix Lili 2025 and building a sustainable comics ecosystem in Congo and beyond.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 3, 2026 | AI, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
Bender, Cave, Marcus, Gebru, Lanier: engaging AI’s harshest critics strengthens the case for thoughtful collaboration. Why their concerns matter—and where they overreach.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 3, 2026 | Arab publishing, Book Fairs, MENA publishing, Syria | 0 |
Damascus International Book Fair 2026 Qatar guest of honour
156-character metadata description: Qatar leads cultural diplomacy as guest of honour at the Damascus International Book Fair, 5–16 Feb 2026, with 500 publishers from 35 countries.
by Mark Williams | Feb 1, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 |
Tiruppur Book Festival showcases India’s regional publishing potential with innovative ‘Tiruppur Reads’ initiative, student-authored content, and multimillion-book distribution programmes transforming market dynamics.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 1, 2026 | Book Fairs, Pakistan, South Asia | 0 |
Gwadar’s 10th book fair challenges the myth that Pakistan lacks readers, celebrating pleasure reading alongside academic gain.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 1, 2026 | Comics, France, USA | 0 |
Record $15M Superman comic sale signals new era for publishing professionals examining alternative investments and cultural asset values in rare publications.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 30, 2026 | AI, UK | 0 |
UK government AI partnerships with Meta and Anthropic signal decisive shift away from Publishers Association’s restrictive copyright agenda towards innovation.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 30, 2026 | AI | 0 |
I will give Meta another chance. One day. But not yet. I feel badly let down by Meta tonight. Not because it f****d up – we all make mistakes – but because having admitted it, it didn’t change. It doubled-down on being dumb.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 29, 2026 | Arab publishing, Egypt, Intangible Cultural Heritage | 0 |
Sharjah Institute and Egypt’s National Translation Centre unveil joint Arabic heritage list, grant funding and professional training for publishers.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 28, 2026 | Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America | 0 |
Havana International Book Fair 2026 features Russia as guest of honour, offering publishing professionals access to Cuba’s state-controlled market and Latin American literary network.
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