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Everand Acquires Online Book Club Platform Fable

By Ed Nawotka | 06/10/2025 @ 09:00AM

Everand, the online e-book and audiobook subscription service and subsidiary of Scribd, has acquired the social reading and book club app Fable, which has three million users and hosts more than 100,000 book clubs.
Amazon Cuts Jobs in Book Division

By John Maher | 06/06/2025 @ 10:00AM

The e-tail giant has laid off an undisclosed number of employees in its Books division, adding that fewer than 100 roles were affected. The cuts include roles in Amazon’s Kindle unit and at book review platform Goodreads.
Ingram Adds AI Tools to iD Advertising Platform

By Ed Nawotka | 05/29/2025 @ 10:00AM

Ingram Content Group has added AI-powered ad copy generation and automated image creation tools to its Ingram iD advertising platform, which it says has access to four million active book buyers.
Audible Expands Catalog with AI Narration and Translation Services

By Ed Nawotka | 05/13/2025 @ 09:30AM

Audible is now offering AI-powered narration and production services to select audiobook publishers, with AI translation services to launch in beta later this year.
The Audiobook Business Learns to Embrace AI

By Ed Nawotka | 03/25/2025 @ 09:00AM

At a panel at this year’s London Book Fair, executives from Bookwire, Hachette, and Storytel examined AI’s impact on the audiobook market, opportunities the technology could create, and concerns over rights management and compensation.
Created by Humans AI Rights Platform Launches for Authors

By Ed Nawotka | 01/14/2025 @ 09:00AM

The startup, launched by Scribd cofounder Trip Adler, has unveiled its AI rights licensing platform for authors, which allows for the licensing of AI training rights and reference rights.
Rebind Reimagines Classic Literature with AI Enhancement

By Ed Nawotka | 10/31/2024 @ 10:00AM

The new enhanced e-book platform launched with five titles, including 'Dubliners' and 'The Great Gatsby,' that offer expert video commentary and an AI chatbot users can query. Plans are to publish two new titles per month.
Scribd to Launch Credit-Based Model, Expand Big Five Partnerships

By Ed Nawotka | 10/30/2024 @ 09:00AM

Scribd is ending its unlimited model and implementing credit-based subscriptions for its Everand reading platform, offering one title monthly for $11.99 or three for $16.99, and adding bestsellers from all Big Five publishers to an expanded catalog.
Empowering Publishers Through Innovation and Investment at Virtusales

By Teri Tan | 10/14/2024 @ 07:00PM

BiblioFlow, a project focused on streamlining assets and metadata through an intuitive UI to increase efficiency and improve user experience, is set to take center stage at Virtusales Publishing Solutions at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair.
Changing the Game for Publishers Big and Small at KNK Software

By Teri Tan | 10/11/2024 @ 07:00PM

This year, KNK is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the North American market, and to mark this milestone, the company is giving back to the industry that has been integral to its success.
Continuous Expansion and Reimagining of Content Solutions at KGL

By Teri Tan | 10/11/2024 @ 07:00PM

In recent months, KnowledgeWorks Global (KGL) has demonstrated a major commitment to the marketplace by enabling publishers to grow their revenue, speed up their workflow, and protect themselves against threats.
Plotting the Digital Publishing Course

By Teri Tan | 10/11/2024 @ 07:00PM

Digital solutions providers are harnessing technology-driven tools to assist publishers and chart their shared future.
Kindle Unlimited Turns 10

By Jim Milliot | 09/03/2024 @ 09:00AM

Since Amazon's subscription service was launched in 2014, the company says that three billion books have been read via Kindle Unlimited and that it has paid out over $3.5 billion to Kindle Direct Publishing authors.
OverDrive Forms New Content Group

By Andrew Albanese | 08/02/2024 @ 09:00AM

Company officials said that the group will focus on "developing content discovery channels and evolving access models" to provide "the best possible content experience for institutions across the globe."
Scribd and Everand Introduce AI-Powered Book Discovery

By Ed Nawotka | 08/02/2024 @ 08:00AM

Digital content subscription service Scribd has announced the beta release of Ask AI, a new artificial intelligence tool designed to make it faster and easier to search for and find content across its Scribd and Everand platforms.
How an AI-Driven Publishing Model Enabled Thad McIlroy's New Book

By Ed Nawotka | 07/30/2024 @ 09:00AM

The author, a contributing editor at 'PW' covering the intersection of technology and the book business, used AI to help him launch his new book, 'The AI Revolution in Book Publishing'—in 32 languages and six audiobook formats on the same day.
LexisNexis Offers Nexis+ AI for Enhanced Corporate Research

By Ed Nawotka | 07/23/2024 @ 09:00AM

Nexis+ AI, a new generative AI-powered platform from LexisNexis, seeks to balance technical innovation with respect for content creators' rights.
AI as Ally: Publishing Pros Explore Technology's Potential

By PW Staff | 06/28/2024 @ 09:00AM

At a LinkedIn Live panel titled "Beyond Publishing: When AI Is Your Ally," experts discussed the impact of AI on the publishing world, addressing how it can be implemented into the publishing workflow as well as efforts to help authors and publishers get paid by AI companies for the use of their work.
Accessibility and Automation at Lapiz Digital

By Teri Tan | 06/21/2024 @ 07:00PM

Accessibility-first workflow, especially for K–12 projects, is gaining momentum at Lapiz Digital. (Sponsored)

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