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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)
More Growth at Westchester Publishing Services

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

Last year, Westchester supported more than 600 publishers across 16,000-plus projects that ranged from books and white papers to journals and EPUBs. (Sponsored)
Delivering Ever-Evolving Digital Solutions for Publishing

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

Adapt, adopt, assimilate—that is the way digital solutions vendors are going about making technologies, new and proven, work for them and their publishing clients. This method also applies to their stance on three hot industry topics: accessibility, artificial intelligence, and automation. (Sponsored)
Navigating Approaching Accessibility Requirements

By Tyler M. Carey | 06/21/2024 @ 07:00PM

There is an ongoing discussion in the market about the timeline and implications of the European accessibility act (EAA) and how these will impact publishers’ plans not only for frontlist EPUB requirements but also for ensuring their backlists can remain in print, supported by an accessible digital alternative that allows all potential readers to engage with the content of a book. (Sponsored)
Digital Solutions in India 2024: All Our Coverage

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

Embracing new regulations and standards while tweaking technologies and tools is the norm for digital solutions vendors in India and elsewhere.
Book Business AI Showcase: Spines and Storywise

By Ed Nawotka | 06/10/2024 @ 09:00AM

In the third of an ongoing series of articles spotlighting book business–related AI startups, we take a look at Spines, an AI-powered self-publishing platform, and Storywise, a tool to help publishers and agents manage manuscript submissions.
Survey Finds Spotify Audiobooks Popular, but Compensation Questions Remain

By Jim Milliot and John Maher | 06/03/2024 @ 10:30AM

As part of its efforts to force Spotify to be more transparent about how it pays authors, the Coalition of Concerned Creators commissioned a survey to discover how audiobook listeners felt about the service. It found mixed results.

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