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The Updated EPUB Is a Brilliant Balancing Act

By Bill Kasdorf | 06/23/2023 @ 07:00PM

Now a formal W3C standard, the latest EPUB format has moved slowly and didn’t break things.
Project MUSE Adds Books from 75 Latin American Publishers

By Ed Nawotka | 06/21/2023 @ 09:00AM

With demand for Spanish-language content doubling since 2020, Project MUSE has partnered with EULAC to add titles from 55 Colombian university presses and another 20 from other houses across Latin America and Spain.
AI Is About to Turn Book Publishing Upside-Down

By Thad McIlroy | 06/02/2023 @ 07:00PM

The latest generation of AI is a game changer, Thad McIlroy writes. And the change won't be incremental, but scary fast. If he's right, then the trade book publishing industry as we know it will soon be obsolete.
Book.io Releases 'Brave New World' as an NFT E-book on the Algorand Blockchain

By Thad McIlroy | 04/25/2023 @ 09:00AM

Book.io and the Algorand Foundation will create 10,000e-book NFTs of Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World,' each with 500 AI-designed covers of varying rarity.
Educational Publishers Adapt to a Print Death Spiral

By Ken Brooks | 03/24/2023 @ 07:00PM

Higher education publishers are finding new models to meet the demands of a changed educational landscape, writes Ken Brooks.
The Effort to Help Publishers Fight Disinformation Is Underway

By Bill Kasdorf | 01/27/2023 @ 07:00PM

What content can you trust in an era of generative AI, deepfakes, fake news, and other counterfeits? Bill Kasdorf highlights three new organizations developing “certificates of authenticity” for media assets.
Digital Book World: Startups Are Entering 'A New Age'

By Ed Nawotka | 01/18/2023 @ 07:00AM

DBW's final day looked at a recent study of publishing industry startups and found that innovation takes all forms, from wildly successful ideas that took time to take off, like Audible, to cutting edge innovations, like blockchain book retailing.
Digital Book World 2023: The Future of AI Writing and Audio

By Ed Nawotka | 01/17/2023 @ 07:00PM

According to multiple presenters at the Digital Book World conference, ChatGPT has potential to remake the way people write and streamline production and editing, while AI voice replication promises affordable audiobook adaptations.
Digital Book World Focuses on Data and Accessibility

By Ed Nawotka | 01/16/2023 @ 05:00PM

Digital Book World, a conference focused on innovation in publishing, opened in New York City with a talk from the International Publishers Association about a two-year project focusing on data collection, as well as the need for more accessible books.
Publishing and the Metaverse

By Maja Thomas | 10/14/2022 @ 07:00PM

It is time for the industry to consider the storytelling opportunities that may exist in the fledgling virtual universe, Maja Thomas, chief innovation officer at Hachette Livre, argues.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, October 2, 2022

| 10/04/2022 @ 04:30PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended October 2, 2022.
Amazon to Restrict E-Book Return Policy

By John Maher | 09/22/2022 @ 06:00PM

Following discussions with the Authors Guild and the U.K.'s Society of Authors, Amazon will change its e-book return policy, no longer allowing readers to return e-books within seven days of purchase unless 10% of the book or less has been read.
For Inventory Planning, Publishers Must Go Back to Basics

By Ken Brooks | 09/16/2022 @ 07:00PM

To ensure they have the right amount of stock, publishers should source wisely, with digital, conventional, and onshore/nearshore/offshore printing all in the mix, writes Ken Brooks.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, September 11, 2022

| 09/14/2022 @ 02:30PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended September 11, 2022.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, August 28, 2022

| 08/30/2022 @ 05:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended August 28, 2022.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, August 21, 2022

| 08/23/2022 @ 03:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended August 21, 2022.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, August 13, 2022

| 08/16/2022 @ 06:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended August 13, 2022.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, August 7, 2022

| 08/09/2022 @ 06:30PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended August 7, 2022.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, July 31, 2022

| 08/02/2022 @ 04:30PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended July 31, 2022.
Big Tech Can Help the Book Biz with Accessibility

By Bill Kasdorf | 07/29/2022 @ 07:00PM

Silicon Valley is doing its part to improve accessibility for all, and the book business can benefit.

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