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To This Tech Entrepreneur and Author, Every Book Is a Startup
Uri Levine, a cofounder of Waze and the author of 'Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution,' argues that unicorn companies and bestselling books have a lot in common.
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How Digital Innovation Both Strengthens and Threatens the Book Business
More than 320 publishing-related tech startups, nearly all of them AI-related, have launched over the past two years. What impact they will have on the book business remains uncertain.
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Audiobook Consumption Jumps in China
Consumers listened to an average of 8.8 audiobooks last year in China, where enjoying audiobooks is a communal experience—one that can even include family pets.
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A New Italian Literary Agency Is Born
Veteran literary agent Milly Ruggiero, currently foreign rights manager at the Rights Factory, spoke with PW about her new literary agency, Booklé, based in Naples, Italy.
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The State of Sales for English-Language Editions in Europe
Across Europe, English-language editions are becoming increasingly popular, which affects the sales of local translated editions. One rights agent warns of “a massively dire state for foreign-language editions in certain markets.”
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BookTok Boom: Social Media Helps Drive Sales in Some International Markets
BookTok is playing an increasingly important role in international book sales, according to new data from Nielsen BookData, as its global research points to “strong fiction, declining nonfiction, and slower price increases.”
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Bringing Balkan Literature to the U.S.
Croatian publisher Ivan Sršen discusses the surprising success of Sandorf Passage, a U.S. publishing house focused on translations from Eastern Europe.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Professional Attendance Up 9%
As the Frankfurt Book Fair's professional program wraps up today, fair director Jurgen Boos reported a rise in trade visitors and a pivot to catering to consumers, many drawn by the rise of "new adult" publishing.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Elif Shafak Offers Literature as an Antidote for an Ill World
Freedom to read is imperiled in a world that is ill at ease with the idea of freedom of thought, of feeling, of difference. No one knows this better than Elif Shafak, the Turkish author of 20 books translated into 50 languages, who spoke at the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair's opening press conference.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Ukraine’s Literary Resilience
Ukraine has once again made a powerful statement at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair with its national stand themed “Reclaiming the Voice,” a poignant reflection of the country’s struggle to maintain its cultural identity amid ongoing conflict.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: A Feeling of Optimism
In what has been generally a drama-free event, the focus at this year's fair was on doing deals as the international publishing business settles into a post-pandemic rhythm.
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A Look Inside the Global Webcomics Business
Kim Hyung Joo, head of webtoons at leading digital publishing platform Munpia, discusses the growth of the billion-dollar Korean webcomic business.
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The 10 Largest Publishers in the World
RELX Group remains in the number one slot, with sales at the STM and legal publisher holding relatively even at $6.3 billion, while Japan’s Hitotsubashi Group moved into the seventh spot due to the further integration of two publishers the holding company owns.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Clio Books Offers an AI Solution for Reluctant Writers
The new publishing company combines AI-generated prompts with human creativity and editing, aiming to help authors—particularly busy professionals—transform their ideas into submission-ready manuscripts.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Karine Pansa Prepares for the Future
The outgoing IPA president reflects on her two-year tenure and her new project promoting reading in Latin America.
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Ingram Content Group Unveils New Book-to-Screen Rights Database
MediaScout aims to connect film and television industry professionals with books available for screen adaptation, explained Margaret Hepp Harrison, VP of digital services at Ingram Content Group, who is leading the project. The service made its debut at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Karp, McIntosh, Shelley Take the Stage
Publishing executives are rarely far from the podium at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but this year, things looked a bit different: Simon & Schuster was joined onstage by its new owner, Hachette in the U.S. and U.K. was represented by just one CEO, and the former head of Penguin Random House U.S. extolled the virtues of disrupting the publishing model.
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