Reimagined Toy Fair New York postponed until 2023. Lessons for the publishing industry
The industry is in danger of sleepwalking into the next crises (plural, and likely many), some of...
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Category: The Future of Publishing
“’#fakefurt’ risks becoming just a moment that over time becomes a season and then a continuum” – Philip Jones, The Bookseller, on the digital Buchmesse
We should also be clear that the virtual Frankfurt is no fake, but rather the new reality. Even if...
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Modelling the Next New Normal: “ReBoot: Books, Business and Reading” counts down to Oct. 13 Conference with thematic workshops starting Sept. 17
While many in the publishing industry are still struggling to come to terms with the current...
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Spotify’s move into audiobooks is a seismic shift in the publishing landscape, but the ripples will take time to be felt
Can Spotify dominate the audiobook scene in the same way it has music? No is the simple answer....
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Germany’s Frankfurt Book Fair under pressure as exodus gains momentum. GoH Canada seeks postponement. The Buchmesse is dead – Long live the Buchmesse redux
It’s not looking good for the Frankfurt Book Fair. While the Buchmesse has committed to going...
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Mapping the New Normal: As HarperCollins, Macmillan and Bonnier lead the Exodus, it’s time for the Frankfurt Book Fair to rethink its focus
The ink was barely dry on the Buchmesse statement announcing a hybrid in-person and virtual event...
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Mapping the New Normal – Bologna Children’s Book Fair doubles its audience by going online at last minute. Imagine what it could achieve if this were fully planned…
While not the first publishing event to be hit, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair was one of the...
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New York Times hits 5 million subscribers and $800 million in digital revenue. Targets 10 million subscribers by 2025. You can’t put the subscription genie back in the bottle
With $800 million in digital revenue last year, the New York Times also topped 5 million...
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The US accounted for less than 42% of Netflix revenue in Q3. Netflix global numbers show the opportunities and challenges ahead for digital books subscription
With Netflix struggling to maintain momentum in the US, where competition is fierce and saturation...
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320,000 visitors. 6,000 copyright agreements. 5G author holograms. Beijing’s 26th Int. Book Fair hailed a success and a gateway to Asia
The fun is over and the reckoning begins. The 26th Beijing International Book Fair was by all...
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Celebrating its first anniversary, Singapore’s mobile reading app Dreame is another example of the millions of invisible global digital readers outside mainstream publishing
“Show Your Girl Power” is the topic of to a writing competition to mark the successful...
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International Publishers Association announces line-up for 2nd IPA Africa Seminar in Nairobi
If last year’s inaugural IPA Africa Seminar in Lagos was a much needed wake-up call to a global...
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