This year’s professional program once again features hundreds of industry leaders, experts, authors, and technologists who will explore a wide array of topics facing the global book business.
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With New Competition, IFLA Is Looking For the Next Masters of Library Science…Fiction
With its 100-year anniversary on the horizon, IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations) is asking librarians to use their imaginations when contemplating the future of librarianship…literally.
Suzanne Collins’ ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ Takes Top Honors at the 31st Annual Audie Awards Gala
The APA also honored the inaugural Audio Publishers Association Hall of Fame inductees: veteran narrators George Guidall, Hillary Huber, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, and Simon Vance.
AAP Announces 2026 PROSE Award Winners, with Cambridge University Press Taking the R.R. Hawkins Award
Cambridge University Press Managing Director Mandy Hill said receiving the prestigious R.R. Hawkins Award was “a real honor for Cambridge” and “an extraordinary achievement” for Eltis.
Hachette Reports Solid 2025 Earnings, Is Now the Third Largest Publisher in the U.S.
The publisher posted gains in France, the U.K., and the U.S., leapfrogging Simon & Schuster to become the third largest U.S. publisher for the first time in over a decade.
Paper Republic, Singing Grass Launch New Prize for Chinese/English Translators
The Voices of Today Literary Translation Award seeks to bring contemporary Chinese literature into sharper focus for English language readers worldwide.
Report Suggests Piracy Accounts for Nearly a Third of the Italian Book Market, with Mounting Concern Over AI
For the first time, this year’s survey addressed a new element of the piracy threat—the “difficult-to-quantify losses caused by the use of AI-generated summaries and condensations of books.”
Sweden’s Storytel Reports Record Profits for 2025, Predicts Strong Growth Ahead
“With industry projections suggesting this user base will double again over the next five years, we see significant further growth potential across our entire footprint,” Storytel CEO Bodil Eriksson Torp told shareholders.
Andrew Franklin to Receive the London Book Fair’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award
“A standout independent publisher of his generation, it’s not an exaggeration to say that Andrew has been an inspiration for thousands of people in the industry,” said Emma Lowe, Director of The London Book Fair, in announcing the award.
U.S. Book Sales Finished 2025 with a Strong December; Adult Trade Finishes Down Slightly for the Year
Year-to-date revenues for the industry came at $14.6 billion for the year, up 1.1% over 2024.