At a Friday morning session, Joachim Kaufmann, the newly appointed CEO of the Frankfurter Buchmesse said the fair was in a healthy state, and that his first order of business would be to listen.
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Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026: Audible-Commissioned Survey Finds Audio Sends Readers Back to Print; Half Would Try AI Narration
The Audible survey, conducted by NielsenIQ across 11 markets, finds that audiobooks pull listeners towards print and e-books.
Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026: EU AI Act Gives Publishers Leverage, but No Teeth
Specialists at Frankfurter Buchmesse said the EU’s AI rules help rights holders on paper yet lack penalties for AI developers and incentives for researchers.
Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026: FEP Warns of a Slide as European Publishers Earn More, but Sell Less
The Federation of European Publishers reports a 1.2% dip in 2025 turnover and a widening gap between nominal growth and real-term decline.
Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026: Tonies Bets On a Kids’ Audio Future that Is Screenless, Serialized, with Content (Often) Made In-house
Heading for roughly €800m in sales, Tonies is producing more of its own content, but insists that publishers remain key its future.
Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026: French Publishers Head to Frankfurt with a Full List, Not a Long Face
Despite a contraction in France’s book market contracts, the country’s publishers arrive at the 78th Frankfurt Book Fair with a strong list of rights successes, and a message of strength.
This French Graphic Novel Is Headed to the Moon. Literally.
Albin Michel’s Astro Allan will be etched onto a sapphire disc bound for the lunar surface in 2030, becoming the first comic book ever ‘distributed’ on the Moon.
A Quarter of a Manuscript, 20 Deals: France’s Publishing Sensation of the Summer
Sold in 20 countries within four weeks, Le Monde de Noé is the latest proof point for City Éditions’ strategy of pairing selective list-building with an increasingly close partnership with agency BAM.
In France, Publishers Confront Broad Market Challenges as Revenue Slides for a Third Consecutive Year
The Syndicat national de l’édition reported a 0.6% decline in publisher revenues to €2.88 billion in 2025, with the unchecked expansion of the secondhand book market and questions over AI posing deep structural concerns.
At the Beijing International Book Fair, Rights Trading Gives Way to IP Licensing
The 32nd Beijing International Book Fair closed on June 21 with solid numbers: 2,835 copyright agreements signed across 82 countries. But the real story was how China’s publishing industry is rebuilding itself around streaming commerce, AI-assisted editorial workflows, and transmedia IP.