International consultant Agnès Debiage talks with Hassan El Kamoun about his long term vision for Morocco’s Booksellers Association and its efforts to support booksellers, to modernize the sector, and to create sustainable tools for the entire book industry.
The French Book Business Grapples with the Rise of the Secondhand Book Trade
Among the many challenges facing the book business in France is the rise of the secondhand book trade, which publishers and observers point out has evolved from a marginal exchange between readers into a mature, sophisticated market that competes with new books.
Polish Competition Watchdog Allows Publishers to Launch New Digital Book Platform
In their application for the watchdog’s approval, the publishers said the platform will enable them to increase competition, and to “expand the transparency of the sales of audiobooks and ebooks.”
From Elections to Escapism, What Brazilian Publishers Expect in 2026
In 2025, Brazil’s publishing market posted solid growth. The challenge for 2026 will be sustaining this growth amid political uncertainty, and capitalizing on the opportunities of a year that will include a World Cup and a presidential election.
Bookshop.org, Draft2Digital Partner to Make Self-Published Ebooks Available Through Indie Bookstores
“Partnering with Draft2Digital means self-published authors, an essential and rapidly growing part of the publishing landscape, can now work with indie bookstores, and they can support each other,” said Andy Hunter, Founder & CEO of Bookshop.org.
The Future of the Italian Market: Vouchers, Booksellers, and Capitalizing on AI
The 43rd annual Advanced Training Seminar at La Scuola per Librai Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri highlighted key topics facing the Italian market and how booksellers and publishers will adapt to new challenges.
International Publishers and Booksellers Discuss “Artificial Intelligence and Publishing Intelligence”
Registration is open for Scuola per Librai Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri’s Friday program “The Intelligence of Books,” streamed on Zoom and featuring a deep-dive into the Italian market for 2026, a discussion about AI, and the neuroscience behind humans and screens.
Despite Freida McFadden’s Best Efforts, the French Book Market Slumped in 2025
Industry data reveals a stark concentration of sales around a handful of bestselling titles, masking structural challenges across the French publishing industry.
Zero VAT Leads to a Book Market Rebound in the Czech Republic
Book sales in the Czech Republic grew by 6% in value since the government eliminated the value-added tax (VAT) on book sales, according to the 2024-2025 Czech Book Market Report.
French Publishers Association Looks to Compensate Authors for Used Book Sales
Approximately 20 percent of the French book market is used book sales which authors do not benefit from, but the Publishers Association seeks to help authors gain income from second-hand sales.