Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Around the Book World: Monday, March 23, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Studying Gender Representation and the Contemporary ISNI Identifier
The ISNI International Agency is having a group of advisers from sectors including book publishing and rights review its treatment of gender.
YouTube Boosts the ISNI Identifier: Creators Standing Out From the Crowd
YouTube’s newly announced partnership with the ISNI can greatly strengthen the identifier’s role in metadata, naming intellectual property’s creators.
French Publishers’ Sustainable Paper Consumption; Bowker Partners With Book+Main
French publishers say 93 percent of their paper is now recycled or green-certified and Bowker partners with book discovery startup Book+Main.
Digital Notes: Bowker Partners With Siteabook; VitalSource Partners With eCampus
A new reading community site is partnering with Bowker on metadata, while Ingram’s VitalSource announces its new deal with eCampus in digital coursework.
Industry Notes: Bookwire Partners With HarperCollins Ibérica; US Libraries Seek Non-English Content
Bookwire expands its ebook distribution business in Spain. And a new survey finds that American libraries see rising demand for non-English language content.
Bowker Now Cites at Least 625,327 US Indie Books Published in 2015
How many self-published books were released in the USA in 2015? Bowker provides what is likely the most authoritative count of indie titles yet.
Bowker: 727,000 US Self-Published ISBNs Registered in 2015
The US ISBN agency, Bowker, reports a 21-percent jump in self-published ISBNs—not titles—from 2014 to 2015, another indication of quickly rising interest in indie publishing.
International Identifiers: A Few Words About ISNI With Laura Dawson
No disambiguation needed, Laura Dawson is one of the best-known identifier and metadata specialists in US publishing. And she has opened a new international ISNI agency.