The Stockholm-based audiobook corporation Storytel, in association with some of French publishing’s biggest players, goes live in France.
Audiobooks: Ghana’s AkooBooks Is Relaunching With Beat
Exclusive: The new AkooBooks/Beat platform will reach 19 African nations with audiobooks, podcasts, and ebooks.
Pre-Election Policy Statement: Italy’s Creative Industries
In a policy statement provided to the news media by publishers, four issues including copyright and piracy are flagged for politicians.
French Publishers Cheer a Court’s Order to Block a Book Piracy Site
Book piracy in France has taken a hit, with court action led by the SNE and 12 publishing companies against ‘Z-Library.’
The UK’s Nosy Crow Opens a US Company
The 12-year-old English powerhouse in independent children’s publishing is opening a US office, distributed by Hachette Book Group.
Ukraine’s Lviv Book Forum: A Hay Festival Hybrid
The 29th Lviv Book Forum is being presented next month in a digital partnership with Hay Festival and British Council support.
In Portugal: IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi on ‘Our Own Prejudices’
‘Prejudice is prejudice, no matter who is at the receiving end,’ IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi tells the Estoril Conferences audience in Cascais.
Frankfurt Aims for 70 Percent of Its Pre-Pandemic Size
In today’s German and international news conferences, key elements of Frankfurt Book Fair were spotlighted by organizers.
Spain’s 2022 Desperate Literature Prize Goes to Jay Gao
The fifth iteration of the Madrid-based Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction sends its winner to an Umbrian retreat.
Frankfurt 2022: Translation, Live Audiences, Inclusivity
At Frankfurter Buchmesse this year: a trade fair supportive of free expression, diversity, and those who interpret these concepts for us.