Belan succeeds Brian O’Leary, who will retire from the role on June 30th.
CONTEC Buenos Aires Highlights Audio, PoD, Metadata, and AI
For the third time, Frankfurter Buchmesse brings the CONTEC summit to Buenos Aires to discuss innovation, technology, and business models in Latin America and globally.
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.
Wind and Lenz Lead MVB’s New Central Business Development Unit
At Germany’s MVB, Meike Knops names Timo Wind and Felix Lenz to lead a new central business development department.
AI-Voiced Audiobooks: Guidance for Consumer Labeling
New guidelines are being suggested thanks to a transatlantic project to develop consumer labels on AI-voiced audiobooks.
Frankfurt Countdown: Bookwire Offers ‘Protection’ From Wrongful AI Usage
Working with Liccium, Bookwire offers ‘a legally compliant, machine-readable usage reservation’ for AI ‘protection.’
In Germany, Meike Knops Becomes CEO of MVB in November
With a background at Holtzbrinck and in management, Meike Knops is to succeed Ronald Schild as head of MVB on November 1.
Latin America: MVB Signs Mercado Libre, the E-Commerce Platform
In Mexico and Brazil, MVB’s Metabooks metadata base will be utilized by Mercado Libre, a leading online sales and auction platform.
Mexico: MVB América Latina Opens Discounted Access to Metabooks
The pandemic has heightened the need for strong metadata management in the Mexican marketplace, say principals of MVB.
On Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day: Book Data
BookNet Canada uses BISAC code research to explore Indigenous-focused literature in the English-language Canadian market.