Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
New Report Explores India’s Growing Publishing Market
Released on September 3, The India Book Market Report 2026-30, compiled by NielsenIQ BookData and the Federation of Indian Publishers, offers a comprehensive look at the third largest publishing market in the world behind the U.S. and China.
Brazil’s Book Market Keeps Up Strong Growth in First Half of 2026
Year to date, revenue is up 13.3% and unit sales 11.6%, with fiction further expanding its share of the market.
Polish Competition Watchdog Criticizes Culture Ministry’s Fixed Book Price Bill
The proposed fixed price bill raises “serious concerns from the perspective of competition and consumer protection law,” Poland’s competition watchdog, the UOKiK, said in its opinion.
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.
China Bestsellers, May 2026: Screen Adaptations Drive Book Sales
OpenBook shares insight into May 2026 book sales across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s titles, with insight into what books by foreign authors are also selling well.
BISG, BookNet Canada Launch 2026 ‘AI in the Book Industry’ Survey
Building on the inaugural 2025 survey, the effort once again seeks to capture “current experiences, concerns, priorities, and expectations surrounding AI” among publishing professionals in North America.
Exports, Digital Audio Helped Power The U.K. Publishing Industry to Record Revenue in 2025
According to the U.K. Publishers Association, overall growth in the domestic U.K. consumer publishing market stood at 3% for 2025, hitting £2.6 billion, while the total export market rose 4% to £4.7 billion, making up 64% of overall revenues for the year.
More Data Confirms Impressive Growth for Brazil’s Publishing Market in 2025
A recently released industry survey confirms stronger sales volume, bookstore expansion, and rising digital revenue in 2025, representing what market observers called “an important moment for the Brazilian publishing sector.”
At Readmagine 2026, Stakeholders Gather for an Increasingly Vital Publishing Industry Summit
The popular Madrid-based event proved to be yet another valuable opportunity to rally around the values and practices that sustain the international book business.