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.
At Frankfurt, French Publishers Face AI and Second-Hand Book Threats
At Frankfurt 2025, French publishers warn that AI misuse and unchecked second-hand book sales endanger creativity and revenue—urging fair rules to protect authors and the future of publishing.
French Publishers Prevail Against Manga Pirate Site Japscan
Having helped take down the Z-Library pirate site, France’s SNE publishers now have a court ruling against Japscan.
In France, a Publishing Coalition Plans To Open Its Filéas Project
Forming a dashboard for the French book industry, the Filéas project plans to ‘ensure better visibility’ for print and digital book sales data.
Immediately Following Bologna: Festival du Livre de Paris
With Québec as its guest of honor this year, the Festival du Livre de Paris on the Champ-de-Mars starts the day after Bologna closes.
French Publishers: ‘A Moderate Decline’ of 2.3 Percent
Even as Emmanuel Macron names reading the ‘great national cause’ of the year, France’s publishers are celebrating ‘book resilience’ in 2020.