Can We Please Stop Pretending Listening To Audiobooks Is Reading?
Why listening to audiobooks isn't reading: exploring the cognitive differences between auditory and visual text processing in literacy development.
Jul 23, 2025 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Publishing Controversies
Why listening to audiobooks isn't reading: exploring the cognitive differences between auditory and visual text processing in literacy development.
by Mark Williams | Aug 1, 2025 | IP Rights | 0 |
Rather than mourning the end of copyright protection, publishers should focus on what they do best: understanding audiences, nurturing creative talent, and delivering quality content.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 30, 2025 | IP Rights, Public Domain | 0 |
Exploring how publishers profit from public domain content and why proactive innovation is key to sustainable growth beyond anniversaries and media tie-ins.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 29, 2025 | Arab publishing, IP Rights, MENA publishing, Middle East | 0 |
The Emirates Publishers Association secures observer status at WIPO, advancing the UAE’s role in shaping global intellectual property and publishing policies.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 23, 2025 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Publishing Controversies | 2 |
Why listening to audiobooks isn’t reading: exploring the cognitive differences between auditory and visual text processing in literacy development.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 22, 2025 | Comics, Philippines | 0 |
Explore how Filipino komiks shine at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, spotlighting creators like Arnold Arre and Ebony Soy, and the rise of Philippine pop culture globally.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 19, 2025 | Arab publishing, Awards, MENA publishing | 0 |
Discover the 8 finalists for the 2025 Prix de la littérature arabe, celebrating Arabic literature in translation and original French works.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 9, 2025 | AI, Turkey | 0 |
Discover how publishing can thrive by embracing AI as a creative partner, learning from the Turkish gaming industry’s innovative and collaborative approach.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 2, 2025 | Poetry | 0 |
Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh is the Commonwealth’s first Poet Laureate, set to amplify diverse voices and foster change through verse until 2027.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 1, 2025 | IP Rights, Publishing Brief, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
How Sarah J. Maas’s IMG deal signals a seismic shift: authors now bypass publishers to control lucrative IP rights, leaving traditional publishing behind.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 29, 2025 | Film & TV, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
In the future, Fleming’s original James Bond novels may be remembered as historical curiosities rather than the foundation of one of entertainment’s most valuable properties.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 29, 2025 | Chile, Ibero-America, Latin America | 0 |
Industry stakeholders working on assumptions aligned with the Statista forecasts will have much to be cheerful about, and the full insights of NielsenIQ will make for fascinating reading.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 27, 2025 | AI, Piracy, USA | 0 |
Authors and publishers in Europe and elsewhere complacently thinking it won’t matter to them need to think again. Unless they want to stop their sales to the USA.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 24, 2025 | Audiobooks, Ibero-America, Latin America, Romania | 0 |
We are not here to explore. We are here to win market share.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 21, 2025 | Africa, AI, Digital subscription | 0 |
Africa’s book market hits $7B in 2025, with AI driving growth to $18.5B potential. UNESCO report highlights opportunities, challenges, and digital innovation.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 17, 2025 | AI, Digital subscription, Film & TV, Publishing Brief, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
Why publishing must learn from TV’s streaming milestone and embrace AI-powered subscription models before tech disruptors claim the future.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 16, 2025 | AI, Children's Books, Publishing Brief, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
Mattel-OpenAI’s AI toy partnership challenges trade publishing to embrace AI for interactive storytelling or risk obsolescence.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 14, 2025 | AI, Indonesia, S.E. Asia | 0 |
Indonesia plans systematic translation of its classics—could AI accelerate global reach? A hybrid human/AI model may make multi-language publishing viable for emerging markets.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 14, 2025 | South Korea, Taiwan | 0 |
Deputy Culture Minister Sue Wang has positioned the collaboration as a launchpad for expanded partnerships between Taiwan and South Korea across publishing, television, film, and video gaming industries.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 14, 2025 | Arab publishing, MENA publishing, Syria | 0 |
An exciting time for Syrian authors and other publishing industry stakeholders not just to rebuild, but to reframe Syrian publishing for the twenty-first century.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 9, 2025 | MENA publishing, Middle East, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
While other countries may not have the UAE’s resources or govt. commitment to publishing to match the model in full, there’s much to be learned here.
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