The Publishing Industry’s Divergent Reactions to Amazon and AI Companies: A Study in Hypocrisy and Dependency
Joke of the Month: "The Trump-Vance FTC will never back down from taking on Big Tech" - US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson.
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Jennifer Salke Out. James Bond Franchise In. Big Tech in Hollywood: Ramifications for Book Publishing
The ouster of Jennifer Salke from Amazon MGM Studios is a telling sign of the evolving landscape of Hollywood, where the traditional values of studio filmmaking are increasingly being influenced by the data-driven, profit-oriented priorities of Big Tech.
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Human: Good. AI: Bad. Perception, Prejudice, and the Creative Landscape in the Age of AI
AI-produced audio slammed for its low quality was actually created by humans. Luddite Fringe, look away now!
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Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic in the News, but the Existential Threat Looming Over Publishing is the Trump Executive Order
Be careful what we wish for. The possibility of an executive order granting broad exemptions to AI companies from copyright claims poses an existential threat to the publishing industries as they currently operate.
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Taylor & Francis To Use AI For Translation. Society of Authors Gets Self-Righteous Again. Philip Pullam Was Spot On
Needless to say the SoA was like a lamb with two tails as it gleefully revelled in the Meta piracy site news.
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Morocco to be Guest of Honour at the Paris Book Festival
What I love about the Morocco pavilion at the Paris Book Festival this year is that visitors can explore five thematic areas, each offering a unique experience.
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India Sets World Record with Two-Kilometre-Long Comic Strip
The comic strip’s 2 kilometers surpasses the previous record of 1.6 kilometers set in Japan.
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Springer Nature’s Curie: an example of how AI is transforming the publishing industry not by stealing jobs but by creating new opportunities while improving quality
Curie, an AI-powered scientific writing assistant tailored for researchers, especially those for whom English is not a first language.
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Onfim’s Birch-Bark Doodles: A Medieval Reminder of Creativity for Publishing Industry Stakeholders Resistant To Change
Today, the digital revolution has expanded the horizons of children’s art. Technology offers new ways to create and share artwork, allowing children to experiment with styles and techniques.
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Adaptation Over Resistance: The film industry’s cautious embrace of Sora offers a blueprint for publishing
Text-to-video is the new cinema frontier, and we’ve been here so many times. If it’s new and shiny, it’s bad, bad, bad, and must be resisted at all costs. Until we can’t live without it.
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The Publishing Industry’s Divergent Reactions to Amazon and AI Companies: A Study in Hypocrisy and Dependency
Joke of the Month: “The Trump-Vance FTC will never back down from taking on Big Tech” – US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson.
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Submissions Open For The FIL Prize For Literature in Romance Languages
Submissions are now being welcomed and will remain open until Friday, 4 July,
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Canadian Booksellers Plead for Tariff Exemption on US-Imported Books
There’s a lesson here for publishers everywhere that rely on US trade.
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Legacy TV Consumption Falls. Streaming TV Rises. Lessons For Book Publishers From Streaming’s Success
Put simply, publishing needs to move with the times. And of course it will, eventually. The history of publishing is the history of active resistance, passive acceptance and eventual embrace.
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Digital Publishing Award Goes Global in 2025
Submissions opened 17 March and close 22 August.
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Morocco’s 2025 Book Publishing Support Programme
All that said, actions speak larger than words, so it will be interesting to review this in a year’s time and see what real progress has been made.
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“I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work.” The robot rebellion is already well underway!
As AI further disrupts the creative industries, it will be those that upskill to stay ahead that will thrive, while those that take the lazy route AI offers will find they have nothing original to say and no unique voice to say it.
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Thailand – Bangkok International Book Fair Expects 1.3 Million Visitors To Spend $12 million
“This will be the largest event in our 53-year history, reinforcing our position as the biggest book trade event in Southeast Asia.”
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The Untapped Potential of Large Print Books: A Strategy for the Publishing Industry
Repositioning large print books as “Comfortable Reads”, “Relaxed Reads” or “Easy-on-the-Eye Reads” for all demographics presents a lucrative opportunity for the publishing industry.
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The AutHer Awards 2025: Celebrating Women Writers in India
Now in its sixth incarnation, the awards celebrate the exceptional contributions of women authors to India’s literary landscape.
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Recognising Emerging European Fiction Writers: The European Union Prize for Literature 2025
The winners will be announced on 16 May 2025 at the Book World Prague fair in the Bohemian Pavilion.
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