USA – OverDrive downloads up 55% on 2021, but no real numbers and some implausible extrapolations
In 2021, OverDrive reported (January 2022) 506 million downloads globally. A 55% increase on that...
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Author: Mark Williams
Phonics – A ticking time-bomb for English-language publishers
In 2019 one in four children were leaving primary school unable to read properly. In England, the...
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UK – Faber reports “an excellent year”. Somehow managed to ride out the “longer term challenges” and “increasing cost pressures” that so troubled PRH UK
Interesting to contrast news from PRH UK and its “role” eliminations, with news from...
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UAE – Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature lines up astronauts and a Booker prize winner
The 16th Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature is fast approaching, in 2024 running from 31...
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PW’s Jim Milliott gets Lifetime Achievement Award
For those of us outside the US, Publishers Weekly has been our indispensable window on American...
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