2026 Southern China Book Fair to Debut APEC Pavilion Ahead of Shenzhen Summit
The 2026 Southern China Book Fair opens 27 August in Guangzhou with a debut APEC pavilion and Thailand as Guest of Honour, ahead of November’s APEC summit.
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Author: Mark Williams
Delhi High Court Rules for OpenAI: The Third Major Fair-Use Verdict in 13 Months, and the Weakest Position Publishers Have Been In Yet
Delhi High Court denies ANI’s injunction against OpenAI, ruling AI training is fair dealing — the third major court to back AI labs in just over a year.
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Two Kinds of Money: What China’s AI Crackdown Reveals About Publishing’s Real AI Divide
China shut down AI companion apps on July 15 — the same day Bloomsbury quietly banked record profit from licensing its books to AI. The trade/academic divide, explained.
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RIP Reading Redux. Big 5 CEO David Shelley Plays the ‘Smartphones Did It Card’ at the Worst Possible Moment
Hachette CEO David Shelley blames smartphones for the reading crisis in a widely syndicated op-ed. The correlation is real. The causation isn’t – and his own history should have warned him.
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Sharjah’s BookXcess Deal Has a Six-Year Backstory, and the West Still Isn’t Watching
Sharjah has secured exclusive rights to operate BookXcess across the Middle East and Africa. TNPS traces the deal back to a 2019 pledge — and asks why Western trade press missed it.
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