The Keyword is Dead: How LLM Search Transforms Book Discovery
A deep dive into the seismic shift reshaping how readers find books - and what publishers must do about it
Nov 14, 2025 | AI, Publishing Brief, Publishing Controversies
A deep dive into the seismic shift reshaping how readers find books - and what publishers must do about it
Nov 20, 2025 | AI, Audible, Audiobooks, Spotify
by Mark Williams | Nov 23, 2025 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
2025 Ahmedabad International Book Fair: analysis for publishing professionals on Gujarat’s trade evolution, South Asian market insights & B2B opportunities.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 22, 2025 | AI, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
AI won’t doom creative professionals. This article argues AI is a collaborator that elevates “average” work, augmenting human creativity for translators and authors.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 22, 2025 | Arab publishing, Kuwait, MENA publishing, Middle East | 0 |
Kuwait International Book Fair 2025: 611 publishers from 33 countries, 287,000 titles & record crowds. Key Gulf rights hub & scouting destination until 29 Nov.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 22, 2025 | Cambodia | 0 |
12th Cambodia Book Fair 2025 Phnom Penh: Unlock ASEAN publishing partnerships and mobile device literacy opportunities in Cambodia’s book market Dec 11-14!
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 20, 2025 | AI, Audible, Audiobooks, Spotify | 0 |
How Spotify Audiobooks transformed from industry laughing stock to award-winning innovator, expanding to 14 markets and proving publishers wrong.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 17, 2025 | Africa, Digital Libraries, Rwanda | 0 |
De Marque launches in Rwanda, highlighting the country’s rise as a digital publishing hub and its growing potential to transform reading and education.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 17, 2025 | AI, Retailer News, USA | 0 |
Independent bookshops have a huge opportunity to use operational AI, as shown by Swoon City. Why the industry’s fear is costing indies a revolution.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 16, 2025 | Education Publishing, UK | 0 |
The industry is now paying the price for its dependency on a single, volatile customer.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 15, 2025 | AI | 0 |
Japanese publishers unite to demand OpenAI address copyright infringement by its Sora 2 AI; Sam Altman pledges stronger protections for creators.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 14, 2025 | AI, Publishing Brief, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
A deep dive into the seismic shift reshaping how readers find books – and what publishers must do about it
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 9, 2025 | Global Publishing, Greece, Morocco, Sharjah | 0 |
Sharjah and Athens, former UNESCO World Book Capitals, discuss how the title fosters lasting cultural infrastructure, publishing partnerships, and global literary networks.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 9, 2025 | Africa, Book Fairs, Libya | 0 |
Libya’s cultural diversity is a source of strength, not division, says symposium at Benghazi Book Fair, emphasising culture’s role in national unity and identity.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 9, 2025 | India, South Asia | 0 |
The CLF Literati Awards are part of the 13th edition of the CLF Literati 2025, scheduled to take place on November 22-23 at Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 9, 2025 | Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio | 0 |
Amazon’s lavish Harry Potter audio production showcases audio’s potential but reveals why such scale remains impossible for most publishers to replicate.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 8, 2025 | Africa, Nigeria | 0 |
LCCI calls for policy reforms to revive Nigeria’s N300bn publishing sector, tackling import dependency & advocating for local content enforcement.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 8, 2025 | AI, Education Publishing, UK | 0 |
Analysis of the UK PA’s response to the curriculum review, arguing it cherry-picks findings to lobby against Oak National Academy.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Oct 25, 2025 | AI | 1 |
The publishing industry has never met a technological advancement it didn’t fear. AI is just...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Oct 4, 2025 | AI, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
In an era when anyone can generate a book, being able to create one worth reading becomes more valuable than ever.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Sep 12, 2025 | Dubai, MENA publishing, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
the summit marks a critical moment in the Gulf’s cultural calendar, with a high-profile presence of senior executives from three of the western publishing industry’s top players, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Sep 4, 2025 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services | 0 |
Now it’s back. Estonia next month and 6-8 further new markets in the next few years.
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