Book industry veterans Carlo Carrenho, Cameron Drew, Marcus Stober and Camila Silfvenius have formed the Alpine Global Collective, a Geneva-based consultancy group that aims to provide clients with cross-border expertise and market knowledge.
The summit, slated for April 1, will feature speakers and sessions aimed at helping publishers leverage AI to their benefit and implement the technology responsibly.
Dutch publisher TDM Publishing will bring its bestselling My First 18 Years series to the U.S. market in October 2025. The series has sold 900,000 copies worldwide since its debut in Holland in 2022.
The way our legal system approaches issues of intellectual property must change to meet the novel questions posed by new technology, argues publishing industry analyst Christopher Kenneally.
AI is going to be a catalyst that will allow people to come up with new business models and new ideas, says Circles of AI cofounder Rochelle Grayson—as long as it’s approached the right way.
Brian Murray will be a featured speaker at the 12th annual Jaipur BookMark conference, held January 30 through February 3. The event, which includes a rights fair for Indian and international publishers, runs concurrent with the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Wole Soyinka of Nigeria and Abdulrazak Gurnah of Tanzania will join Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor and more than 30 other authors at the inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature, slated to run January 24 through 27.
HarperCollins Holland has agreed to acquire four lifestyle imprints from Gottmer Uitgevers Groep, including Becht (cookbooks and eco-friendly lifestyle), Altamira (mind, body, and spirit), Dominicus (travel guides), and Hollandia (water sports).
Eight major French publishing organizations, led by the National Publishing Union (SNE), announced the creation of Filéas, a new platform to track book unit sales data—the first such industry-wide initiative in the country.
This year's top stories from abroad include booming English-language book sales across Europe, publishers rallying in support of Palestine, and more.
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