Two panels at the London Book Fair on Thursday emphasized the ongoing challenge of giving opportunities to women and working-class people to write, publish, and advance themselves in the publishing and creative industries.
The European and International Booksellers Federation, International Authors Forum, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, International Publishers Association, and PEN International jointly released a statement on March 14 in response to "the increasing efforts to restrict books."
Panelists from Audible, Bookwire, Penguin Random House, Spotify, and Storytel discussed the state of audiobooks, noting that sales continue to boom and there are new opportunities arising from advancing technology and business models.
Fairgoers feel positive that this year's fair is, if not the biggest, then easily one of the biggest fairs since Covid, and definitely the most exciting—and shared a couple of contenders for the semi-mythical title of "book of the show."
You made it! Welcome to Day Three of the London Book Fair. There are still plenty of panels on the docket for today at this year's Seminar Program. Here are our recommendations.
They can generate (iterative) images. They can generate (iterative) text. But how will large language models change translation—especially for literary translators? A panel at the London Book Fair suggested some possible outcomes.
Several key European markets are seeing rapid growth in English-language book sales, threatening to cannibalize sales of translated editions published in their native markets, as the TikTok generation is increasingly happy to read in English.
On the first morning of the London Book Fair, the heads of the International Publishing Association, the Federation of European Publishers, the Association of American Publishers, and the African Publishers Network gathered to discuss, and debate, the biggest issues facing the publishing industry today.
Welcome to Day Two of the London Book Fair. If you still need to decide between the more than 150 panels and discussions available on tap for this year's Seminar Program, we've got some suggestions.
A busy first day at Olympia London has found publishers abuzz with business, cautiously optimistic about AI, and dismayed over world events.