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Spotify Tests Audiobooks in Middle Eastern, African Markets

By Ed Nawotka | 11/26/2025 @ 09:40AM

The streaming service will include English-language audiobooks as part of a new Premium Platinum subscription it’s testing in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa, marking Spotify’s first expansion of its audiobook service into these regions.
Next-Gen Iranian Publishers Don’t Want to Be Pirates

By Ed Nawotka | 11/26/2025 @ 09:00AM

PW talked with Mehdi Tajallaei, a translator and foreign rights assistant at Houpaa Publishing House and Borj Books in Tehran, about the growing number of publishers in Iran seeking legitimate rights deals despite the nation’s disregard for copyright law.
IPA Membership Continues to Grow

By Ed Nawotka | 11/25/2025 @ 09:00AM

The International Publishers Association will add three new members—Bulgaria, Georgia, and Latvia—starting in January 2026, bringing its total membership to 107 associations spanning 85 countries.
World Caribbean Books Launches Book Fair

By Ed Nawotka | 11/25/2025 @ 09:00AM

The Nassau, Bahamas–based hybrid publisher and online bookseller will host its inaugural Christmas Book Fair next month—the latest effort in its mission to bring together Caribbean authors under one roof.
OUP Plans 113 U.K. Layoffs

By Ed Nawotka | 11/13/2025 @ 10:20AM

Oxford University Press in the U.K. has proposed making more than 100 employees redundant due to “organizational changes,” primarily impacting the eduction and English-language teaching divisions.
Booker Foundation Announces Children’s Prize

By Sam Spratford | 10/24/2025 @ 10:00AM

Marking the organization's first new prize announcement since 2005, the Children’s Booker Prize will be administered annually beginning in 2027 for a work of fiction aimed at readers ages eight to 12 and published in the U.K. or Ireland.
Ukrainian Rights Sales Surge, New Platform Promotes Books Abroad

By Ed Nawotka | 10/07/2025 @ 09:00AM

Ukrainian publishers signed more than 160 licensing agreements in the first half of 2025, setting records, while Chapter Ukraine, an interactive platform, offers readers abroad information about Ukrainian books published in English translations.
Freedom Letters Receives AAP’s International Freedom to Publish Award

By Ed Nawotka | 10/03/2025 @ 11:00AM

The Russian- and Ukrainian-language publisher, founded by exiled journalist Georgy Urushadze, is the recipient of the Association of American Publishers annual award for international publishers defending freedom of expression.
Hay Festival Brings Literary Stars to Ukraine, U.S., and Beyond

By Ed Nawotka | 10/03/2025 @ 09:00AM

Wales-based Hay Festival is positioning itself at geopolitical flashpoints around the world, bringing top authors to this weekend’s Lviv BookForum. Later this month, A-listers will visit Dallas for Hay’s only annual event in the U.S.
Canadian Publishing 2025: New Titles from Canada

By Steven Beattie | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

A selection of the most anticipated books publishing in spring 2026.
Canadian Publishing 2025: Ken Whyte’s Journey from Broadsheets to Books

By Thad McIlroy | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

Ken Whyte’s acquisition of Fitzhenry & Whiteside transforms Sunderland House into a serious player.
Canadian Publishing 2025: Tundra’s Tara Walker Takes Risks and Reaps Rewards

By Pooja Makhijani | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

Tara Walker, the publisher of Tundra Book Group, discusses turning Canada’s oldest children’s publisher into its most successful.
Canadian Publishing 2025: Toronto Literary Agents Sell to the World

By Ed Nawotka | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

Globalization and consolidation have complicated the selling of book rights.
Canadian Publishing 2025: Border Bookstores Bear Brunt of Trump Attacks

by Claire Kirch | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

Indie booksellers say customers are supportive, but staying on their own side of the 49th parallel.
Canadian Publishing 2025: Carley Fortune Seduces Millions with Her Rural Romances

By Ed Nawotka | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

The Canadian author has become a global bestseller and inspired many to visit the settings of her novels.
Canadian Publishing 2025: Coach House Books Celebrates 60 Years

By Steven Beattie | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

The Toronto publisher embodies the spirit of independent Canadian publishing.
Canadian Publishing 2025: PRH Canada Waves the Flag

By Ed Nawotka | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

The company has seen a sales boost from patriotic interest in books by Canadians, including the prime minister.
Canadian Publishing 2025: U.S. Book Bans Trouble Canadian Publishers

By Steven Beattie | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

Annick, Kids Can, and Orca are among the publishers who have seen books pulled from shelves.
Canadian Publishing 2025: Patriotic Pride Takes Hold Above the 49th Parallel

By Ed Nawotka, with reporting by Steven Beattie and Nathalie op de Beeck | 09/26/2025 @ 07:00PM

Historically, Canadian readers were not always inclined to read books by and about themselves. But our famously polite neighbors to the north have been “elbows up” since Trump not-so-casually suggested that the country might want to become America’s 51st state.
Germany’s BookRix Launches Subscription-Based Reading App

By Ed Nawotka | 09/19/2025 @ 09:00AM

The Munich-based self-publishing platform is rolling out a new subscription app for readers with a three-tiered pricing model. It will offer both self-published, or “community,” content as well as books from established publishers.

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