Today, in a world of smartphones and tablets, publishing – as practiced by authors, publishers and booksellers – is all about licensing. The observation is a timely one on World Intellectual Property (IP) Day.

Decisions to cancel one book and to advance plans for publishing another highlight pressure on publishers to reconcile business plans with social concerns.

As part of the upcoming STM Spring Conference, the STM Association will release a white paper, “Best Practice Principles for Ethical, Trustworthy and Human-centric AI.”

Kindle Vella promises an innovative way for readers to enjoy storytelling – short fiction available in serialized installments of 600 to 5,000 words.

Over her career as publisher and entrepreneur, Judy Piatkus found herself at Buckingham Palace and Number 10 Downing Street. She got there by giving a generation of readers, most of them women, what they wanted most to find in books – a way to see them...

According to ALA, demands to remove books largely focused on areas that became hot politically over the last year.

While the music industry experienced financial carnage in the first decade of digital disruption, streaming has restored the business to growth by playing your favorite song.

“A solid deal for a company that has shown a shrewd eye for a good buy, going back to 2014 and the Harlequin acquisition,” says PW’s Albanese.

On Wednesday, March 31, at 11 a.m. Eastern time, CCC presents a special Town Hall program – “Solve for Success: The Transformative Power of Data Visualization.”

In 2020, books and bookstores found ways to capture and hold the public’s attention.