Submit Your 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair Rights Info!
Don’t miss your chance to submit titles for which rights will be available at this year’s fair. Agencies are limited to four entries. For more information and to submit, click here.and more.
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NewsSpotify Tests Audiobooks in Middle Eastern, African Markets
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.
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News
Next-Gen Iranian Publishers Don’t Want to Be Pirates
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.
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News
IPA Membership Continues to Grow
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.
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News
World Caribbean Books Launches Book Fair
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.
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Trade Shows
Shanghai Children’s Book Fair Examines a Changing Market
The hot topics at the 12th edition of the annual show dedicated to children’s publishing, held November 14–16, included cooling book sales and sluggish rights deals.
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News
OUP Plans 113 U.K. Layoffs
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.
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Sharjah Book Fair
African Publishers Battle ‘Wakanda Problem’ as Market Grows
At the Sharjah Publishers Conference earlier this month, speakers noted that Africa’s 54 countries often get flattened into one imaginary place. Now, publishers across the continent are fighting back by prioritizing local readers and creating their own opportunities.
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Sharjah Book Fair
When It Comes to AI, Adapt or Else, Says Keith Riegert
Keith Riegert, president of the Stable Book Group, offered a master class on AI tools during the recent Sharjah Publishers Conference. He described AI as both transformative and unsettling.
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Sharjah Book Fair
Sharjah Publishing Workshops Provide Guidance in a Time of Transformation
Global publishers convened at the Sharjah Publishers Conference for hands-on sessions addressing metadata, AI integration, and the challenge of selling rights from a small market, emphasizing actionable solutions over theoretical discussions.
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Trade Shows
READ Barcelona Spotlights Political Publishing
The inaugural event, held in the Catalonian capital in September, brought together nearly 200 publishers, magazine editors, and intellectuals for networking, panels, and rights discussions, offering an alternative to commercial book fairs in Frankfurt and London.
