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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly is the international news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries and more.

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > international > international-book-news > article > 101185-audible-ramps-up-english-translations-of-european-audiobooks.html

Audible Ramps Up English Translations of European Audiobooks

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (180+ words) Publishers Weekly Audible says it has "quadrupled" the number of titles it has translated into English from European languages so far this year, with translations from the continent up 300% year-over-year. (The company did not provide a comparative figure from last…...

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PRH Taps Amazon Publisher for Audio Division

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (159+ words) Chris Werner, formerly publisher at Amazon Publishing, has joined Penguin Random House Audio in the newly created role of VP of content development, per an announcement from PRH Audio SVP and deputy publisher Dan Zitt. Werner was at Amazon for…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > libraries > article > 101167-study-says-library-e-book-lending-hurts-industry-sales.html

Study Says Library E-book Lending Hurts Industry Sales

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (440+ words) As some states consider legislating how publishers negotiate with libraries over e-book agreements, the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild have released a report which found that increased e-book library lending is supplanting sales of print books. Titled…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > people > article > 101089-amazon-exec-joining-hc-as-head-of-online-sales.html

Amazon Exec to Head Online Sales at HarperCollins

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (168+ words) HarperCollins has turned to Amazon to find its new VP for online and digital sales. Scott Sanders will join the publisher on September 8 reporting to Stephanie Fryling, who was named president of sales in April. At Amazon, Sanders most recently…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > religion > article > 101070-study-finds-63-of-religion-books-on-amazon-likely-ai-written.html

AI Invades Religion Books on Amazon

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (229+ words) In a new study released by AI detection platform Originality.ai, 63% of paperback religious books listed for sale on Amazon were flagged as likely written by AI. To arrive at that number, Originality.ai analyzed 2,034 English-language paperbacks with at least…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > international > international-book-news > article > 101073-bookwire-takes-over-digital-distribution-for-cb-in-the-netherlands.html

Bookwire Takes Over Digital Distribution for CB in the Netherlands

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (256+ words) Publishers Weekly Bookwire Takes Over Digital Distribution for CB in the Netherlands Dutch book distributor Centraal Boekhuis (CB) has completed transitioning its digital distribution business to German technology platform Bookwire. Bookwire, established in Frankfurt in 2010, serves more than 3,500 publishers internationally....

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > digital > content-and-e-books > article > 101053-rakuten-kobo-re-enters-u-s-retail-as-sales-double.html

Rakuten Kobo Returns to U.S. Retail as Sales Double

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (950+ words) As of this month, Best Buy stores in the U.S. have begun selling a selection of Rakuten Kobo e-readers and accessories, marking a return to U.S. retail for the Japanese-owned Canadian bookseller. The company previously sold e-readers through Walmart starting in 2018, but…...