The London-based Publishers Association holds its annual reception at Parliament, with MPs, publishers, and book-industry players.
UK Publishers Association: 2024 Audiobooks Up 31 Percent
While fiction was up 18 percent in 2024, the United Kingdom’s nonfiction sales ran some 4 percent below their 2023 performance.
UK Publishers on AI’s Threats: ‘A Marathon, Not a Sprint’
‘This vitally important policy area’ has fallen short of what many hoped for relative to Big Tech, AI, and copyright in the UK.
Publishers Association’s Dan Conway on an AI Transparency Disappointment
Dan Conway: ‘the level of engagement the bill received in both houses of parliament is a huge achievement for our industry.”
UK Publishers Release More of Their ‘Soft Power’ Study
The United Kingdom’s Publishers Association’s annual meeting features a study on UK publishing and ‘soft power’ at home and abroad.
Richard Charkin in London: Existential Threats to Publishing
Richard Charkin looks at how we describe threats to publishing, and where the question of artificial intelligence may fit in.
UK Publishers and Cambridge Call Out Meta and Piracy in Generative AI Training
Statements from the UK Publishers Association and Cambridge University Press condemn Meta’s use of copyrighted content to train AI.
AI: Publishers Warn White House of ‘a Bloated Fair-Use Defense’ and an ‘Unworkable Opt-Out Regime’
Days after the AI focus at London Book Fair, the Association of American Publishers files a statement on the US ‘AI Action Plan.’
UK Publishers Advance the AI-Copyright Debate
With the 10-week government consultation period now over, the complex drive for an AI-copyright accord begins.
UK: ‘The Great Copyright Heist Cannot Go Unchallenged’
The Publishers Association’s Dan Conway calls for ‘partnership’ rather than ‘subservience’ as the UK’s AI consultation closes.