Highlighting the importance of the trinity of freedoms celebrated in the United Kingdom, this year’s Westminster Book Award shortlist features themes of ethics in business and war, climate change, healthcare, and the changing face of leadership.
The UK’s Publishing Impact, in Focus at Parliament
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.”
Creators for Europe’s 10,000 Signatures: Copyright and AI
Creators for Europe United claims 10,000 signatories in its pro-copyright message aimed at the European Commission.
AAP’s CEO Maria A. Pallante on the US Library of Congress and Copyright Office Firings
‘Is it all related to the Copyright Office’s AI report?’ The Association of American Publishers CEO Maria A. Pallante weighs events.
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.’