Spotify takes its premium subscribers the option to buy 15 hours of extra audiobook listening time as a monthly add-on.
Barcelona’s Jaume Fuster Library Wins Liber’s Honor
Spain’s Liber Award 2025 goes to a landmark library in Barcelona, the 20-year-old Jaume Fuster Library.
French Publishers Prevail Against Manga Pirate Site Japscan
Having helped take down the Z-Library pirate site, France’s SNE publishers now have a court ruling against Japscan.
Copyright: Publishers Join Creative Industries’ Protest of Europe’s AI Act Implementation
Groups representing almost 17 million professionals say the EU’s AI Act implementation package favors generative AI providers.
Karl Schlögel Wins the 2025 German Trade Peace Prize
The essayist and historian Karl Schlögel is to be formally made the German Trade Peace Prize laureate on October 19 in Frankfurt.
HarperCollins Buying French, German Manga Operations
‘To expand our manga portfolio in Europe,’ says Brian Murray, HarperCollins is acquiring Crunchyroll’s manga elements in France and Germany.
Italy is Guest of Honor at the 2025 Lima Book Fair
The 29th Lima International Book Fair opens this week with Guest of Honor Italy on-hand for the 20-day run of the show.
French Publishers Navigate a Shifting Rights Landscape
A newly released report show France’s publishers faced a 2.6-percent drop in rights contracts in 2024, with co-editions surging.
Frankfurt Looks to Expand Book-to-Screen Programming
This week’s deadline for Book-to-Screen Day matchmaking applications coincides with the Frankfurt Kids Conference registration.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Its Ticket Sales for October
Online sales of tickets for the 2024 Frankfurter Buchmesse in October now are open for trade visitors and members of the public.