All Episodes
Executive Departures at Penguin Random House
While PRH is resetting after its merger plans failed, the trade book publisher is not alone among the Big 5 in facing stormy times.
What’s New at Oxford University Press Is Everything
At Oxford University Press, Niko Pfund faces challenges from the marketplace of ideas and from colleagues keen to redefine publishing and publishers.
Legal Warning for “People Vs. Trump” Book
Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail, and back in the book world news
A Copyright Reboot for Robots
The US and other countries should consider developing innovative AI policies and intellectual property laws, says Prof. Ryan Abbott.
IPA’s Pansa Keynotes Digital Book World in NYC
IPA President Karine Pansa urged Digital Book World publishing industry attendees to make more books more accessible to more people.
Karine Pansa Becomes IPA President
A special focus for Karine Pansa and IPA is to encourage members to increase accessibility in their works. Currently, just 10% of published content is accessible to print-disabled readers.
LA Public Library Tops in World for Digital Lending
OverDrive, a digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming video titles for public libraries, has reported on its performance last year.
How To Think
Sure, you’ve been told what to think many times. You could even say that’s what the internet is for. Now comes Tom Chatfield with a paradigm twist. The author and digital philosopher offers us advice for how to think.
Salary & Job Survey Finds Little Change in Publishing
Median compensation for all respondents was $72,500 in 2021, up from $67,300 in 2020.
Best of VOC: Making E-Books Accessible
The trick to making ebooks accessible and even beautiful is to think of them as software, says Jens Tröger, Bookalope founder.
Top Stories of 2022 for Books and Reading
Machines that can read aloud would be considered magic in any other era, yet in 2022, such technology is unremarkable and will soon be commonplace. Whether we read silently in a quiet library or listen to an audiobook while commuting on a crowded train, the written word continues to hold us in its spell.
Science 2.0
From enumeration of animal species living in every corner of the globe to identification of fossil remains of ancient creatures, scientific inquiry looks from the present day into the very dimmest past. Science can’t see into the future – not yet anyway. The responsibility to make the future a place that is welcome, inclusive, and full of understanding lies with all of us.