Talking Up Synthetic Narration for Audiobooks
While some books cannot reasonably become audiobooks – heavily illustrated children’s storybooks as well as art books and photography books – most fiction and many nonfiction titles likely can.
“Disappointing” Federal Funding of US Public Libraries
Librarians argue that with rising inflation and continued economic volatility and uncertainty, flat funding is essentially a cut.
Wartime Role for Ukraine Libraries
“We’ve seen public libraries that have turned into shelters, including some at the cities that are being shelled. And we’ve seen the Ukrainian library community mobilize to combat disinformation,” says Nick Poole.
Book Fairs Closed to Russian State Agencies
Book fairs around the world resolve to suspend contact with any Russian state institutions and agencies.
Publishing Research Directions
A novel scholarly publishing model from the oldest publishing house in the world aims to open entirely new territory in the research journey.
Publishing Unites Against War, Putin
“The war must cease immediately, and the initiators and participants of the military aggression must be stripped of their ranks and titles and brought to justice,” declared a Russian book industry alliance.
Small Batch Publishing
The key to success, says Publerati’s Caleb Mason, is a focus on scale – the same approach as at your favorite microbrewery.
Tackling Publishing’s Supply Chain Struggles
On a recent online panel discussion looking at supply chain challenges in publishing, PW’s Jim Milliot foresaw a shift from offshore printing back to stateside.
Book Sales Report Card A++
The report card on last year’s US trade book sales is A++, says NPD Bookscan’s Kristen McLean.
If Audiobooks Go AI
“People who direct audiobooks, people who edit audiobooks, people who check audiobook narration for word-for-word perfection against the manuscript would be impacted. And in this age of deep fakes, there are ethical issues too.”