Top 20 Books International News
2025-08-29 09:53:38
Here's a summary of the top international book news:
- WH Smith Revises Down Profit Forecast: Share prices have plunged at the U.K.-based WH Smith after the company sliced £30 million off its £140 million profit forecast due to problems in its U.S. operations.
Source: www.publishersweekly.com - Audible Sets Its Sights on Mexico, Spanish-Language Expansion: The audiobook platform showcased its growing Spanish-language catalog in Mexico City, with an emphasis on original productions in collaboration with local authors and narrators.
Source: www.publishersweekly.com - Wilton Square Launches with Plans to Acquire Orphaned Unbound Titles: Will Atkinson, former head of Atlantic Books in the U.K., has founded Wilton Square Press, a new publisher that intends to acquire titles from the now-defunct Unbound and Boundless.
Source: www.publishersweekly.com - U.K.’s StoryFeast Festival Spotlights East and Southeast Asian Voices: The inaugural StoryFeast Festival in London, which runs September 13–21 and features 20 authors, aims to raise the profile of East and Southeast Asian writers for U.K. readers and publishers alike.
Source: www.publishersweekly.com - BookTok Celeb Jack Edwards Wants to Elevate Online Reading Culture: Edwards’s new online book club, Inklings, attracted 75,000 members in its first week.
Source: www.publishersweekly.com - Storytel Surpasses 2.5 Million Subscribers: Net sales at Storytel rose to $87.4 million in Q2 thanks in part to what CEO Bodil Eriksson Torp called “high subscriber intake.”
Source: www.publishersweekly.com - Canadian Author Sues Four AI Companies for Copyright Infringement: J.B. MacKinnon of Vancouver has filed class action lawsuits against Anthropic, Databricks, Meta, and Nvidia.
Source: www.publishersweekly.com - Ingram’s MediaScout Launches in U.K. and European Markets: Ingram Content Group has expanded MediaScout, its film and television rights discovery service, to the U.K. and Europe.
Source: www.publishersweekly.com - Young Readers Help German Book Market Hold Steady: The German book industry reported a 1.8% increase in revenue for 2024, reaching €9.88 billion; adjusted for inflation, the market fell by 0.4%.
Source: www.publishersweekly.com - Audiobook Pros Confirm the Customer is Always Right: At this year’s Parix Audio Day conference in Madrid, audiobook execs framed the future as one of opportunity, especially when it comes to AI and listener engagement.
Source: www.publishersweekly.com