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Daily Book News Friday, 23rd January 2026 DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Libro.fm Reports Growth in 2025, Launches Annual Subscription The audiobook platform supporting independent bookshops reported strong 2025 results and unveiled a new annual plan giving 12 monthly credits plus a...

Daily Book News Friday, 16th January 2026 DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Cardinal to Publish New Novel by Min Jin Lee Grand Central Publishing’s Cardinal imprint acquired Min Jin Lee’s novel American Hagwon for North American and audio rights. Due out on 29 September, the book...

Daily Book News Friday, 9th January 2026 Publishing Industry News Marble Press Acquires CamCat Publishing Assets from B&T Marble Press purchased CamCat Publishing’s catalogue and intellectual property from Baker & Taylor, obtaining 124 adult and YA titles and planning to release 10–15 new...

Today’s Book News Friday, 12th December 2025 Amazon Is Loosening Its DRM Policy for Kindle Starting January 20, Amazon will allow Kindle Direct Publishing authors to make their titles DRM‑free and offer downloads in EPUB or PDF format. This policy change comes after the company removed USB...

Title: Today’s Book News Friday, 5th December 2025 (London date) Epic Dream Sequence: PW Talks with Shane McCrae Publishers Weekly interviewed poet and editor Shane McCrae about Only Sing, his collection of 152 previously unpublished Dream Songs by John Berryman. McCrae said the 18‑line poems...

Today’s Book News Friday, 28th November 2025 (London date) European Commission vote to amend EUDR welcomed by publishing sector The European Commission voted to amend the EU Deforestation Regulation so that books and other printed products are no longer covered. Publishing industry groups...

Today’s Book News Friday, 21st November 2025 Reading Is Entertainment: PW Talks with Lissette Mendez Miami Book Fair director Lissette Mendez told *Publishers Weekly* that this year’s fair expected more than sixty thousand attendees and aimed to treat reading as entertainment. She highlighted...

Today's Book News Friday, 14th November, 2025 Webtoon Posts $11 Million Q3 Loss Webtoon Entertainment, which owns Wattpad, reported that third‑quarter revenue rose 8.7% year‑on‑year to $378 million, but higher costs for marketing, personnel and content pushed the company to a net loss of $11.1...

Today's Book News Friday, 7th November, 2025 Authors Guild Webinar Talks Self‑Publishing, Conglomeration An Authors Guild webinar featuring author Mike Castleman and CEO Mary Rasenberger warned that digital self‑publishing has created an oversupply of books, with about 2.5 million titles...

It is Friday night (UK Time) and the gloss of Xmas has long gone, the bright fireworks are but a distant memory that signalled another day in the week before us. My question is this: it's a Friday night, what are you doing? Better yet, what do you wish you were doing? Sincerely yours, The...