Exports, Digital Audio Helped Power The U.K. Publishing Industry to Record Revenue in 2025

According to the U.K. Publishers Association, overall growth in the domestic U.K. consumer publishing market stood at 3% for 2025, hitting £2.6 billion, while the total export market rose 4% to £4.7 billion, making up 64% of overall revenues for the year.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/06/exports-digital-audio-helped-power-the-u-k-publishing-industry-to-record-revenue-in-2025/

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At Readmagine 2026, Stakeholders Gather for an Increasingly Vital Publishing Industry Summit

The popular Madrid-based event proved to be yet another valuable opportunity to rally around the values and practices that sustain the international book business.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/06/at-readmagine-2026-stakeholders-gather-for-an-increasingly-vital-publishing-industry-summit/

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U.S. Book Sales Off to a Quiet Start in 2026

The AAP's first report of the 2026 sales year shows U.S. trade book sales were essentially flat in the first quarter of 2026.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/05/u-s-book-sales-off-to-a-quiet-start-in-2026/

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Library Purchases Boost the Italian Book Market to Start 2026

“In a difficult year that raises concerns for the future, the library purchase bonus has allowed the book market to grow in the first four months,” said AIE President Innocenzo Cipolletta, in a statement.
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National Library Report Finds Book Readership to Be ‘Stable’ in Poland

The report, which comes as Polish lawmakers consider enacting a fixed price system to buttress the book market, finds that book readership levels were the same as in last year’s survey.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/05/national-library-report-finds-book-readership-to-be-stable-in-poland/

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A Strong First Quarter Lifts Brazil’s Book Market at the Start of 2026

Sales rose 16.2% in volume and 14.5% in revenue in the first quarter, according to NielsenIQ.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/05/a-strong-first-quarter-lifts-brazils-book-market-at-the-start-of-2026/

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BookNet Canada, BISG Release Survey Report on AI Use in Publishing

“Nearly half the industry is using AI, yet qualitative sentiment is overwhelmingly negative,” the report notes, concluding that the publishing industry is adopting AI faster than it is becoming comfortable with it.”
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/04/booknet-canada-bisg-release-survey-report-on-ai-use-in-publishing/

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The Importance of Translation for the Public Good: ThinkPub’s Report on the European Market

In response to the discontinuation of UNESCO’s Index Translationum, ThinkPub has published a new report looking at the translation market in Europe.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/04/the-importance-of-translation-for-the-public-good-thinkpubs-report-on-the-european-market/

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Italian Publishers Announce Their 2025 ‘Più libri più liber’

The 'Più libri più liberi'  program of small-and-medium-sized publishers' output is set to run December 4 to 8, five days, 569 publishers, 700 events and writers from many parts of the world.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/213804/

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At Frankfurt, FEP’s Report: The European Book Market Hits Record Turnover

However, the Federation of European Publishers says inflation puts the book industry into 'a starkly different reality,' despite turnover.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/10/at-frankfurt-feps-report-the-european-book-market-hits-record-turnover/

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