HarperCollins and the Reading Crisis. Identify the Real Culprit. Blame the Parents. Sell More Phonics Books

HarperCollins named the reading-for-pleasure paradox — then sold parents the phonics workbooks causing it. Publishing's biggest conflict of interest, examined.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/05/03/who-broke-reading-harpercollins-phonics-paradox/

#Bulgaria #Europe #PublishingControversies #Reading #UK

Malaysia Rewrites Its Book-Banning Rules. And Reminds Us The West Has Them Too

Malaysia's Home Ministry moves to reform its book-banning process. A reminder that every country censors — the question is how transparently.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/04/26/malaysia-book-ban-review-censorship-publishing-freedom/

#Malaysia #Malaysiabookban #Malaysiacensorship #PublishingControversies #SEAsia

Netflix, Manga, AI and the Publishing Industry’s Ministry of Truth

From comics to Netflix to AI: how publishing's cycle of panic and embrace tells us everything about the industry's future. A TNPS deep-dive.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/04/25/publishing-moral-panic-comics-netflix-ai-orwell/

#BookFairs #Comics #KidsReadingCrisis #Manga #PublishingControversies

TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 6: The RODE Revolution: Why the Easiest Time in History to Create Is Also the Best Time to Be a Publisher

Why AI makes human curation the future of publishing.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/04/09/quiver-dont-quake-nadim-sadek-part-6-rode-revolution/

#AI #PublishingControversies #AIlabelledcontent #AIhumanassistedcreativity #Humanlabelledcontent

TNPS Analysis: Four Moves, One Strategy: What Harlequin’s AI Microdrama Deal Is Really About

Harlequin’s Dashverse deal is the fourth act in a deliberate AI pivot. TNPS traces the strategy - and what it means for every publisher with a back-catalogue.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/04/04/harlequin-dashverse-ai-microdramas-publishing-strategy/

#AI #Anime #PublishingControversies #HarlequinAImicrodrams #HarlequinDashverse

When “Cease and Desist” Means “Cease and Think Twice”

A Medium post by Carl Müller Frøland raises important questions about how broad, unspecific legal threats can function as prior restraint - silencing criticism before it reaches the public domain.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/26/corporate-legal-threats-public-discourse-publishing/

#PublishingControversies #CeaseandDesist #Publishersresponsibilities

TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 5: From Understanding to Action – Your Publishing House’s AI Roadmap

Your publishing house's AI roadmap: slush pile triage, translation, metadata, narration. Freemium tools, real ROI examples. Start tomorrow morning.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/20/from-understanding-to-action-your-publishing-houses-ai-roadmap/

#AI #PublishingBusiness #PublishingControversies #AIinpublishing #HowtouseAIasapublisher

Shy Girl, Big Questions: What The Hachette-Ballard Affair Tells Us About Publishing’s Unpreparedness For The AI Age

Hachette has cancelled Mia Ballard's contract for Shy Girl over alleged undeclared AI use. TNPS examines what the case reveals about acquisition failures, unreliable detection tools, and the contract gaps nobody has closed yet.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/20/shy-girl-hachette-ballard-ai-publishing-contract-cancelled/

#AI #PublishingControversies #AIandpublishing #AIcontracts #HachetteBallardcontractcancellation

The Convenient Villain: AI, Job Losses, and the Art of the Blame Shift

AI is the publishing industry's latest scapegoat. But UK author incomes collapsed long before ChatGPT existed. The real villains are hiding in plain sight.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/23/ai-job-losses-publishing-scapegoat/

#AI #PublishingControversies #AIjobs #AItoblame #SocietyofAuthors

Academic Publishers Win Another Anti-Trust Law Suit

US federal judge dismisses antitrust lawsuit against Elsevier, Springer Nature and other major academic publishers, ruling that industry practices do not constitute illegal collusion under Sherman Act.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/06/academic-publishers-antitrust-suit-dismissed/

#Academicandspecialistpublishing #PublishingControversies #USA #academicpublisherswinantitrustlawsuit