Publishing industry

Global turmoil permeated the London Book Fair this week, but was mostly muted by the overall enthusiasm of the crowds thronging packed aisles, panels, and staircases at the London Olympia. "I've run a lot of trade shows in a lot of industries. I have never seen a show fill up so fast in my whole life," Adam Ridgway, director of the London Book Fair, told PW.  Read more

Executives, organisations and other trade experts from across the book industry spoke to The Bookseller to give their thoughts for the year ahead.

Tom Weldon

Chief executive officer, Penguin Random House UKPenguin Random House have more than 50 creative and autonomous imprints, publishing the very best books for all audiences, covering fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children’s books, autobiographies and much more. Click for Random House UK Publishers References listing (PRH UK)

Parliamentarians and authors including Kate Mosse have raised significant concerns about the alleged theft of copyright on a mass scale by Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) firms, ahead of a debate next week.

Publisher Spines will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books proofread, designed and distributed with the help of artificial intelligence