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The Frankfurt Book Fair, the international trade fair for books held each October in Frankfurt. Official site: www.buchmesse.de
By 2028, Georgian schools are set to use a single ministry-made textbook per subject instead of choosing among publishers' books. The IPA calls it a severe restriction on the freedom to publish.
In a statement to AFP, the Quebec author apologised for plagiarism in the 2010s but said no sentence of C'était ça ou mourir was created by a machine.
The Börsenverein awarded Philippe Sands the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade on 11 October 2026 in Frankfurt's Paulskirche. The prize is 25,000 euros.
Frankfurter Buchmesse reports 236,000 visitors from 137 countries for the 78th fair, and names Chile as guest of honour for 6–10 October 2027.
TikTok and Media Control named Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing Europe's top #BookTok book of 2026. Chloe Walsh is the top author, with two titles in the top five.
Audible says a NielsenIQ study of 18,000 listeners found 34 percent consumed more spoken-word audio. Read & Listen is coming soon to seven more markets.
A new IPA report on 22 countries finds that censorship now works less through state bans and more through lawsuits, markets, platforms and self-censorship.
The International Publishers Association gave its first Freedom of Expression Defenders Award to the Media Coalition, the U.S. group that sues to block book-restriction laws.
Spotify says audiobooks will reach more than 180 markets by the end of 2026, up from 22, with Premium hours, Audiobooks+ and direct sales depending on the market.
As Frankfurter Buchmesse opens, the Börsenverein published the Frankfurt Appeal, backed by 120 publishers, asking EU and German lawmakers to force AI firms to disclose training data.
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