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Steve Rubin, who headed up major publishers such as Doubleday in the US and Transworld in the UK, has died aged 81.

The Emirates Publishers Association, which includes the Sharjah Book Authority, has pulled out of the Frankfurt Book Fair in protest at the Fair’s response to the current conflict in the Middle East.

A panel in the PP Forum in Frankfurt, moderated by Thomas Cox, looks at how AI is already influencing the book publishing business today. The post Publishing Perspectives Forum: ‘The State of AI in Publishing Today’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

A participant in this year's Frankfurt Invitation Program, Katerina Petrich is a designer with Argentina's Libros de la Araucaria. The post Frankfurt Fellowships: Katerina Petrich of Argentina’s Libros de la Araucaria appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Tonio Schachinger's 'Echtzeitalter' from Holtzbrinck's Rowohlt Verlag has won the €25,000 German Book Prize. The post Frankfurt: Tonio Schachinger Wins the 2023 German Book Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Tania Branigan, James Morton Turner and Kate Cooper have been announced as the finalists for the 2023 Cundill History Prize.

Canongate is launching an audio project featuring "101 notable women" including Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak, Olivia Colman, Dolly Alderton and Gillian Anderson, among others. 

Springer Nature has announced a new AI-powered in-house writing assistant to support researchers.

Children’s publisher Sweet Cherry has launched a new imprint, Every Cherry, which will publish "high-quality books" for children within the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities community. 

Comma Press has raised concerns over the safety ot authors and translators trapped in the Gaza Strip.