ICYMI: Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews feature https://ppc.land/google-faces-eu-antitrust-complaint-over-ai-overviews-feature/ #Google #EU #Antitrust #AI #DigitalPublishing

ICYMI: Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews feature: Independent publishers file formal complaint citing traffic losses and market abuse concerns. https://ppc.land/google-faces-eu-antitrust-complaint-over-ai-overviews-feature/ #Google #EU #Antitrust #AI #DigitalPublishing

AI’s Publisher Paradox: ChatGPT Referrals Grow, But Can’t Offset Search Traffic Collapse

#AI #Publishing #SearchEngines #AITraffic #DigitalPublishing #Google #OpenAI #AIMode #Web

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/03/ais-publisher-paradox-chatgpt-referrals-grow-but-cant-offset-search-traffic-collapse-xcxwbn/

News Summary: EU Accessibility Act Takes Effect, Raising the Bar for Digital Publishing Standards

I decided I should probably write this entry while listening, with bleary-eyed nostalgia, to New Order. Because this story quite simply evokes the line, “I used to think that the day would never come.” I have been writing…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/eu-accessibility-act/

#accessibilitystandards #digitalpublishing #EPUBformat #EUAccessibilityAct #inclusivedesign
@indieauthors

News Summary: EU Accessibility Act Takes Effect, Raising the Bar for Digital Publishing Standards https://selfpublishingadvice.org/eu-accessibility-act/ #accessibilitystandards #EUAccessibilityAct #digitalpublishing #inclusivedesign #EPUBformat #News #WCAG

"People will figure it out": Google CEO on publisher compensation future https://ppc.land/people-will-figure-it-out-google-ceo-on-publisher-compensation-future/ #GoogleCEO #PublisherCompensation #ArtificialIntelligence #ContentCreation #DigitalPublishing

"People will figure it out": Google CEO on publisher compensation future: Google executive suggests creators will develop content specifically for artificial intelligence platforms during industry summit. https://ppc.land/people-will-figure-it-out-google-ceo-on-publisher-compensation-future/ #GoogleCEO #PublisherCompensation #ArtificialIntelligence #ContentCreation #DigitalPublishing

Working ‘APACE’ on the Eve of Europe’s Accessibility Act

Fondazione LIA's 'APACE' gathering of book publishing practitioners and accessibility experts meets, as a new law adds heat to a hot June weekend.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/working-apace-on-the-eve-of-europes-accessibility-act/

#Accessibility #AssociationofItalianPublishers #AssociazioneItalianaEditori #CristinaMussinelli #DigitalPublishing
@indieauthors

Celebrating 10 years of WG #DigitalPublishing @DHd, we’re excited to share the anthology "Reputation without #Paywall" [ger]. It explores scholarly reputation in the #OpenAccess era. Check out the contributions (published incrementally): https://doi.org/10.26298/1981-5838

✔️ E-commerce for Digital Publishers: A Platform for Seamless Integration

✨A revolutionary #Ecommerce platform designed specifically for digital publishers, allowing them to seamlessly integrate their digital content with products, services, and subscriptions, enabling new revenue streams.

#DigitalPublishing #ContentMonetization #SubscriptionModel #NFTIntegration #AffiliateMarketing

Are AI Summaries Killing Articles?

Article: https://www.axios.com/2025/06/19/ai-search-traffic-publishers
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#ContentCreation #AISummaries #AI #DigitalPublishing #FutureofContent #publishing

AAP’s April StatShot: US Industry Down 4.0 Percent in April

The Association of American Publishers' StatShot sees trade revenues in the US book market down 2.7 percent in April.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/aaps-april-2025-statshot-us-industry-down-4-0-percent-in-april/

#AAP #AssociationofAmericanPublishers #Audiobooks #ChildrensBooks #DigitalPublishing
@indieauthors

Romance Drives Fiction Boom and Audiobooks Surge: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Tis the season to celebrate audiobook growth, it seems. So what better way to mark the solstice—when the city is full of folk dancers and the countryside is full of all manner of people doing all manner of things to mark the…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/romance-drives-fiction-boom/

#audiobookgrowth #digitalpublishing #fictionsalesincrease #Romancefiction #Romantasytrend
@indieauthors

Romance Drives Fiction Boom and Audiobooks Surge: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway https://selfpublishingadvice.org/romance-drives-fiction-boom/ #fictionsalesincrease #digitalpublishing #audiobookgrowth #Romancefiction #Romantasytrend #UKbookmarket #News

The AIpocalypse is here for web sites as search referrals plunge

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/22/ai_search_starves_publishers/

#HackerNews #AIpocalypse #WebSites #SearchReferrals #DigitalPublishing #AIImpact #ContentCreators

UK Publishers Association: 2024 Audiobooks Up 31 Percent

While fiction was up 18 percent in 2024, the United Kingdom's nonfiction sales ran some 4 percent below their 2023 performance.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/uk-publishers-association-2024-audiobook-revenue-up-31-percent/

#AcademicPublishing #Audiobooks #DanConway #DigitalPublishing #EducationalPublishing
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Spotify Reports Audiobook Growth; AI Search Summaries Cut Publisher Traffic: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Spotify is doing well and helping publishers in the process—or so says the latest release from, er, Spotify. Despite the obvious possible messiah complex going on, there are some…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/spotify-reports-audiobook-growth/

#AIsearchsummaries #audiobooklisteners #digitalpublishing #publishertraffic #PublishingPerspectivessurvey
@indieauthors

Spotify Reports Audiobook Growth; AI Search Summaries Cut Publisher Traffic: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway https://selfpublishingadvice.org/spotify-reports-audiobook-growth/ #PublishingPerspectivessurvey #Spotifyaudiobookgrowth #audiobooklisteners #AIsearchsummaries #digitalpublishing #publishertraffic #News

Spain’s Publishing Sector Recovers to Pre-2008 Levels

A growing interest in reading and books' cheers Spanish publishers, who report regaining pre-2008 turnover levels in 2024.
The post Spain’s Publishing Sector Recovers to Pre-2008 Levels appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/spains-publishing-sector-recovers-to-pre-2008-levels/

#AdultFiction #Audiobooks #ChildrensBooks #DigitalPublishing #Europe
@indieauthors

Today Saturday, June 14 at 19:00 I’ll give a talk at @hkw_berlin – Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, focused on my last book Tactical Publishing, Using Senses, Software, and Archives in the Twenty-First Century, published by @themitpress.
I’ll then be in a dialogue moderated by MISS READ festival director Michalis Pichler (thanks for the invitation!).

https://missread.com/event/focus-tactical-publishing/

#tacticalpublishing #digitalpublishing #publishing #publishinghistory #indiepublishing #independentpublishing #mediaart #newmediaart #netart #internetart #artsciencetechnology #creativecodeart #creativetechnology #digitalarchives #mediahistory #mediaarchaeology #retrofuture #artistbook #experimentalpublishing #electronicliterature #zines #digitalwriting #mediatheory #mediastudies #digitalhumanities #posttruth #mediamanipulation #hacktivism #postdigital #postdigitalprint