Frankfurt Book Fair Archives

The $100,000 Book Prize You ARE Eligible For: The Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway highlights a major opportunity for indie authors: a $100,000 book prize open to all writers. He also recaps the Frankfurt Book Fair, discusses how AI tools are changing publishing, and explores the future of interactive storytelling.

At the Frankfort Book Fair, More AI Deals and Glimpses of Writing’s Future: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Last week was, as you won’t have failed to notice, a week of conferences. There was the Frankfurt Book Fair, one of the largest trade events of the year, and here at ALLi Towers, we held the regular SelfPubCon to tie in with that calendar. This week, I will reflect on the big highlights from both of those, as well as provide some snippets of the latest news.

October 22, 2024
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Self-Publishing News: Elon Musk Sues OpenAI as Publishers Take Different Positions on AI Narration of Audiobooks

The week has seen the publishing industry reacting in very different ways to the rise of AI audiobook narration.

Self-publishing News: European Writers Use Frankfurt Book Fair to Demand AI Transparency

Publishers have used Frankfurt Book Fair to launch a statement calling for a big push from Europe’s legislators on AI. It comes also against the backdrop of the EU’s AI Act, which was proposed earlier in the summer.

October 26, 2023
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: When Writing Meets Reality – A Look Back at a Week of Conferences

The end of last week, you won’t have failed to notice, saw conference season in full swing. The 75th Frankfurt Book Fair is one of the big events of the literary calendar. And capping it off was ALLi’s Self-publishing Advice Conference.

October 24, 2023
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: Peter Gibbons Wins £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award

Peter Gibbons wins Kindle Storyteller Award with King of War. Amazon faces $1bn buy box lawsuit. SelfPubCon preview.

October 26, 2022
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: Enter SelfPubCon’s First Line Competition

The Writers' Guild's launches new self-publishing guide, and Tertullia, a new AI book discovery app that's partnered with Ingram.

October 12, 2022
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: BookTok Centre Stage at Frankfurt

TikTok takes over Frankfurt as Penguin Random House signs a deal to help BookTok creators promote its books.

October 5, 2022
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: Publishers File Lawsuit against Audible in Audiblegate latest

Publishers sue Audible for up to 5 years missing royalties over lack of returns transparency in Audiblegate latest. Frankfurt loses major exhibitors for its in-person book fair while publishers seem to be thriving without the book fair merry-go-round. Only Fans reverses content crackdown raising questions over the relation between platforms and payment partners.