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The Innovations in Publishing Research Hub blog features discussions on recent developments in publishing research and the industry, as well as updates on research hub activities.
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INNOVATIONS IN PUBLISHING Symposium Sept 2026
by Anna Klamet and Rachel Hendryx | 25 September 2026
n September 2026, we hosted our sixth symposium, welcoming another group of researchers to discuss further innovations in publishing. The researchers presented a variety of work exploring new approaches to publishing alongside current developments across various segments of the publishing landscape.
Topics include the impact and use of AI on the publishing industry in Europe, the construction of authorship, an overview of the platformised webnovel industry, the use of programming for print making, the graphic in translation and translation dynamics of globally successful fiction. Read the full summary here.
INNOVATIONS IN PUBLISHING Symposium Sept 2025
by Anna Klamet and Sanna Mansson| 15 October 2025
In September 2025, we hosted our fifth symposium, welcoming another group of researchers to discuss further innovations in publishing. We presented a variety of research exploring new approaches to publishing alongside current developments across various segments of the publishing landscape.
This year, topics included the use of artificial intelligence, the influence of US courts on international publishing, inclusive publishing, how digital technologies have shaped independent pop culture magazines and book collecting pop stars. Read the full summary here.
INNOVATIONS IN PUBLISHING Symposium Sept 2024
by Anna Klamet and Eva Zirker | 5 November 2024
After three successful annual symposia, we hosted another group of researchers to explore further innovations in publishing in September 2024. This year, topics included the effects of attributing on innovation, a teaching project on AI in scholarly book production, and the cartelisation of Anglophone trade book publishing. Read the full summary here.
INNOVATIONS IN PUBLISHING Symposium Sept 2023
by Anna Klamet | 10 October 2023
After two successful annual symposia, we hosted another group of researchers to explore further innovations in publishing in September 2023. As last year, this symposium presented a variety of recent research exploring new approaches to publishing and aspects of innovation management. Topics included transparency in open access publishing, e-lending in Swedish public libraries, audio-originals, algorithmic translations, and business strategy in Afrikaans trade publishing. Read the full summary here.
INNOVATIONS IN PUBLISHING Symposium Sept 2022
by Anna Klamet | 4 November 2022
After last year’s successful CIMRH symposium on innovation management in the publishing industry, we hosted another group of researchers to explore further innovations in publishing. As last year, this symposium presented a variety of recent research exploring new approaches to publishing and aspects of innovation management. Read the full summary here.
June 2022 – Event: AMPLIFYING VOICES IN PUBLISHING
by Frania Hall | 1 July 2022
‘Amplifying Voices in Publishing’ was an event hosted by the Media School at LCC in June 2022. The event was curated by LCC staff and students, looking at industry issues in terms of navigating inclusion as well as exploring employability topics. It was put together by Dr Laura Little and Dr Frania Hall from the Journalism and Publishing programme and students Sanika Joshi from the Media School and Emma Crampton-Thomas from the Screen School at LCC. The discussion was hosted by Gulsum Altinbas a current student on MA Publishing. Read the full post here.
Transcript: THE RELATIVE INNOVATIVE DIMENSION OF SOCIAL READING – Innovations in Publishing Symposium
by Laura Bousquet| 16 September 2021
Laura Bousquet, a PhD Candidate at the universities Lyon 2 Lumière in France and Johannes-Gutenberg Mainz in Germany, spoke about her dissertation focused on Social Reading platforms as players of the book industry in France, Germany and the US. Read the full transcript here.
INNOVATION IN PUBLISHING SYMPOSIUM 2021
by Frania Hall | 1 July 2022
The event included a number of presentations covering a variety of recent research from the UK and Europe exploring different aspects of innovation in publishing in both book and magazine sectors. Topics included examining the digital transformation of the book publishing industry in small nation states, the way effective collaborations can lead to further creative innovation in book publishing, the impacts of social reading platforms, the way the magazine industry is innovating in light of changes in the business environment as well as innovations in digital printing. Read the full summary here.