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  1. Oct 9, 2026· 8 min

    This week at Publitik: the panel now asks what you follow

    Interests that become alerts, an alerts centre you can adjust with Martha, password sign-in, a redesigned podcast and a much larger archive. What changed between October 2 and 9.

  2. Oct 1, 2026· 8 min

    What it took to build Martha

    Martha researches Publitik's archive and shows the sources behind every answer. Here is what had to be built before she could answer her first question.

  3. May 26, 2026· 4 min

    Introducing the Publitik podcast: the daily audio brief for the publishing market

    Five minutes a day with Marina and Caio discussing what matters in the global publishing market. It complements the daily newsletter with context and discussion.

  4. May 26, 2026· 4 min

    When three publishing markets close on the same day

    Monday, May 25, saw 49% fewer news items than usual. Three major markets (United States, Germany, United Kingdom) closed simultaneously. Here's what continued to circulate.

  5. May 25, 2026· 7 min

    What 1,500 BookTokers teach us about what sells in publishing

    Reviews perform 40x better than TBRs. Micro-creators dominate volume, while macro-creators dominate reach. Data from Publitik's BookTok panel.

  6. May 22, 2026· 12 min

    AI, bookstores, and awards redefine power in the publishing market

    Digital piracy, retail consolidation, and the geographical shift of literary prestige are redrawing global publishing power in a week of 40 stories.

  7. May 20, 2026· 9 min

    401 authors imprisoned: the year silencing became routine

    In thirty days, censorship surfaced in eight countries — US schools and courts, European centralization and arrests, silence in the monitored Asian axis.

  8. May 15, 2026· 6 min

    What rankings from Asia, Central Europe, and Oceania reveal about the publishing market

    Five new weekly lists and four international press sources join the map. Each offers unique insights: dominant formats, market segmentation, and title lifecycles.

  9. May 15, 2026· 5 min

    Taxation, AI, and power: the publishing market on three fronts

    The book sector faces exceptional taxation in 2026, publishers sue Meta over AI training, and authors reorganize editorial power.

  10. May 9, 2026· 7 min

    Asia rewrites the contract between publisher, author, and machine

    AI, manga, and derivatives open three simultaneous fronts in the Asian publishing market. What changes when technology meets a mature industry.

  11. May 8, 2026· 5 min

    Consolidation, content, and confrontation: the week on three fronts

    Křetínský advances on Fnac, Hachette expands into cinema, and publishers confront Meta over AI book usage. A weekly overview.

  12. Apr 30, 2026· 6 min

    Publitik roadmap · edition 0 — the next wave is social influence

    The inaugural edition of our roadmap notes. BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram join the platform with the same analytical rigor as news.

  13. Apr 29, 2026· 6 min

    Reading the publishing market in 4 seconds a day

    37 newsrooms in 19 countries publishing ~100 articles daily. Who reads it all? The real cost isn't time—it's decisions made with an outdated information window.

  14. Apr 29, 2026· 7 min

    Three fronts open in the publishing market — what the panel revealed in recent weeks

    Editorial freedom under pressure, a crisis in book retail, and AI impacting the production chain. These three fronts emerged simultaneously in at least nine countries.