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The record

Innovations

Practical innovation in European books and publishing, documented so it can be reused. Every entry names the problem it addresses and what evidence exists.

16 of 16 entries

Editorial

Visionary Tales

Turns a manuscript into a directed video trailer, with a human in the loop at every step.

WeDaVinciGermany
Discovery

Shimmr AI

Advertising for the whole catalogue, not only the lead titles.

Shimmr AIUnited Kingdom
Reading experience

Kids Chapters

Picture books in which the child is the recognisable main character.

Kids ChaptersNetherlands
Reading experience

AI-books

A book you can ask questions.

The AI-Book CompanyNetherlands
Discovery

USBN & Read and Listen

One identifier for a work, instead of one for every edition of it.

StorytelSweden
Reading experience

Toniebox

Screen-free audio, triggered by a figurine a child can put on a shelf.

toniesGermany
Sustainability

Knihobot / Bookbot

An industrial route for a second-hand book back to a reader.

KnihobotCzechia
Business models

Collective AI licensing

Collective bargaining with AI companies, for publishers too small to negotiate alone.

Publishers' Licensing ServicesUnited Kingdom
Business models

Bookshop.org UK ebooks

Ebooks sold by independent bookshops, who keep the profit.

Bookshop.orgUnited Kingdom
Editorial

Nuanxed

Translation at series speed, with the translator still accountable for the voice.

NuanxedSweden
Accessibility

APACE

Getting a whole sector ready for the European Accessibility Act.

Fondazione LIA and partnersItaly
Discovery

Reading Rationales

Metadata for why someone buys a book, not for what it is about.

MVBGermany
Data & infrastructure

ISCC – ISO 24138

An identifier computed from the content itself.

ISCC FoundationEurope
Accessibility

CELA

Building the literary translators that smaller European languages do not have.

Wintertuin and 12 partnersNetherlands
Sustainability

Book Chain Project

Rival publishers sharing one assessment of the same paper mill.

Carnstone, for a publisher member groupUnited Kingdom
Data & infrastructure

Instant Rights & Permissions

Routine permissions that clear without an email thread.

Frankfurter BuchmesseGermany