Digital Publishing: The "Gold Mine" of the Publishing Industry

On June 24, in Hanoi, the first Digital Publishing Forum 2025 was held, pointing out that digital transformation is a vital way out for the publishing industry.

With the theme “The Future of Publishing in the Digital Age”, the 2025 Digital Publishing Forum was organized by Alpha Books in collaboration with the Vietnam Digital Content Creation Alliance and the Digital Copyright Center, under the auspices of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDCA). Here, managers, technology experts, and businesses analyzed vital issues so that the publishing industry does not just talk about digital transformation, but actually transforms.

Dr. Nguyen Minh Hong, Chairman of VDCA, said that digital publishing is a historic opportunity to promote a new reading culture, improve competitiveness and connect global knowledge. At the same time, there are growing challenges from artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright infringement.

Experts attend panel discussions at the Digital Publishing Forum

From the perspective of a pioneering enterprise, Mr. Nguyen Canh Binh, Chairman of Alpha Books, said: “In the past, publishing was printing books. Today, it is a journey of personalization, interaction, and continuous information updates, through digital formats such as ebooks, flashcards, microlearning…”. Mr. Binh emphasized that digital publishing not only helps cut costs and shorten the intermediary chain, but also creates conditions for people to access knowledge more easily.

The forum also pointed out five strategic directions for the Vietnamese publishing industry: updating global trends; integrating new technologies such as AI, blockchain, and big data; connecting links in the content value chain; encouraging innovation; and building a digital publishing ecosystem owned by Vietnamese people.

Many experts agree that digital publishing is the world ’s “gold mine”, with global revenue reaching 120 billion USD/year. However, in Vietnam, this “gold mine” has not been effectively exploited due to technological problems, conservative thinking and especially uncontrolled copyright infringement.

From the potential “gold mine” to actual exploitation is a long and arduous journey. But if we do not start today, the Vietnamese publishing industry will be left behind. Digital publishing, a knowledge revolution, has knocked on the door. The remaining question is: are we brave enough to cross the threshold of transformation?

MAI AN

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/xuat-ban-so-mo-vang-cua-nganh-xuat-ban-post800793.html