Andrew Ford’s new book, The Shortest History of Music was published on 30 July 2024 by Black Inc. A UK/Commonwealth edition followed from Old Street Publishing in October 2024. Picador India published an English-languuage Indian edition in February 2025. A North American edition from The Experiment arrived in May 2025, followed by a UK paperback in July. So far there have been translations into Turkish, Russian and Chinese, with Ukranian and Persian to come.