AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoPublishing and Free Expression: Hundreds of authors have rallied behind Sally Rooney and Faber after the publisher said it could no longer supply her books in the UK amid legal risks tied to the ban on Palestine Action. AI and Books: A report details how tech companies buy books, cut off their spines and scan the pages for AI training; Korean publishers are also demanding consent and payment for use of books in AI. Industry Moves: Pan Macmillan has taken a stake in independent nonfiction publisher New River Books. Awards: Tayari Jones’ Kin won the Kirkus Prize for fiction, including its $50,000 award, while Chilean novelist Isabel Allende received Spain’s Planeta Prize. Young Readers: Canada’s Forest of Reading named 100 books for its 2027 awards, with 270,000 students expected to read and vote.
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