AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoBooker Prize: M. John Harrison, 81, won for The End of Everything, becoming the prize’s oldest winner and the first science-fiction author to take the award. Publishing Accountability: David Walliams faces misconduct allegations from multiple women, including claims of grooming when they were teenagers; he denies wrongdoing. Separately, a US court awarded publishers $19.5 million in a default judgment against e-book piracy site WeLib. Library Books: Tamil Nadu’s High Court ordered a corruption probe into alleged irregularities in library book purchases, while the state plans a committee to oversee future procurement. Publishing Tools: Self-publishing platform Blurb launched a direct-sales store for print-on-demand books, as AI-focused publisher Spines raised $64 million to automate publishing. Literary History: Ireland plans to move about 12,000 once-banned books to the National Archives, where they will eventually be open to the public. New Memoir: Sonia Gandhi’s Belonging: A Journey of Love has reached bookstores, recounting her family life and decision to decline India’s prime ministership.
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