AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoCensorship & Sales: Sally Rooney’s books are being withdrawn from UK sale after she and publisher Faber agreed that passing her royalties to Palestine Action could expose them to prosecution. Separately, authors pulled a Palestinian children’s history book from Penguin Random House over editorial changes. AI & Copyright: A Harry Potter publisher won $21 million from Anthropic and will share the proceeds with authors; a Quebec novelist accused of using AI has abandoned efforts to document how his book was written. Independent Publishing: Leipzig Literature Verlag and its Sisyphus imprint won Germany’s Publishers Award for championing translated literature, particularly from the former Yugoslavia. Book Fairs: Sharjah’s 2026 fair is set to bring together 2,673 publishers and exhibitors from 124 countries for 1,500 events.
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