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Audible Is Beta Testing AI-Powered Search
Audible.com has launched Maven, an AI-powered feature that allows users to search for audiobooks using natural language queries. The new tool is currently in beta and available to select U.S. customers.
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Washington State University Press Set to Be Shut Down
The press will reportedly close at the end of the year after university officials decided to eliminate its $300,000 annual funding.
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Flatiron to Debut Pine & Cedar Imprint with S.A. Cosby's Next Book
Pine & Cedar Books plans to publish “compulsively readable, story-driven novels,” starting next summer, with the first title in a three-book deal with the 'All the Sinners Bleed' author. Christine Kopprasch has been named VP and publisher.
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Black Book Community Hopes New Release Will Lead to Marcus Garvey's Exoneration
This fall, Broadleaf Books will publish 'Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind,' a compilation of essays edited by Garvey's son that includes contributions by Black authors, booksellers, and publishers.
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How ‘Dear Dickhead’ by Virginie Despentes Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the author’s latest novel.
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U.S. Copyright Office Releases Part One of AI Report, Calls for New Legislation
From “AI-generated musical performances to robocall impersonations of political candidates to images in pornographic videos,” the report acknowledges that “a new era of sophisticated digital replicas has arrived.”
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Freud's Writings Get an Update—30 Years in the Making
'The Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud,' copublished by Rowman & Littlefield and the Institute of Psychoanalysis, took three decades for editor and translator Mark Solms to complete.
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The 'Southwest Review' Launches New Pony Press
The Dallas-based 'Southwest Review' is launching New Pony Press, which plans to publish works by cult writers, putting out one book a year. Its first title is 'Disappearances,' a book of drawings by Barry Gifford, publishing October 8.
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Court Approves Barnes & Noble’s Purchase of Tattered Cover
The move marks a swift close for B&N’s $1.83 million acquisition bid for the embattled indie, announced last month, which includes four stores in Denver and will allow Tattered Cover to keep its name and branding.
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Ownership of Interlink Publishing Passed to Founders' Children
Michel and Ruth Moushabeck have transferred ownership of Interlink Publishing to their three daughters and son-in-law. The company, founded in 1987, describes itself as the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the U.S.
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Indie Presses Make Welcoming Homes for Immigrant Writing
At Restless Books, Black Lawrence Press, and Academic Studies Press, first-generation American editors want to hear from writers with cross-cultural stories to tell.
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Thorndike Brings Spanish-Language Large Print to Young Readers
Reps say Spanish-language large print books are a great way for young English-language learners to improve their reading skills while staying connected to their cultural backgrounds and enjoying the same works as their English-speaking peers.
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Anglophone Publishers Bet on Spanish-Language Editions
MCD Books is one of a few U.S. publishers to strike out on its own with a Spanish edition of one of its adult titles—Héctor Tobar’s 'Our Migrant Souls,' an inquiry into Latino identity. The somewhat novel approach to translation may soon be the norm.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: July 29, 2024
J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ generates renewed interest post–Republican Convention, landing at the top of our list. Plus ‘A Discovery of Witches’ author Deborah Harkness returns with ‘The Black Bird Oracle,’ and the Warriors middle grade fantasy series gets the graphic novel treatment.
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How ‘White Robes and Broken Badges’ by Joe Moore Got Made
An inside look at the journalist’s memoir about infiltrating the KKK.
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Colin Kaepernick Launches AI-Based Self-Publishing Platform
The former NFL quarterback turned civil rights activist, who founded his own publishing company in 2020, has launched Lumi, an AI-based platform providing authors and other creatives with another alternative to traditional publishing.
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PRH Unveils New Global Corporate Logo
Penguin Random House's new global corporate logo combines the PRH wordmark with the Penguin icon, as was already the case in most of the publisher's territories worldwide.
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NBF’s Book Rich Environments Program Hits Two Million Book Donations
The National Book Foundation program, launched in 2017, has distributed more than two million free books to young people and families in public housing communities across the United States.
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Sourcebooks Building In-House Sales Team, Taps Payne to Direct
Sourcebooks is expanding its reach into the indie bookseller sales channel by replacing commission reps with an in-house sales team. The Chicagoland-based publisher has hired Courtney Payne from Chronicle Books to lead the team as director of indie retail sales.
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PW Close-Up: Podium Entertainment
Podium, a renowned audiobook publisher best known for sci-fi and fantasy, has significantly broadened its digital library and the opportunities available to writers. Now a full-service publisher that distributes books in all formats, Podium Entertainment is preparing to launch its inaugural print list. PW spoke with the company's publisher, Victoria Gerken, about its growth, its mission, and how Podium is meeting the publishing needs of authors from all backgrounds and genres. (Sponsored)
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