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AAP Calls Big Tech's AI Arguments 'Nonsense'
In comments submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office this week, the Association of American Publishers slammed assertions by the tech industry that fair use permits AI developers to use copyrighted works to train their systems without permission or compensation.
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Congress Introduces New Bill to Fight Book Bans in Schools
Amid a historic surge in book challenges in schools and school libraries, the Fight Book Bans Act would offer federal funding to support school districts fighting challenges to books and educational materials.
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Neil Strong Named COO of Macmillan
Strong joins Macmillan from Barnes & Noble, where he most recently served as v-p of supply chain and customer service. He will fill the previously vacant chief operating officer position effective January 2.
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After Outcry, Scholastic Lays the Groundwork for Its Spring Book Fairs
Books once included in Scholastic's optional Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice collection, along with additional books with inclusive content, will become part of regular book fair shipments next year.
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Fresh Off a National Book Award Win, Omnidawn Looks Toward the Holidays
This year, the nonprofit publisher won its first National Book Award for Craig Santos Perez's poetry collection 'from unincorporated territory [åmot].' Its publisher, Rusty Morrison, forecasts solid sales for that title, and others, this holiday season.
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Scholastic Union Reaches Tentative New Contract Agreement
Unionized magazine employees at Scholastic have reached a tentative agreement with management, establishing a $65,000 salary floor, general wage increases, ratification bonuses, and more.
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Penguin Random House, Authors Sue to Block Iowa Anti-LGBTQ Book Banning Law
Penguin Random House and the Iowa State Education Association, along with four bestselling authors and five plaintiffs from the state of Iowa, have sued the state to block key provisions of its sweeping new law banning books with sexual or LGBTQ+ content in schools.
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Book Packager Melcher Media Expands into Marketing and Printing
After 30 years in business, the company will offer direct-to-consumer sales, marketing, and printing services for what founder and CEO Charles Melcher calls "a focused list of clientele."
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Andrew Miller Tapped to Lead Henry Holt
Miller has been named president and publisher of Henry Holt, effective mid-January 2024, succeeding Amy Einhorn, who left Holt this summer to lead the Crown fiction program.
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Chronicle Restyles 'Letters to My' Bestsellers
Chronicle Books has redesigned four of its popular "Letters to My" gift packages for 2024.
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Publishers Launch Weeklong #ReadPalestine Campaign
Publishers for Palestine, a coalition of more than 350 publishers from around the world, is offering more than 30 free e-books by and about Palestinians as part #ReadPalestine week.
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Fifth Circuit Hears Appeal of Texas Book Rating Law
At a 45-minute hearing on November 29, lawyers for a coalition of plaintiff booksellers and publishing industry groups urged the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to immediately lift an administrative stay that has allowed the controversial book rating law to take effect.
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Lambda Legal, ACLU Sue to Block Iowa Anti-LGBTQ Book Banning Law
Signed by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds in May, SF 496, among its provisions, bans books with depictions of written or visual sex from school libraries, and prohibits instruction and materials involving gender identity and sexual orientation for students through sixth grade.
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Appeal of Texas Book Rating Law Set for Oral Argument Tomorrow
After weeks of anticipation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will finally hear oral argument in the state’s appeal of judge Alan D. Albright’s August 31 decision to enjoin key provisions of HB 900.
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Poet Detained in Gaza Is Released by IDF
After Mosab Abu Toha was detained by the Israeli Defense Forces on November 19, organizations including PEN International and his publisher, City Lights, called for his protection and release.
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Indie Presses Tout Titles for the Holiday
With the holiday season is in full swing after a year of ups and downs for publishers, a number of indie presses predict how their final sales push of 2023 is shaping up.
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Yahdon Israel Pulls Back the Curtain on Publishing
The senior editor at Simon & Schuster, who acquired NBA finalist ‘Temple Folk’ after putting out a call for submissions on Instagram, wants to make the publishing industry more transparent and accessible.
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'Freelance Isn't Free' Becomes Law in New York State
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed New York state bill S5026—known as the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, and intended to protect freelance workers including authors and journalists on contract—into law.
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ACLU, Parents, and Students Sue Alaska School District Over Book Bans
The suit, filed on behalf of six parents of minor children and two students who are over the age of 18 in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough school district, seeks the return of 56 books said to be improperly banned from school shelves.
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Close-Up on: Jamie Oliver’s ‘Billy and the Giant Adventure’
With the publication of Billy and the Giant Adventure (Tundra), celebrity chef Jamie Oliver becomes a children’s book author. In the inventive and inspiring story, a group of friends enter a portal to another world, where they have a wild adventure and meet a menagerie of creatures. Oliver chatted with PW about the inspiration behind the book, the role that food plays in the story, and his personal challenges growing up with dyslexia.
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