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Fighting Book Bans, Coast to Coast
Legal teams fan out to the north, south, east, and west for the freedom to read.
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How ‘This Book Made Me Think of You’ by Libby Page Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest novel
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One World, Little Free Library Partner on Book-Sharing Boxes
In honor of the new One World Essentials series, which features 12 of the Random House imprint’s foundational backlist titles, a dozen boxes will be placed in communities with “meaningful ties” to each Essentials book.
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Scrappy Do: PW Talks with Asterism’s Joshua Rothes
After seeing exponential growth over the past five years, the founder and co-owner of the Seattle-based distributor and online bookstore wants to try something new.
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Publishers Seek to Join Class Action Against Google
Two members of the Association of American Publishers, Cengage and Hachette Book Group, have asked a court to allow them to join an ongoing class action lawsuit first brought over Google’s AI product Gemini by illustrators and authors in 2023.
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Ingram Lets Publishers Opt Out of Book Sales to Tech Firms
In a note sent last week to client publishers, Ingram Content Group warned of the “growing trend” of AI companies purchasing and scanning print books to train their large language models, and said publishers could opt out of selling to these companies.
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Oni Press Taps Kickstarter Exec to Lead Business Strategy
Sam Kusek, who most recently served as the platform’s senior outreach lead, will oversee the independent comics publisher’s crowdfunding campaigns, as well as its extensive roster of licensing deals.
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S&S Alum Colin Shields Joins Lonely Planet
Shields, most recently VP and executive director of global digital and international sales at Simon & Schuster, has been appointed by the guidebook publisher to the newly created role of senior director of sales and marketing for North America.
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Kara Welsh Departs, Scott Shannon Up at Random House Publishing Group
Welsh, who has served as president of Ballantine Books Group since 2021, will leave RHPG after 25 years, effective March 31. Former Random House Worlds president Shannon has been named president of Ballantine Bantam Dell.
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Independent Publishers Caucus Launches Bestseller List with ABA
The Independent Press Top 40 is a new weekly bestseller list that ranks the most popular fiction and nonfiction titles from indie publishers, as sold by American Booksellers Association member stores.
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