8+ hour, 4+ min ago  (83+ words) The Bookseller Granta ends external publishing partnerships after Commonwealth Prize AI "controversy" Register to read for FREE. Serious about the book trade? Want full access? This month, you can Subscribe for just 99p and unlock full access to exclusive interviews, rights…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago  (50+ words) The Oklahoman Oklahoma author who coined 'steampunk' genre sues AI company The science fiction author and Oklahoma resident who coined the term "steampunk" has sued AI company Anthropic, claiming that it downloaded pirated works to help train its large language…...

7+ hour, 35+ min ago  (1041+ words) Books on display at Belmont Books, a family-owned independent bookstore, located in Belmont Center, Massachusetts, on June 8, 2026. "From Pitch to Publication" is a series taking readers behind the curtain of modern publishing as a business." I already know what the…...

19+ hour, 58+ min ago  (503+ words) More Than 100 Authors Take Anthropic To Court Over Alleged Use Of Pirated Books (Picture Credit - Bloomberg) The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, puts the spotlight back on a difficult question: can AI…...

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13+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1099+ words) Lala Huo had two problems. He loved reading Chinese-language books, but it was hard to find them, even in the Bay Area. He also loved organizing events for the community, but finding a location was a scramble every time. On…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (559+ words) A woman in Denver, Colorado, shared a book idea with her audience in a random online clip. Suddenly, an "author" then used this idea to begin writing a book himself. He, however, used Chat GPT, drawing backlash on himself and…...

21+ hour, 26+ min ago  (887+ words) Publishers Weekly Children's Institute 2026: Chicago's Publishers Produce Books for World's Young Readers Children's Institute 2026 attendees, as well as librarians going to the American Library Association's annual conference, are entering a children's book publishing wonderland. While Albert Whitman & Company has fallen…...

1+ day, 20+ min ago  (506+ words) Inside Librairie, a new bookshop at Silver Lake's Sunset Junction, you'll find store owner Jackie Des Forges behind the gardening books, tucked into a snug space that once held a refrigerator. Little, tiny, small, snug " these are all useful terms…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (203+ words) The 135-page graphic book examines the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar Pradesh, which killed 62 people and displaced more than 50, 000 people, most of whom were from the Muslim community. The book was published in 2025 and explores the political mechanics and tensions in…...