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Apple sued by authors for copyright infringement

Sep 08 2025: Apple is the latest tech company to be hit with a proposed class action lawsuit over unauthorized training of AI models using published books. On Friday, authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson filed a lawsuit in Northern California targeting Apple's "OpenELM" large...

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AFSCME, cultural organizations ask court to reinforce IMLS protection

Sep 04 2025: On September 3, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees and a coalition of library, museum, and cultural organizations filed an amicus brief in Rhode Island v. Trump, stating their solidarity with the Institute of Museum and Library Services. ...

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Barak Obama's 2025 Summer Reading List

Aug 30 2025: 1m Since someone mentioned it, here you go: • Mark Twain — Ron Chernow A comprehensive biography of one of the most important writers and social commentators in American history. • The Book of Records — Madeleine Thi…

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Kirkus finalists announced!

Aug 28 2025: FICTION The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai (Hogarth) The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy (Mariner Books) Isola by Allegra Goodman (Dial Press) A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar ( Knopf) T…

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Tentative agreement reached in Anthropic copyright lawsuit

Aug 27 2025: In an announcement that stunned industry veterans who remember publishing’s drawn-out fair use battle with Google, Anthropic has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement with attorneys representing authors and publishers in a class action lawsuit that was only ...

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Attorneys general beseech R.I. judge to protect IMLS

Aug 25 2025: As the calendar ticks toward September 30 and the end of fiscal 2025, at which time U.S. legislators will determine FY 2026 appropriations for public institutions, 21 states’ attorneys general have asked the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island to enter a summary ...

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Traditional publishers find success in nontraditional ways

Aug 22 2025: These days, many people in the book business are taking the proverb “necessity is the mother of invention” more seriously than ever. Buffeted by inflation, flat sales, and consolidation in such areas as distribution and retailing, publishers are looking for different ...

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A new survey of adult reading habits found that the percentage of people who sit down with a book for pleasure on any given day has reached a 20-year low, dipping to 16% in 2023

Aug 21 2025: According to a study cited by Publisher’s Weekly, " A new survey of adult reading habits found that the percentage of people who sit down with a book for pleasure on any given day has reached a 20-year low, dipping to 16…

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