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Percival Everett wins National Book Award for fiction with retelling of Huckleberry Finn

Nov 21 2024: Percival Everett has won the $10,000 National Book Award for fiction, one of the US’s most prestigious literary prizes, for James, his acclaimed reimagining of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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IBPA and PubWest unite to become one association

Nov 20 2024: Members of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and the Publishers Association of the West (PubWest) have voted unanimously to combine into a single entity this week. PubWest held its vote on November 13, and IBPA voted on November 19, to approve the new ...

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Agents, authors question HarperCollins AI deal

Nov 19 2024: In a significant move, HarperCollins has become the first Big Five publisher to strike a licensing deal to provide access to select nonfiction books for AI training purposes. And so far, authors and agents appear to be approaching the deal with caution and skepticism—if...

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Hachette acquires Sterling Publishing from Barnes & Noble

Nov 19 2024: In another reworking of Barnes & Noble’s business under the direction of CEO James Daunt, the company has sold its publishing division to Hachette Book Group. Under the agreement, all Sterling Publishing Co.’s staff, publishing assets, and trademarks will be transferred...

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Australian authors giving every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate

Nov 18 2024: Some of Australia’s most prominent authors are among a group of more than 90 writers and literary supporters who have paid for every federal parliamentarian to receive a carefully curated package of books on the Middle East to expand their knowledge of the history of ...

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NBN to close, clients offered opportunity to move to S&S

Nov 18 2024: In another sign of the changing economics of distribution in the publishing industry, independent distributor National Book Network (NBN) will close next year, with its approximately 150 clients offered the chance to move to Simon & Schuster Distribution Services. ...

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Trump threatens to sue Penguin Random House

Nov 15 2024: President-elect Donald J. Trump is threatening to sue Penguin Random House and the New York Times for $10 billion over allegedly “false and defamatory statements” contained in articles written by Times journalists Peter Baker, Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, and Michael S...

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What do you think of Orbital winning the 2024 Booker Prize

Nov 14 2024: What did you think of Orbital winning? Have you had a chance to read the book?

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