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Authors Guild reaches agreement with troubled TouchPoint Press

Sep 16 2024: After hearing from dozens of authors about the poor business practices of TouchPoint Press, the Authors Guild said Friday that it has reached a deal with TouchPoint founder Sheri Williams, under which Williams agreed to pay authors overdue royalties and revert rights ...

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Freedom to read advocates look to expand efforts beyond the courtroom

Sep 16 2024: On September 24, the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals—all 18 judges—will hear arguments in a closely watched book-banning case from Llano County, Tex. And last week, a flurry of amicus briefs filed in the case starkly laid out what’s at stake in the litigation: a ...

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Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner make the 2024 Booker prize shortlist

Sep 16 2024: Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Anne Michaels are among the writers whose novels have been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. The list of six includes five books by female authors, the highest number of women shortlisted in the prize’s 55-year history.

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Florida school district must return LGBTQ books to libraries after settlement

Sep 13 2024: A school district in northeastern Florida must return three dozen books related to race and the LGBTQ community to school libraries as part of a settlement reached Thursday with authors, parents and students.

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Literary prize drops name of its sponsor from title after protests over Israel arms link

Sep 11 2024: A major Canadian literary award has dropped the name of its sponsor, Scotiabank, from its title following months of protests over the bank’s investments in an Israeli weapons manufacturer.

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2024 NBA longlist for young people's literature announced

Sep 10 2024: The National Book Foundation is announcing the 2024 National Book Award longlists this week. Five finalists in each of the five categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature—will be named October 1. The winners will be ...

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HarperCollins moves Harvest to Morrow Group; Diana Baroni to lead Harvest, Harper Wave

Sep 05 2024: Diana Baroni, formerly SVP, editor-in-chief, and publisher of Harmony Books and Rodale Books at Penguin Random House, is joining HarperCollins on October 7 as SVP and publisher for Harvest and Harper Wave. Both imprints focus on the lifestyle and wellness categories.

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Appeals court upholds decision against Internet Archive’s book scanning program

Sep 04 2024: In a swift decision, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously affirmed a March 2023 lower court decision finding the Internet Archive's program to scan and lend print library books is copyright infringement. In an emphatic 64-page ...

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