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707 million books bought this year!

Dec 30 2025: There’s a very interesting article in the New York Times this morning (not linking it because it’s behind a paywall). Some takeaways: 707 million books in print were bought this year - about 75% of book sales, meaning …

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Chaos in Washington, distribution turmoil made for a tumultuous 2025

Dec 26 2025: This year was a tumultuous one for book publishing, as it was for many American industries. The business spent much of 2025 bracing for the impact that new Trump administration tariffs would have on the publishing and pr…

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Authors file new lawsuit against AI companies seeking more money

Dec 24 2025: Yesterday, six authors filed new individual copyright infringement actions against Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity AI. The suits, which were filed in the Northern District of California, states the c…

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Trump-aligned law firm files civil rights complaint against PRH

Dec 19 2025: America First Legal (AFL), the conservative public interest law firm founded in 2021 by current White House official Stephen Miller, has filed a federal civil rights complaint against Penguin Random House with the U.S. E…

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Six major publishers join sold-out BookCon 2026

Dec 16 2025: Six of the nation’s largest publishers have signed on as exhibitors for BookCon 2026, event organizer ReedPop has announced. Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks wil…

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SCOTUS denies petition to hear Texas book banning case

Dec 11 2025: The U.S. Supreme Court has denied requests to consider Leila Green Little et al. v. Llano County , a closely-watched Texas book removal case that jeopardizes First Amendment rights in public libraries.

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IMLS restores competitive grant funding

Dec 08 2025: On December 3, the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced on its website that it “has reinstated all federal grants.” This action is the result of a permanent injunction ordered on November 21 by U.S. Distric…

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Books could be excluded from EUDR legislation

Dec 03 2025: Late last week, the European Parliament voted to remove printed books and newspapers from the need to comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) act. The goal of EUDR is to prevent forest degradation …

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