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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly is the international news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries and more.

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > publisher-news > article > 101215-publishing-s-ai-reckoning.html

Publishing’s AI Reckoning

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (713+ words) Has AI use plateaued? Not exactly, but a more studious attitude has replaced the excitement of early adopters. Keith Riegert, president of the Stable Book Group and CEO of Perfect Bound, has been a vocal advocate for the use of…...


publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > publisher-news > article > 101196-authors-guild-co-plaintiffs-seek-summary-judgment-in-openai-case.html

Authors Guild, Co-Plaintiffs Seek Summary Judgment in OpenAI Case

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (204+ words) In a class action case filed by the Authors Guild and its co-plaintiff authors against OpenAI and Microsoft, all parties have filed motions for summary judgment. In a summary judgment, a judge may weigh undisputed evidence and render a decision…...


publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > publisher-news > article > 101200-authors-guild-addresses-anthropic-settlement-hiccups.html

Authors Guild Addresses Anthropic Settlement Concerns

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (514+ words) Claim notices sent out last week in Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement has led to a fair amount of confusion about how publishers and authors are dividing the proceeds. Under the settlement, each work that was included in the agreement is…...


publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > comics > article > 101199-what-webtoon-s-ai-partnership-could-mean-for-translators.html

What Webtoon’s New AI Partnership Could Mean for Translators

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (709+ words) Even by online startup standards, the rise of Webtoon has been dizzying. Founded in South Korea in 2004, at a moment when no unified platform existed for the rapidly multiplying number of web-based independent comics, the company now comprises the largest…...


publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > international > international-book-news > article > 101185-audible-ramps-up-english-translations-of-european-audiobooks.html

Audible Ramps Up English Translations of European Audiobooks

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (180+ words) Publishers Weekly Audible says it has "quadrupled" the number of titles it has translated into English from European languages so far this year, with translations from the continent up 300% year-over-year. (The company did not provide a comparative figure from last…...


publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > publisher-news > article > 101079-random-house-suspends-fall-title-due-to-plagiarism-concerns.html

Random House Suspends Fall Title Due to Plagiarism Concerns

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (451+ words) Publishers Weekly Random House Suspends Fall Title Due to Plagiarism Concerns Ross Barkan’s The Revolutionary: Zohran Mamdani and the Remaking of American Politics, scheduled for publication by Random House on October 6, is no longer available on the Penguin Random…...


publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > religion > article > 101070-study-finds-63-of-religion-books-on-amazon-likely-ai-written.html

AI Invades Religion Books on Amazon

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (229+ words) In a new study released by AI detection platform Originality.ai, 63% of paperback religious books listed for sale on Amazon were flagged as likely written by AI. To arrive at that number, Originality.ai analyzed 2,034 English-language paperbacks with at least…...