1+ day, 11+ 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…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (174+ words) The chief customer officer of Veristage says publishers now process the equivalent of more than 50,000 books per month through Insight, her company’s AI publishing services platform—and that figure is growing fast. You’re based in the U.S., but working…...

3+ day, 13+ 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…...

3+ day, 16+ 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…...

3+ day, 17+ 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…...

4+ day, 17+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (163+ words) Publishers Weekly Elsevier Launches AI Assistant for Healthcare E-books A few days before Google’s announcement about its Expert Intelligence initiative for e-books bought through Google Play, Elsevier announced the launch of Nora AI, an AI-powered assistant available within Elsevier…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (576+ words) Though the meaning of the word independent can seem fuzzy to some, the requirements for joining the IPC are straightforward: publishers must have at least 10 books in print by at least three authors, and no more than 60 employees. This disqualifies…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (291+ words) Digital content provider OverDrive, which serves the library and educational markets, has hired Liz Carrasco as its chief technology officer. Carrasco succeeds former CTO Jeff Sterling, who is moving into a new leadership position as head of OverDrive Labs. An…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (168+ words) HarperCollins has turned to Amazon to find its new VP for online and digital sales. Scott Sanders will join the publisher on September 8 reporting to Stephanie Fryling, who was named president of sales in April. At Amazon, Sanders most recently…...