AGP Executive Report
Last update: 13 minutes agoUK Book Sales: Sally Rooney and Faber have agreed to withdraw her books from UK sale, saying the publisher cannot pass her royalties to her under current law after her support for Palestine Action. Children’s Publishing: Authors have pulled a Palestinian history book from Penguin Random House over editorial changes they say sanitized its account of history. AI & Copyright: A publisher behind the Harry Potter books won $21 million from Anthropic, with proceeds to be shared with authors; Google is also seeking Korean book deals as copyright legislation stalls. Literary Awards: Edwidge Danticat’s Dèy, published by Knopf, is a finalist for the 2026 National Book Award for Fiction. Publishing & Translation: Leipzig’s Leipziger Literaturverlag and Sisyphus platform won Germany’s 2026 Publishers Award for work promoting translated and bilingual literature, especially from the post-Yugoslav region. Books Behind Bars: Inmates at Cuddalore Central Prison have published 85 books of poetry, stories, essays and letters through a rehabilitation initiative.
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