AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoPublishing & Books: Aleph Book Company cover designer Bena Sareen won Oxford Bookstore’s 11th Book Cover Prize for Amitava Kumar’s My Beloved Life, and she spoke about how AI is changing book design. Community Reading: Marlborough LitFest is running its “Big Town Read” with Kit de Waal’s The Best of Everything, distributing free copies via the library and local cafes to spark discussion. Book Industry/Policy: Türkiye’s tax authority set a July 31, 2027 deadline for “asset peace” notifications of overseas assets, with a 5% advance tax and possible reduced rates for certain pledged investments. Book Culture: A new review spotlighted Virginia Evans’ The Correspondent, the Women’s Prize in Fiction surprise winner, as an epistolary novel built from decades of letters. Media & Adaptation: Yen Press licensed The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All manga, as its anime heads to a January 2027 debut.
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