AGP Executive Report
Last update: 34 minutes agoPublishing & AI: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette reportedly say their employers use generative AI for tasks including marketing and cover art, even as authors face scrutiny over AI use. The publishers’ policies differ, and the reports are based on employee interviews. Book Access: A publisher-rights lawsuit says Lancaster County Prison unlawfully blocked books and magazines sent to inmates; PEN America also reports rising school bans affecting popular manga. Industry: New Brunswick publishers are set to receive more government funding, while Frankfurt Book Fair coverage highlights efforts to bring Arabic, Indian and other publishing to new readers. Comics & Fiction: New York Comic Con drew strong interest in romance and fantasy books, with some HarperCollins advance copies gone within an hour. Ebury will publish a sequel to Surrounded by Idiots, and Tinder Press has acquired a sequel to Kit de Waal’s My Name Is Leon.
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