AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoPublishing Deals: Lakeside Book has acquired Bradford & Bigelow, adding educational and trade printing capacity while retaining the printer’s New England facilities and staff. Rights & Markets: Sharjah’s publishers conference is setting up rights meetings among publishers and agents, with 1,433 publishers from 126 countries taking part. Peru is attending for the first time. Policy & Prizes: Korean publishers are seeking tax credits for books and web novels, arguing that they provide source material for films, games and webtoons. Nine Korean picture books also won national awards, with export support promised. Copyright & AI: An Alphabet shareholder has sued Google’s leaders, alleging copyrighted books and other works were used to train AI without permission. Books in Court: Testimony in Steven Galloway’s defamation case examined whether allegations affected sales of his later novel. The accuser’s lawyer argued the industry fallout cannot all be attributed to her client. Libraries & Access: Democracy Forward has sued Alabama over restrictions on books featuring transgender characters.
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