AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAI vs books: Reports say AI firms are buying and shredding physical books for training, with booksellers seeing bulk ISBN orders and even a Dutch antiquarian dismissing a 3,000-title request as spam—sparking fresh “book burning” backlash. Big publishing deal fallout: A debut crime novel bought for £1.5m was pulled after suspected AI hallmarks, after a multi-publisher auction for a 2028 release. Jewish publishing push: US Jews are launching new publishing houses after authors said they were told their work was “too Jewish,” including a new imprint within Wicked Son Press aimed at releasing multiple novels and a literary magazine. Kids’ publishing: Canada’s Kids Can Press lands Chatham-Kent author Sarah Van Goethem’s middle-grade debut, The Witch of the Dark Wood, Sept. 1. Comics honors: Korean cartoonist Sanho wins an Eisner for Purgatory Funeral Cakes, the first Korean creator to take the award. Industry careers & craft: NYT obituaries editor William McDonald reflects on decades of life-and-death storytelling, while Newsguard co-founder Steven Brill talks about building AI for news verification.
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