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Authors are already squeezed financially. Will AI make it worse?

by Kimberly Adams and Sofia Terenzio
Jul 18, 2024
Many writers see AI as a threat, says Rebecca Ackermann. Outcomes are uncertain, but there's widespread worry about being replaced as creators.
The Authors Guild recommends that writers try to protect their work by including AI clauses in book contracts, says journalist Rebecca Ackermann.
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Librarians aim for better e-book accessibility

by Kai Ryssdal and Aleezeh Hasan
Jun 20, 2024
While e-book rentals may be free for library patrons, public libraries are still on the hook for expensive digital licensing fees.
"Because the copies that we circulate have digital rights management on them, we don't feel that we are violating anything having to do with copyright," says Sarah McCusker, head of the Connecticut Library Association.
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Steamy, sultry and stigmatized no more: romance novels are having a moment

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 13, 2024
They used to sell as a guilty pleasure to be hidden away. Now they're cool and out in the open.
Books Inc. in Mountain View, California went from a couple shelves of romance to a full bay in recent years.
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That best-selling romance book? It might be based on fan fiction

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Sep 6, 2023
Major publishing houses are looking to popular fan fiction sites to find new authors.
One popular fan fiction romantic pairing is Kylo Ren, played by Adam Driver in the "Star Wars" movies, and Rey Skywalker.
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Why book publishers will scramble to reprint the Jan. 6 report

by Kristin Schwab
Oct 12, 2022
Public reports can be bestsellers or duds, but either way they're not risky financial bets.
Whatever day the House Jan. 6 committee's report is released will be a busy one for book publishers. Above, the panel shows a clip from Fox News during its July 21 hearing.
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How are booksellers doing after last year's supply chain snags?

by Savannah Peters
Sep 23, 2022
Backlogs hurt the holiday sales season in 2021. In some cases, shops still have to tell customers to wait for their favorite reads.
Last year, some books pegged to the holiday season didn't make it to the shelves in time for the shopping rush.
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Toni Morrison's impact on the publishing industry

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 6, 2019
The celebrated author worked to make the American publishing industry more inclusive.
Toni Morrison poses with her 1977 novel entitled "Song of Solomon" in 2012 during the 10th America Festival in Paris, France.
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Hedge funds set their sights on local newspapers

by Amy Scott
Jan 15, 2019
A fund has offered $1.3 billion for Gannett, publisher of USA Today. Critics say beware.
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Why Chronicle Books is watching retail's slide very closely

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 30, 2017
Chronicle Books want you to happen upon their titles in stores like Sur La Table and Urban Outfitters. Which makes declining retail sales a tricky proposition for them.
Tyrrell Mahoney, president of Chronicle Books.
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Publisher Cassava Republic is changing the way we read about Nigeria

by Kai Ryssdal
May 8, 2017
Co-founder Bibi Bakare-Yusuf wants you to see 'the complex, gorgeous realities of the continent' in African books.
“I wanted a brand that was very confident, that still incorporate the colors of Africa on one level, but also branding that suggests a certain cosmopolitanism,” said Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, co-founder of Cassava Republic.
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