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DAILY SUMMARY: Baker & Taylor’s surprise Chapter 11 filing sent shockwaves through the library supply chain, while across the Atlantic the UK government performed a dramatic U-turn on AI copyright — music to creative ears, if perhaps a verse too late. The Climate Fiction Prize shortlist spotlights a genre gaining serious commercial traction, with Madeleine…

DAILY SUMMARY: U.S. book output smashed through four million titles in 2025, a staggering 32.5% jump powered largely by self-publishing — a stat that should make every aspiring author sit up and take note. The literary world also lost two towering figures: spy novelist Len Deighton at 97 and legendary literary agent Al Zuckerman at…

DAILY SUMMARY: The London Book Fair wrapped up as a ‘buzzy and busy’ affair, but the real fireworks came from 10,000 authors who published a collectively blank book to protest the UK government’s proposed AI copyright opt-out — making silence literally speak volumes. Meanwhile, Grammarly was caught impersonating writers with its AI tool, prompting a…

DAILY SUMMARY: AI dominated the conversation on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday, with authors staging a blank-book protest at the London Book Fair while the AWP conference in Baltimore grappled with the technology’s creative implications. Meanwhile, Nielsen and BookTok are making their relationship official with the launch of UK BookTok charts — because what…

DAILY SUMMARY: The London Book Fair dominates today’s headlines, with PRH UK CEO Tom Weldon warning that shifts in English-language rights could prove perilous for the industry. Simon & Schuster’s new CEO Greg Greeley — an Amazon veteran — promises growth, while Ken Follett cements his move to Hachette with a second novel deal. In…

DAILY SUMMARY: A day dominated by London Book Fair’s opening. The biggest shake-up came from the boardroom: Simon & Schuster named Amazon veteran Greg Greeley as its new CEO, a move sure to raise eyebrows in an industry already wary of tech’s growing influence. Meanwhile, roughly 10,000 authors published an empty book protesting AI companies’…

DAILY SUMMARY: The biggest story in publishing today is the appointment of former Amazon executive Greg Greeley as CEO of Simon & Schuster, a move that sent ripples across the industry as the fox is now truly guarding the henhouse. Fiction is on the rise according to NielsenIQ BookData, even as overall print sales dip,…

DAILY SUMMARY: London Book Fair week opens with a flurry of deals and a notable prize upset: Claire Lynch becomes the first debut novelist to win the Nero Gold Prize, while Bloomsbury’s share price soared on news of two new Sarah J. Maas books. Dark themes and romance continue to drive adult fiction growth in…

DAILY SUMMARY: A bumper day in publishing saw Sarah J. Maas continue to dominate headlines as two new ACOTAR books sent Bloomsbury’s profit expectations soaring, while Dark Horse Comics parted ways with its founder after 40 years. Navigator Books launched from a former PRH executive, Steerforth became a Pushkin imprint, and the Authors Guild opened…

(This is still not quite there… coverage will expand soon!) DAILY SUMMARY: Claire Lynch makes history as the first debut novelist to win the Nero Gold Prize; the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist lands with sixteen titles; and the publishing industry braces for London Book Fair disruption as the Iran conflict snarls Gulf travel routes.…