The lawsuit accuses Google of illegally copying millions of works to train its Gemini AI service which, the publishers argue, is already being used to flood the marketplace for books with “AI-generated substitutes.”
Bologna Children’s Book Fair’s ‘Grand Tour’ Continues to Build Opportunities
In June, BCBF rounded out its world tour by visiting New York, Beijing, and Annecy to promote the rights trade in children’s publishing and invest in cross-media promotion.
Julia Elliott Is the Winner of the $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Named after Pulitzer-Prize winning American-Canadian author Carol Shields, the $150,000 prize is the largest English-language literary prize in the world for women and non-binary authors.
Data-driven vs. Data-informed: An Inflection Point for Publishers at the US Book Show
This year’s US Book Show highlighted key practical topics such as career development and networking, book-to-screen, audience development and marketing, audio, and all things AI.
Too Many Tables, Too Little Progress
With the proliferation of industry groups working in parallel not partnership toward the same goal, there is often very little movement on publishing pain points. In this piece, longtime publishing executive Michael Cairns reflects on his experience, making a case for consolidating publishing’s trade and standards organizations.
At the AAP’s Annual Meeting, Talk of AI, Copyright, and ‘Ripples of Hope’
The Association of American Publishers hosted its 2026 Annual Meeting on May 7 with a 90-minute virtual program that featured talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer Jon Meacham and Stanford University copyright scholar and author Paul Goldstein.
New PEN America Report Finds Nonfiction Increasingly Targeted by Book Banners in U.S. Schools
“The content of these books that are disappearing speaks volumes about both the stories, identities, and facts that are being suppressed, and about the political and cultural attack on public education across the U.S.,” the report states.
Shortlist Announced for the $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
The award is the world’s largest English-language literary prize for women and non-binary writers.
In the U.S., is BookCon Really Back?
The U.S. consumer book fair hosted in New York City returned after a years-long hiatus to throngs of delighted fans. Publishing professional Sarah Russo attended and shared how this year’s show illustrated a dramatic change from industry-driven to reader-driven.
American Library Association Shares Book Ban Data, List of ‘Most Challenged’ Titles of 2025
U.S. librarians tracked 4,235 unique book challenges in 2025, nearly matching the record of 4,240 recorded in 2023, and almost double last year’s count.