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Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize 2024

Nov 12 2024: Orbital by Samantha Harvey, the only British writer shortlisted this year, has won the 2024 Booker prize, the UK’s most prestigious prize for fiction.

Harvey’s tale of six fictional astronauts on the International Space Station was “unanimously” chosen as the winner ...

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Hachette employees protest new conservative imprint

Nov 11 2024: A group of employees at Hachette Book Group have penned a letter to management condemning the announced launch of a new conservative imprint, Basic Liberty, and hiring of Thomas Spence, former president and publisher of Regnery, to helm it.

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Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey favourites to win 2024 Booker prize

Nov 11 2024: Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey are the bookies’ favourites to win the 2024 Booker prize.

American author Everett was Ladbrokes’ frontrunner before the company closed bets on Monday morning, with 2/1 odds of taking home the £50,000 award for his novel James – a ...

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Macmillan marketing VP’s election post stirs anger

Nov 08 2024: On November 6, in response to president-elect Donald Trump’s win on Election Day, Mariel Dawson, VP of marketing at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, posted a pro-Trump graphic on her personal Facebook account. The collage image pictured X owner Elon Musk and Trump...

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ABA CEO warns of new challenges post-election

Nov 07 2024: In a letter to American Booksellers Association membership accompanying the publication of Wednesday's Bookselling This Week newsletter, ABA CEO Allison Hill provided cautious words of encouragement following Tuesday's election results. Acknowledging that the ABA does ...

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EveryLibrary warns that U.S. election results mean more uncertainty for libraries

Nov 06 2024: The last few years have been difficult for libraries and librarians, amid a surge in politically motivated book bans and legislative attacks on libraries and library workers. And with last night’s election results, the future for libraries just got a lot murkier, ...

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Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of books’ into English

Nov 04 2024: A major Dutch publisher plans to trial translating books into English using artificial intelligence.

Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) – the largest publisher in the Netherlands, acquired by Simon & Schuster earlier this year – is “using AI to assist in the translation of a...

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Freedom to read advocates notch a legal victory in Alaska

Nov 04 2024: After a favorable legal ruling in August, freedom to read advocates in Alaska have scored a significant victory in court over would-be book banners. In an October 31 filing, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Alaska agreed to pay $89,000 to settle claims ...

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