AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 minutes agoPublishing and AI: Employees at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette told Wired their publishers use generative AI for tasks including marketing and cover art, while authors face scrutiny over AI use. Separately, an AI-generated fake of Kevin Roose’s new book reportedly appeared alongside the real title on Amazon. Book Fair Fallout: Major Serbian publishers are boycotting the Belgrade Book Fair over its conditions, shifting the country’s October book events to bookstores and other venues. Adaptations: Disney+ and Disney Channel have greenlit an animated Artemis Fowl series, with author Eoin Colfer as executive producer. At New York Comic Con, publishers drew larger crowds and romance and fantasy advance copies sold out quickly. Book Retail: HMV plans to close its flagship Oxford Street shop but says its books business will be unaffected. In Ottawa, a “book brigade” moved 7,400 books to a bookstore’s new location.
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