AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoAI Copyright Fallout: A judge approved a $1.5B Anthropic settlement after books were used to train Claude, with fees and ongoing legal fights still in play—plus fresh coverage of what the payout means for publishers and authors. Crime & Culture on the Page: Turkish bestseller Ahmet Umit teased a possible Sofia/Bulgaria-set future novel, while Liz Nugent’s new thriller leans into sibling secrets in a church community setting. Book Awards & Events: Manhattan Book Group handed Gold to Marilynne Eichinger’s “Antheia in the Thorns,” and local author events keep rolling—like a July 30 Kew Gardens reading and a Burlington Barnes & Noble storytime Aug. 1. Reading for Kids: Libraries and festivals push summer momentum, from music-themed challenges to Ipswich’s Schools Week. Publishing & Tech: AI governance authors will speak at an Oct. 12–14 Las Vegas conference, and a UK Bloomsbury payout is tied to the same AI copyright dispute. Community Bookselling: Oxfam is selling Raymond Briggs’s personal library, a rare peek into the books that shaped his work.
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