AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoComic & Book Culture: New York Comic Con’s 20th anniversary drew more than 250,000 fans, underscoring the scale of the audience for comics and graphic novels. Publishing Moves: Penguin Michael Joseph is launching Coral Press for health and wellbeing titles, while Choc Lit acquired Cara Heart’s five-book hockey romance series. Bookshop Retail: Some independent shops say they stopped stocking David Walliams years ago; The Works and TG Jones are selling their remaining copies after HarperCollins ended its publishing relationship and plans to take his backlist out of print. Free Expression & Rights: Sally Rooney’s books have been withdrawn from UK distribution over her support for Palestine Action, prompting a surge in sales in Northern Ireland. Separately, Korean publishers are demanding consent and payment for AI training on books, while Harry Potter publishers won a $21 million settlement from Anthropic. Publisher Content: Meta’s updated terms, effective Oct. 30, permit scraping of sites associated with business accounts for its products, with no opt-out — a potential new threat to publishers’ control of their work.
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