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Trade publishing's daily rundown, and sibling of the source of Deal Reports.
HBG has declined to voluntarily recognize the union in formation, saying a secret ballot is "the most appropriate way for every eligible employee to make an informed and private choice, and ensure their voice is heard in this important decision." lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2026/05/unio...
Unions: HBG Will Not Recognize Workers Coalition; VT B&N Unionizes - Publishers Lunch
The Hachette Workers Coalition, the body of workers unionizing Hachette Book Group, says the publisher has denied voluntary recognition. The Coalition will proceed with an election, a yes or no vote o...
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Publishers learned a lot from discovery in author AI lawsuits and the first opinion from California Judge Vince Chhabria. Now they have filed the first publisher-brought copyright infringement suit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg personally, in SDNY. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2026/05/publ...
Publishers Sue Meta and Zuckerberg in Newest AI Action - Publishers Lunch
After multiple lawsuits brought by coalitions of authors against AI companies, now a coalition of book publishers has brought a suit as well. Five publishers, joined by one author, have filed a lawsui...
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Former Amazon Executive Greg Greeley Named CEO of Simon & Schuster lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2026/03/form...
Former Amazon Executive Greg Greeley Named CEO of Simon & Schuster - Publishers Lunch
After a longer than expected search, Simon & Schuster has hired Greg Greeley, 62, as their new ceo, effective immediately. Jonathan Karp remains with the company as publisher of the new Simon Six impr...
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Penguin Press founder Ann Godoff, 76, has died. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2026/02/ann-...
Ann Godoff Dies at 76 - Publishers Lunch
Penguin Press founder, president and editor-in-chief Ann Godoff died on Tuesday evening, from complications of bone cancer. She was 76. Penguin Press publisher Scott Moyers wrote, “Ann’s impact on Ame...
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Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live. Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
Six authors are suing Anthropic and other AI companies individually for infringement. And BNED finally reports their last fiscal year. 2/2 lunch.publishersmarketplace.com
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BTW, we're still here reporting news. The Authors Guild has expressed concerns to Amazon about "Ask this Book." Reps for textbook authors tell the court Sage Publishing is trying to get authors to accept less than they deserve in Anthropic settlement.... 1/2
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Hey, @publisherslunch.bsky.social says Searches is one of the 10 best nonfiction books of the year, according to a bunch of year-end lists they looked at! The only other one on here I've read so far is Arundhati Roy's, but I also loved it.
Kindle’s New “Ask this Book” Uses Generative AI to Create An In-Book Chatbot — Without Permission or Rights lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/kind...
Kindle's New "Ask this Book" Uses Generative AI to Create An In-Book Chatbot - Without Permission or Rights - Publishers Lunch
Authors have been fighting diligently to limit the encroachment of generative AI in courts and in contracts and now there is a new front in those battles as Amazon has quietly helped themselves to tho...
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Baker & Taylor Publisher Services Acquired By Lakeside lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/11/bake...
Baker & Taylor Publisher Services Acquired By Lakeside - Publishers Lunch
Lakeside Book Company announced Friday afternoon that it has acquired Baker & Taylor Publisher Services. The company notes, “Lakeside Book expands its service offering to include distribution and orde...
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Sourcebooks is the fifth-largest trade publisher as measured by print books sold, breaking the dominance of the biggest conglomerates for the first time since Bookscan started> lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/11/sour...
Sourcebooks Cracks the Big Five - Publishers Lunch
For the first time in decades, there’s a challenge to the hegemony of the biggest trade publishers in the US. As Sourcebooks continues to grow, it is now the fifth largest publisher in the country by ...
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I'm obsessed with obscure internet stuff so when learning about trade publishing, I was fascinated by Publishers Marketplace, the craigslisty, barebones website about who's doing what in publishing it has a lowkey badass social media vibe among authors, editors, and agents, as this piece describes
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Michael (Wolff) Mocks “MAGA Myrmidons” In Melania Lawsuit lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/mich...
Michael Mocks "MAGA Myrmidons" In Melania Lawsuit - Publishers Lunch
The full filing of journalist and author Michael Wolff’s lawsuit again first lady Melania Trump is now available. He seeks declaratory judgement that statements Mrs. Trump threatened to sue him over —...
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Following the cancelled asset sale to ReaderLink, Baker & Taylor is going out of business. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/bt-s...
B&T Shutting Down Operations - Publishers Lunch
Baker & Taylor will be closing their business, after a planned acquisition of their assets by Readerlink fell through last month. Operations will cease by January 1, according to online posts from for...
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Longtime Harper UK ceo Charlie Redmayne has resigned abruptly; Kate Elton was named interim ceo. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/at-h...
At Harper UK, Redmayne Resigns and Elton Is Named Interim CEO - Publishers Lunch
Harper UK ceo since 2013 Charlie Redmayne has resigned his position. No further details were provided about his abrupt departure. Group managing director for the Adult Commercial Divisions Kate Elton ...
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The National Book Awards finalists were announced. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/book_awards/...
National Book Awards Shortlists - Publishers Lunch
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After a rough stretch, Quirk Books has been sold to Andrews McMeel Publishing. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/quir...
Quirk Books Is Sold to Andrews McMeel - Publishers Lunch
Quirk Productions, which has been on an acquisitions pause since early this summer after “facing marketplace and operational challenges for the past few years,” has been acquired by Andrews McMeel Pub...
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Attorney Bob Barnett, 79, who represented book deals for many bestselling authors and politicians, has died. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/09/obit...
Obituary: Robert Barnett - Publishers Lunch
Lawyer Robert Barnett, 79, died on September 26 in Washington, D.C. Barnett represented many politicians and other high-profile authors for book deals, including James Patterson, Hillary Rodham Clinto...
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Two of the six Booker Prize finalists are not available in the US yet. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/book_awards/...
Booker Prize Shortlist - Publishers Lunch
The Booker Prize named its shortlist, with the winner to be announced on November 10. Two of the titles have not been published in the US yet. THE LAND IN WINTER is currently scheduled for 11/4, but Europa is talking to printers to see if it can be moved up. THE REST OF OUR LIVES is schedule to be published 1/13/26.
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It's a little strange that the details of the largest copyright legal settlement ever are getting such scant attention, but we're on it every step. More Anthropic Settlement Documents and Answers Take Shape lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/09/more...
More Anthropic Settlement Documents and Answers Take Shape - Publishers Lunch
In keeping with the court’s deadlines, plaintiffs’ counsel and Anthropic filed numerous additional materials on Tuesday. The attachments here show the proposed Claim Form and the proposed Long-Form No...
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Harding Acquires Curtis Brown From the Knowltons lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/09/hard...
Harding Acquires Curtis Brown From the Knowltons - Publishers Lunch
Longtime children’s book agent Elizabeth Harding has acquired Curtis Brown from Tim Knowlton and Ginger Knowlton. Tim Knowlton will “step away from full-time work… sometime soon” to serve as chairman ...
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Archway Editions Went “On Hiatus” In May, Plans to Resume Publishing Next Spring lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/09/arch...
Archway Editions Went "On Hiatus" In May, Plans to Resume Publishing Next Spring - Publishers Lunch
Following the letter posted online by the Archway Editions team announcing that they have all left the imprint, Daniel Power who owns the imprint through powerHouse Books in Brooklyn told Publishers L...
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Authors Have Questions — And No One Is Getting $3,000 A Book; But Macmillan Will “Make…Whole” Those With Overlooked Copyright Registrations lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/09/auth...
Authors Have Questions - And No One Is Getting $3,000 A Book; But Macmillan Will "Make...Whole" Those With Overlooked Copyright Registrations - Publishers Lunch
Writ large, the Anthropic settlement is a huge win for creators, comprising both the largest copyright infringement settlement ever as well as a rare victory over the marauding tech companies that hav...
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What does the judge actually want in the Anthropic settlement? Answers to these 17 simple questions. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/09/judg...
Judge Alsup's 17 Simple Settlement Questions - Publishers Lunch
Further to Monday’s surprise hearing, when Northern California District Court Judge William Alsup declined to provide preliminary approval for the Anthropic copyright infringement settlement due in pa...
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Today we launch our third new PM feature this week! Just in time for Frankfurt, Rights Matcher helps both rights sellers and rights buyers find each other. www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/match...
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Register of Copyrights Perlmutter Reinstated by Appeals Court lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/09/regi...
Register of Copyrights Perlmutter Reinstated by Appeals Court - Publishers Lunch
Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter, who was removed by the Trump administration in May, will have her job reinstated while her lawsuit over her firing moves forward. In July, a district court ...
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