AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoAI and Copyright: European lawmakers are revisiting the EU’s 2004 intellectual-property enforcement rules as creators press for more transparency and payment when their work is used to train AI. Publishing Pressures: Salon says it will close because its publishing model is no longer sustainable, while News Corp reported record profitability, partly driven by its book-publishing units. Book-Fair Trade: Sharjah International Book Fair opened with 1.7 million books and retained its standing as the world’s largest book fair for copyright trading for a sixth year. Bookselling: NielsenIQ BookData says richer metadata is increasingly important to book sales; Amazon is also rolling out its AI “Ask this book” feature on Kindles. New Reads: Paul Theroux’s True North takes him through Canada and into his family history, while Tim Winton’s Songs from the Firefront blends climate urgency with moments of wonder.
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