AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoBookselling: Minneapolis is hosting the Heartland Fall Forum for the first time since 2018, bringing 350 booksellers together to share ideas and celebrate booksellers’ community support for immigrant neighbors. Literary Honors: Canadian poet Anne Carson’s Nobel Prize win sent her books surging up Korean bestseller lists. Publishing: Frankfurt Book Fair spotlights international literature, while publishers announced deals for romance writer Giovanna Lennox, picture-book creator Eirinn McGuinness and Katya Balen’s debut thriller. Book Bans: U.S. schools recorded nearly 12,000 book bans in 2025–26, a record that has renewed debate over censorship and access to reading. Industry Watch: A new critique argues publishers are worsening nonfiction’s struggles; elsewhere, Anthropic’s large-scale book buying in Japan has sparked publisher backlash over AI and copyright. In Memoriam: Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer died aged 86, a day before his final novel reached shelves.
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