AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoCopyright & AI Training: Reports say AI firms are buying and “destructive scanning” used books for model training, while Anthropic’s “Project Panama” has also been linked to massive digitisation—sparking fresh copyright debate. Book Trade Under Pressure: A Hong Kong indie bookshop, Have a Nice Stay, will close Aug. 30, citing financial strain and “hard-to-grasp red lines” after officials refused to spell out what could be banned. Rights & Publishing Deals: HarperCollins’ UK imprint One More Chapter acquired world all-language rights to Julie Shackman’s next two contemporary romance titles set in the Scottish Highlands. YA & Summer Reading: A roundup spotlights Breakout (Electric Monkey) by Dhonielle Clayton and others, plus Stephen Daly’s The Last Death Poet, both pitched as high-tension summer reads. Reading Culture: A new piece argues reading for pleasure is in decline for kids, warning it’s a major existential issue for publishing. Book-to-World Themes: A review of Kafka on the Shore praises Murakami’s shifting narratives and atmosphere, while a separate feature traces Homer’s Odyssey influence from “sea-girt Ithaca” to modern pop culture.
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