“Avoiding AI” Library Programs, and More Updates For Library Workers

Publishing Updates A judge has issued the final approval to the $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement. Sarah Wynn-Williams’ lawsuit against Meta tests the power of publishing against Big Tech. Publishing has a marketing problem, where readers are losing the line between the idea of a book and the book itself. AI companies are buying tons of old books because they’re free of “AI slop.” Big companies are starting to hire again, defying predictions of an AI wipeout. Katie Porter is pivoting from politics to book influencing. Books & Authors In the News PEN America president Dinaw Mengestu has resigned due to “ongoing failure to defend free expression fairly and equitably, and about its production of work that supports suppression through bigotry and indifference.” Japanese mystery author Keigo Higashino has died at 68. Odyssey translator Emily Wilson goes in on Christopher Nolan’s adaptation. Matt Haig is opening a bookstore in Brighton. Adaptations In the News Elle Fanning and Julianne Moore are starring in a new film about Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon. The film is based on the book Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon by Leonard S. Marcus. Entertainment Weekly ...