News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff.
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Bookish News
- OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits (Hollywood Reporter
- Edelweiss Price Hike Roils Industry (Publishers Weekly) This affects publishers, booksellers, and bloggers. The price increases mean that smaller publishers may not be able to afford to list their books or offer ARCs on Edelweiss. Even the Big Five publishers may reduce the number of titles they list on Edelweiss.
- Lost in the plot: how would-be authors were fooled by AI staff and virtual offices in suspected global publishing scam (The Guardian)
- IMLS Restores Competitive Grant Funding. “This action is the result of a permanent injunction ordered on November 21 by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. in State of Rhode Island v. Trump, the case brought by 21 states’ attorneys general to halt the dismantling of federal agencies including IMLS.” (Publishers Weekly)
- Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI (The Guardian)
Books, Movies, and TV
- PRH Announces ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Publishing Program (Publishers Weekly)
Lists!
- The Best Gifts For Readers (That Aren’t Books) (Book Riot)
- New York Public Library Picks the Best Books of 2025 (I♥Libraries)
- BLAH
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