AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoAI and Authorship: Canadian publishers say trust and writer disclosure remain their best safeguards as detection tools prove unreliable. The debate intensified after Quebec’s Boréal dropped a prize contender over suspected AI use, while a South African author defended publishing 370 AI-assisted books in 20 months. France has launched a literary prize for books written with AI. Book Access: Sally Rooney’s books have surged in demand after UK sales were halted over her Palestine Action ties; Irish booksellers are helping readers get copies, and actors and writers have rallied behind her. Independent Publishing: Catapult Books is being sold, prompting authors to mourn a major loss for Los Angeles’s literary scene. ACE and Inpress will fund places for 12 small publishers at the 2027 London Book Fair. Bookshops: Harvard Book Store plans a second location in downtown Boston, while Goldfinch Books is raising community shares to secure a permanent home.
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