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DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News NABB Declares April 7 National Black Bookstore Day The National Association of Black Bookstores, launched last year, has declared April 7 as National Black Bookstore Day, encouraging book lovers to visit...

The below email just arrived in my inbox and is a total AI scam. Lots of them - millions? - will be flying around right now, each one individually-personalized through the miracle of AI to each and every recipient. Pretending to be from...

Appreciate the work. We should have an appreciation celebration when the feat finally hits the fans.

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Southeast Asia's Library Revolution: Lessons for Western Publishers Libraries across Southeast Asia are reshaping national development strategy, with dramatic infrastructure transformations underway in...

This may appear to be a rather “dull” few days with the Author Platform system… apparently no new features (altho I may trail one in today’s Huddle!). What’s happening is a ton of work behind the scenes, e.g. resolving conflicts, building code...

A small (but important) service update. When we moved the Colony onto a new server ten days ago, I forgot to tell the new server that it would be sending emails. Because of this, none have been sent for the last ten days 😞 So if you were...

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News PRH Profits Fell 4.7% in 2025 Penguin Random House's operating profit fell 4.7% to €704 million in 2025, though total revenue rose 1.3% to €5 billion. Parent company Bertelsmann attributed the profit...

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News HarperCollins Reorganizes U.S. Trade Operations In her first major move since being named CEO of HarperCollins U.S. trade, Liate Stehlik has restructured the sales team into separate divisional sales and...

I’m thrilled to let you know that the Litopia Author Platform™ is nearly ready for its public beta period. As you’ll know if you’ve been following our progress in Huddles or as one of our early beta-testers, a gargantuan amount of work has gone...

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Chicken Soup for the Soul Sues AI Firms for Copyright Infringement The company has filed suit against OpenAI and seven other tech firms, making the novel claim that the entire generative AI industry was...

Sorry I'm late to the party. Yes please, Jonny x

Please Jonny. Hoping to make it as things are possibly panning out better than expected.

I'll try to make this week, Jonny. Thanks.

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Horror Novel 'Shy Girl' Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use Hachette has announced it will not release the horror novel Shy Girl in the United States and will discontinue its UK edition after suspected...

"In these times, telling stories about kindness, the importance of inclusion and acceptance isn't just 'nice', it's essential." Jessica Swale