Posted on March 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...
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Posted on March 22, 2024 at 3:29 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here's the latest news on book bans and challenges — and other challenges to literature — around the US. The...
Posted on January 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Two posts from the blogs we follow had a common thread of ethical issues and literature intersecting. One is on...
Posted on January 11, 2024 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The latest article that we've seen about the seedy side of AI opens with an ironic poster child for the...
Posted on December 28, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Last year's big public domain story was Winnie-the-Pooh. This year's headline is also a beloved childhood figure: Mickey Mouse. Well,...
Posted on October 31, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Neither of these updates from the publishing industry is probably surprising. In the case of KKR's official acquisition of Simon...
Posted on September 20, 2023 at 11:43 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Technically, this update is about an old case and a new one. But the one filed yesterday is an echo...
Posted on August 22, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The Atlantic has identified thousands of authors whose pirated works were used to train artificial intelligence tools. Atlantic subscribers can...
Posted on August 2, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
A judge has granted preliminary injunctions against two parts of Arkansas's new book restriction law, which was set to take...
Posted on April 5, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Obviously, as an ebook-based company, we love the benefits of digital reading, and all of us use it in our...