Nov 3, 2026
Nov 2, 2026
Sarah J. Maas’s new A Court of Thorns and Roses novel sells 1.7 million copies on release day, Grand Central reportedly pays $13 million for a secret Dolly Parton memoir, and Robert Laffont backs a novel written with AI as Gallimard turns to detection software.
Oct 30, 2026
US publishers urge Meta to drop terms that would let it scrape their websites as a Norwegian court blocks them, publishers back authors' bid to win their case against OpenAI without a trial, and Baker & Taylor's liquidation plan leaves unsecured creditors with nothing.
Oct 29, 2026
The first payments from Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement are now due in the week of 23 November, textbook authors say their publishers want up to 95% of the money, and Readwise opens an ebook store to take on Kindle.
Oct 28, 2026
Anthropic's IPO filing warns that losing on fair use could force it to pay for licences or retrain its models, Murdle's creator signs a seven-figure, seven-book deal, and all four Goncourt finalists come from the Madrigall group.
Oct 27, 2026
Sarah J. Maas's first A Court of Thorns and Roses novel in five years is out today, Bloomsbury's Nigel Newton says the publisher does not want books written by AI, and Bob Woodward's memoir names the sources behind Watergate.
Oct 26, 2026
Gallimard's publishing group will run AI detection on every manuscript from January, the Authors Guild joins the fight against Australia's AI copyright exception, and Bernardine Evaristo and Holly Jackson headline the 2027 London Book Fair.
Oct 23, 2026
Plus Kindle Unlimited becomes Kindle+, and the Irish Book Awards shortlist. 15 stories, all free to read.
Oct 22, 2026
Rooney's UK sales nearly quadruple as Faber stops supplying her books, Catapult is sold and will close, and a Quebec publisher drops Thélyson Orélien over traces of AI.
Oct 21, 2026
A judge tells Meta to name who signed off on pirated books, Korea's biggest bookseller turns away a mystery bulk order, and Doubleday plans 1.5 million copies of the next Grisham.