AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAI and Publishing: Tamil Nadu has ordered an inquiry into alleged fake, AI-generated books and inflated prices in a major library purchase, sharpening questions about quality checks and transparency in book supply. Titles Withdrawn: UK publishers and booksellers are pulling Russell Brand’s books after his rape and sexual assault conviction, putting renewed focus on how the industry handles authors’ conduct. Books in Court: Delhi’s High Court allowed circulation of HarperCollins’ Rana Kapoor biography after four passages were masked; Sonia Gandhi, meanwhile, called Penguin’s decision on her memoir an attempt to censor it. New Deals: Hodderscape signed Georgia Summers for a three-book deal, while Pan Fiction was named Publisher of the Year at the Romance Industry Awards. Reading Access: Penguin Random House is funding a 50,000-book print run for people on probation, and author Mary Pope Osborne has donated more than 1.2 million books to underserved US schools.
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