AGP Executive Report
Last update: 42 minutes agoFilm-to-book buzz: Amazon MGM Studios has acquired the rights to Ali Hazelwood’s romance novel Love, Theoretically, with Sofia Alvarez directing and Colleen Hoover producing ahead of the Prime Video release of The Love Hypothesis (Sept. 23). Publishing industry pressure: UK book trade bodies are urging an “urgent” EU exemption from new €3 customs duties on small imported parcels, warning the tariff will hit independent publishers’ access to European markets. Library and culture fights: A Pennsylvania library removed a Pride Month children’s display after local officials objected, reigniting debates over what belongs in kids’ collections. New releases for readers: Grandmaster Flash is set to publish Birth of a Culture (preorder now; Sept. 22) with stories from hip-hop’s early days, while Shannon Sanders’s The Great Wherever continues to draw praise for its multigenerational Black family storytelling. Community reading: Orillia Public Library’s TD Summer Reading Club returns with a “Dive In!” theme and free logbooks, prizes, and activities starting July 2.
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