AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoPublishing Deals & Industry Moves: Wiley is buying Emerald Publishing from Cambridge for £337m, boosting Wiley’s research and “research intelligence” footprint across journals and books. AI & Authorship Debate: A novelist argues AI can’t replicate the passion and anguish behind writing, as publishers and authors clash over AI-generated books. Rights, Distribution & Legal Scrutiny: Penguin Random House India won’t distribute Joe Sacco’s The Once and Future Riot on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, citing issues including an inaccurate India map and missing citations. Literary Awards: Indian American anthropologist Anand Pandian won the 2026 Zócalo Book Prize for Something Between Us, examining everyday barriers that split Americans. Book Launches & Community Reading: A Mumbai commuter library debuts with 1,200 books at a free railway station, while Storytime Bookshop in Kennewick reopens after a fire with a new nonprofit “Book Buddy” program. New Titles (Reviews/Previews): Maggie O’Farrell’s Land and Keith Ridgway’s Dooneen spotlight Ireland’s history and housing-era unrest; Claudia Hammond’s Overwhelmed targets mental-health pressure with practical brain-based tricks. International Author News: Graphic-novel icon Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) dies at 56.
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