AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoAmazon AI Backlash: A new investigation claims Amazon is buying rare books, scanning them after workers cut them apart, and destroying the originals to train AI—sparking fury from historians and book lovers. Memoir Spotlight: Sonia Gandhi’s 544-page memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love is set for a Nov. 10 release in hardcover/ebook (Knopf) with audio via Penguin Random House. Publishing Deal (Pakistan): Banking Ombudsman Sirajuddin Aziz and Lightstone Publishers signed an agreement for his autobiography Wings of Destiny. Community & Libraries: Spain’s Imserso holiday program opens bookings for pensioners in Murcia, while a U.S. library hosts an Open Air Book Fair and Canada’s Georgian Bay Reads names defenders for its fall “book battle.” Literary Events (UAE): Abu Dhabi’s 35th International Book Fair runs Sept. 13–18 under “Turn the Page, Read the World.” New Fiction: Donal Ryan’s Where Are the Kings review highlights grief-driven time and family sorrow.
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