AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoBook Fair: Sharjah International Book Fair opens Wednesday with 3,212 publishers and exhibitors from 126 countries, 1.7 million titles and 1,500 events. Oman is guest of honour. Literary Prize: Philippe Jaenada won France’s Prix Goncourt for The Unknown Woman from the Quai de Javel, a true-crime account of a 1949 murder. AI and Copyright: The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler is considering legal action over AI-generated images of the character, while music groups have joined authors’ and publishers’ fight against OpenAI’s use of copyrighted work for training. School Book Bans: Texas authors are challenging restrictions as districts remove titles from school libraries, including Candace Fleming’s award-winning Death in the Jungle. Bestseller Buzz: Sarah J. Maas’s new A Court of Thorns and Roses novel debuted at No. 1, with reports calling it the fastest-selling fantasy and sci-fi book of all time.
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