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OpenAI does not want you to know why it deleted its pirated books database (This week in books)

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This week! Books! First up, in case you missed it: Really sad news arrived this week as longtime publishing industry man about town Porter Anderson passed away. I’m sure many of you will remember Porter from the comments section here, his work with Jane Friedman on The Hot Sheet, his work editing Publishing Perspectives, or […]

Important: Did Anthropic pirate your book? Register for class action lawsuit info (This week in books)

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This week! Books! This month is racing by, and it’s almost time for our next First Thursday Office Hours. Join me on September 4 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT and ask me anything! Exclusively for newsletter subscribers. Anthropic AI Class Action: Important Information for Authors – Authors Guild – Very important for authors whose […]

The best villains in literature (This week in books)

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This week! Books! (A bit delayed and abbreviated because I’m on the road). LitHub’s annual counter-programming to the March Madness basketball tournament is here, and this year it’s a villainous one: who is the best villain in literature? Cast your votes! I, for one, feel Long John Silver as a 15 seed is an upset […]

All about dedications in books (This week in books)

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This week! Books! First up, I’m taking an early fall blog break over the next few weeks and will be back posting in October. As always, I’ll still be answering emails and scheduling edits and coaching sessions, so feel free to reach out if I can be helpful. Sophie Masson has a cool post on […]

This Year in Books (2023)

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This year! Books! When we look back, I think we’ll see 2023 as a significant year of transition for the publishing industry. And yet what we’re transitioning to feels murkier to predict than at any time I’ve been involved in the business. The year is full of several different potentially massive changes, but the full […]

The curious case of the midsized publishers (This week in books)

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This week! Books! Now that Workman has been acquired by Hachette and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has been acquired by HarperCollins, where have all the midsized book publishers gone? Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly surveys this dying breed and cites the difficulty of building a backlist, the capital needed to grow into midsized publisher, and ongoing […]