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world18 days ago•135 min saved

War hits Ukraine's books: publishing sector at risk as strikes damage infrastructure

Russian strikes have damaged Ukrainian publishing and printing infrastructure, threatening the country’s literary future. A print shop like Konvi faces a €1.2 million rebuild and four-to-five years to restore capacity, while publishers grapple with losses and delayed titles. Kyiv pledges support (schoolbook purchases, grants, war-risk insurance), but industry leaders say more foreign help is needed to sustain diversity and nurture new authors amid ongoing conflict.

via AP News|

#culture #literature #publishing

culture22 days ago•1 min saved

Ten Titles Vie for 2026 National Book Award in Fiction

The National Book Foundation has unveiled the 2026 National Book Award for Fiction longlist—ten titles selected from 451 submissions—featuring judges Matt Bell, Caro De Robertis (chair), Danielle King, Akhil Sharma, and Diane Wilson; finalists will be announced Oct 6 and the winners on Nov 18; the list includes works by Hannah Lillith Assadi, Kimberly Blaeser, Edwidge Danticat, Julián Delgado Lopera, Louise Erdrich, Marlon James, Valeria Luiselli, Alexander Maksik, Kenan Orhan, and Morgan Thomas, with publishers noted.

via Literary Hub|

#authors #culture #fiction

games28 days ago•18 min saved

Rain World Breaks Free From Legal Ties as Publisher Shake-Up Drives Indie Renaissance

Rain World, the brutal indie survival game from Videocult, spent years in publishing limbo with Adult Swim Games; since Akupara Games took over in 2022, harmonized versions, two DLCs (Downpour and The Watcher), Xbox release, and a strong merch push have driven a sales surge (1.3M units in a Steam Summer Sale; 3.5M total since Akupara), with peak concurrent players rising to 15,500; a ninth‑anniversary livestream announced a new physical collector’s edition and renewed talk of independence from Adult Swim/WB, though Rain World 2 remains unconfirmed.

via Kotaku|

#adult-swim-games #akupara-games #games

us-news1 month ago•4 min saved

Robin Morgan: child star turned feminist icon dies at 85

Robin Morgan, who started as a child star in the 1940s and 50s and grew into a leading poet, editor and second‑wave feminist, has died at 85. A co‑founder of the Women’s Media Center with Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem, she edited Ms. magazine, helped publish Sisterhood Is Powerful, and popularized the term “herstory” while organizing the 1968 Miss America protest, shaping feminist thought and activism. Her life also included a prison term and an FBI file, reflecting a career defined by bold advocacy and literary work.

via The Guardian|

#activism #feminism #publishing

technology1 month ago•17 min saved

Pangram’s Quest to Quantify AI in Writing Faces Trust and Bias Tests

WIRED profiles Pangram, a small Brooklyn AI-detection startup that scores how much a text is AI-generated using synthetic mirroring and hard negative mining. After high-profile AI-writing controversies and a Substack integration, Pangram markets itself as a trusted arbiter of originality across publishing and education, but critics warn of false positives and systemic biases against non-native writers, while the company stresses transparency and ongoing refinement.

via WIRED|

#ai-detection #authenticity #bias

entertainment1 month ago•17 min saved

Beast-Patterson Thriller Faces Tepid Preorder Buzz

The Hollywood Reporter reports that MrBeast and James Patterson’s collaboration, The Most Dangerous Games, is tracking weak preorder numbers—some sources calling it a historic bomb—though others say first-week sales will be decisive. The book sits around No. 18 on Amazon’s new releases, with at least one insider noting it’s No. 1 in the mystery novels list.

via hollywoodreporter.com|

#entertainment #james-patterson #mrbeast

science1 month ago•5 min saved

Weekend Reads: Nobel defense, Stanford rebuttal, and ethics in science publishing

Retraction Watch’s Weekend Reads roundup covers the Institute defending a Nobel Prize winner amid image-duplication allegations, a former Stanford president publicly rebutting fraud claims, and a cardiologist’s controversial conflicts of interest in guideline creation, alongside a broad mix of publishing-news—from editors’ resignations and data-access debates to AI’s role in research integrity and new tools to detect fraud.

via Retraction Watch|

#ai-in-research #integrity #publishing

business1 month ago•2 min saved

AI-use allegations derail $2M+ book deal for SMU PhD student

A Southern Methodist University PhD student, Jerry Falade, reportedly lost a publishing deal worth more than $2 million after allegations that he used AI to write parts of his crime novel. His denial comes as Minotaur Books had acquired the rights in a competitive auction, while editors flagged concerns about AI-detection. The case highlights a broader industry debate over AI in writing and copyright, with experts noting the challenges of proving AI usage and determining human authorship. SMU has not provided further comment.

via keranews.org|

#ai #book-deal #business

business1 month ago•2 min saved

Amazon Exits MMO Publishing, Transferring Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty to New Western Publishers

Amazon Game Studios is no longer publishing two western MMOs, Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, with publishing duties moving to Smilegate for Lost Ark (early 2027) and NC via FireSpark Games for Throne and Liberty (Q4 2026). Western access remains, but data transfer varies: characters and in-game currency are expected to carry over for Throne and Liberty, while Lost Ark may lose mail and chat history (and Auction House items’ transfer is undecided). New World will shut down January 31, 2027, and Amazon has already canceled other MMO plans like a Lord of the Rings title, signaling a shift toward casual titles on Luna and Prime gaming.

via Engadget|

#amazon #business #lost-ark

business2 months ago•1 min saved

Publishers press on with Jason Arday amid plagiarism controversy

Simon & Schuster and Routledge say they will proceed with their plans for Jason Arday despite plagiarism allegations in some of his academic output.

via The Bookseller|

#business #jason-arday #plagiarism

culture2 months ago•9 min saved

Anti-AI Writing Counterculture Gains Ground, Embracing Imperfect Prose

Writers across novels, journalism, and social media are cultivating an anti-AI writing style that prizes first-person voice, quirky punctuation, and deliberate imperfections to resist machine-generated prose; editors and brands from Pitchfork to Playboy are pushing for human, idiosyncratic writing, while some see AI sparking renewed interest in good craft and stylistic experimentation.

via WIRED|

#ai #culture #editorial-practices

business2 months ago•3 min saved

BookTok Sparks a Backlist Boom, Reviving Old Guides

Viral BookTok videos are reviving overlooked backlist titles—like Monte Burch’s 1992 barn-building manual and Catherine Newman’s What Can I Say? and How to Be a Person—driving sales spikes, restocks, and even first-time NYT appearances; Big Five publishers report 1,300% YoY growth in platform sales, and TikTok Shop now lists 4.5 million products with BookTok posts totaling about 80 million.

via New York Post|

#backlist #booktok #business

business3 months ago•19 min saved

Publishers Bet on Video—And The Moment Arrives.

The Hollywood Reporter argues that the long-feared 'pivot to video' finally lands in 2026: video is no longer confined to TV screens, as publishers invest in in-app vertical video and longer-form reporting to reach broader audiences. With YouTube evolving into a primary video hub and legacy outlets racing to capture attention beyond traditional TV, the industry signals a shift away from text-first models toward TV-like video experiences across devices.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#business #digital-media #media

business3 months ago•4 min saved

Xbox reorients funding, triggering redundancies at IO Interactive

Microsoft's Xbox has ended its funding and publishing deal for IO Interactive's Project Fantasy, a shift in investment priorities that could lead to redundancies at IO as the studio adapts; IO says the game remains in development and will support affected staff, while Xbox maintains total game investment will stay roughly the same but reallocated to different projects.

via GamesIndustry.biz|

#business #io-interactive #layoffs

science3 months ago•6 min saved

Weekend Reads flag a wave of misleading medical studies and spotlight Max Planck retractions

Retraction Watch’s Weekend Reads highlights a surge in misleading medical studies, calls to rethink the timing of cancer therapies, and a closer look at Max Planck’s retractions, while noting publisher actions (expressions of concern for books), notable fraud cases, and expanding databases/tools that track retractions and related integrity issues in scientific publishing.

via Retraction Watch|

#cancer-therapy-timing #publishing #retractions