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Publishing Perspectives Surveys Book Awards

News Summary: Publishing Perspectives Surveys Book Awards; Anthropic’s Book Purchasing Revealed

It has been some time since I reported on a survey, so maybe people are starting to recover a little from the survey fatigue that can set in sometimes. If that applies to you, then you might want to take a moment to answer some of the questions for Publishing Perspectives on a topic close to many of our hearts: awards. Which is very appropriate as we started the week with an announcement about the Selfies.
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London Book Fair Moves To Excel Centre

News Summary: London Book Fair Moves to Excel Centre; AI Copyright Lawsuits Persist

We begin the last news of January with a reminder that today is the last day to get your early bird discount for ALLi's Indie Author Lab. The event is taking place all day at Kensington Town Hall in London and is a fantastic hands-on collection of sessions to tackle the issues you face in your indie author journey with industry-leading experts, ALLi legends (and quite possibly me).
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James Daunt On Print-on-Demand

News Summary: James Daunt on Print-on-Demand; Spotify Raises Prices with AI Features

James Daunt is a controversial figure in the book world. Although less so lately, he has for many years been a perennial fixture at book fairs and conferences. And whilst his passion for books has won admirers, as has his desire to empower booksellers to do what they do best and curate interesting collections for their branch of his giant chains (Waterstones, Barnes and Noble, the eponymous Daunt, and various independently labeled stores under the same umbrella).
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Copyright Lawsuit Against Google's Gemini AI

News Summary: Publishers Seek to Join Copyright Lawsuit against Google’s Gemini AI

AI lawsuits are in the news again. And it's not Anthropic this week, but the large ongoing lawsuit against Google's Gemini. It takes the form of a motion to intervene, as I believe it's called (you can read the motion in question here to fill yourselves in). The motion is brought by two major publishing groups, Cengage and Hachette. It requests, as I understand it, that the two publishing groups join the case brought by writers and illustrators in 2023 and currently before the Northern California judiciary, intervening as class representatives.
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HarperCollins France Adopts AI Translation

News Summary: HarperCollins France Adopts AI Translation; Manga Industry Turns to Machine Learning

The uncomfortable relationship between AI and translation has been in the news again this week. HarperCollins in France has hired the services of Fluent Planet to help it save money by reducing the labor-intensiveness of the translation process. Fluent Planet will, it seems, be using machine learning to achieve this. The reaction has been exactly what, in short, you would imagine.
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