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Fan Fiction, AI-Generated Books, and Slow US Deals Among Trends Discussed at FBF
The Frankfurt Book Fair has begun, with—as everywhere—continuing conversations around generative AI in the publishing industry. At the opening press conference, outgoing director of Frankfurter Buchmesse Juergen Boos highlighted publishers’ conflicting feelings about AI: adoption for workflows versus rejection due to copyright issues. “This tension is key to the technical program of the book fair this year,” he said. “How does the industry use AI for better publishing? How does it, on the other hand, protect its works?” Chair of the German publishers association Sebastian Guggolz largely took the latter view, calling AI “a dual raid—a raid of our books […]
October Book Club Picks
Financial Times Business Book of the Year Shortlist
New Books Publishing October 6
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Barbara Kingsolver, V. E. Schwab, Imbolo Mbue, Jeffrey Archer, and Tessa Bailey, while nonfiction includes work by Michael Lewis, David Byrne, Nathaniel Philbrick, Justice Samuel Alito, Michael Douglas, and Franny Choi. October’s children’s releases include books by Renée Watson, Marie Lu, E L James, and Josh Galarza. 45 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-6 39 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-6 21 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/october-2026-children-s-releases Also publishing this week are new books by Wm. Paul Young, Melissa R. Collings, Heather Gay, Lydia Millet, Meg Anderson, Madison Tyler Nelson, and Freida McFadden, all […]