New World Library will be sold and distributed by Red Wheel/Weiser beginning September 1, 2026. They were previously distributed by Publishers Group West.
Forthcoming: Hernan Diaz’s PLY
Riverhead will publish Hernan Diaz’s next novel, PLY, on September 29, the AP reports. The book is “a futuristic thriller in which a young orphan survives by stealing electricity from the grid and selling it on the black market.” “After rewriting America’s past with his two previous novels, Hernan Diaz now gives us a glimpse into the future,” Riverhead said in a statement. “‘Ply’ questions the place of technology in the American experiment with a plot that grabs both heart and mind.”
Bipartisan CLEAR Act Would Require Transparency of AI Training Material
Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and John Curtis (R-UT) have introduced a bill that would require tech companies to submit a list of the copyrighted works used to create AI products to the register of copyrights. The Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting Act or ‘‘CLEAR Act” would require companies to submit “a sufficiently detailed summary of each copyrighted work in the training dataset” 30 or more days before a generative AI product is released. The bill would also be retroactive to any products available before the bill is enacted. If a company violates the act, they would be subject to a […]
Higher Ed Growth Helps McGraw Hill in Q3
McGraw Hill reported earnings for the third quarter ended December 31, with sales of $434.2 million, gaining 4.2 percent due to significant growth in the higher education segment. Adjusted EBITDA was $135.9 million, up 7.7 percent. The higher education business grew 24 percent to $225.4 million, “driven by record market share, value-based pricing, and favorable enrollment trends.” The K-12 business fell 14.6 percent to $128.2 million. The company again updated their guidance for the year, after raising it in November. They now expect between $2.067 billion and $2.087 billion in sales for the year and adjusted EBITDA between $729 million and […]
All the Titles You’ll Find in the Free Buzz Books Spring/Summer 2026 Edition
We have been thrilled by the response to our latest Buzz Books edition—we’re seeing more downloads and 5-star reviews of our free edition, more people at our panels, and more subscribers every day to our Buzz Books Official Substack. We also have a lively array of videos on our YouTube Channel (where we’ve just posted the full fiction panel and now are moving on to the nonfiction conversations) and a growing celebration of Buzz titles on Instagram on our own account and from authors and readers. Most especially, we have been so happy to hear from the publishers and authors […]