Laura Lutz has joined as children’s school & library marketing manager at Hachette Book Group.
Archives for March 2023
Authors Guild Adds AI Training to Model Book Contract
The Authors Guild has added a new clause to its model trade book contract that prohibits publishers from “using or sublicensing books under contract to train artificial intelligence technologies.” The clause is a response to recent concerns raised by authors and publishers regarding digital publishers like Findaway Voices and Bookwire, who have partnered with Apple for machine learning and Google Books for AI-narrated audiobooks, respectively. The AG writes that platforms and publishers have been “adding language to their terms that allows them to data mine books for use in training AI models that will inevitably compete with human-authored works.” The […]
Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter Call for Nominations
If you haven’t submitted your title nominations for the forthcoming Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter sampler, you need to do so no later than Friday, March 10. This edition is for books to be published starting September 2023 through February 2024. If you missed your invitation, please contact Robin Dellabough, robin@publishersmarketplace.com. We’ll have a separate call/reminder for flagging your notable titles for our big seasonal previews, so stay tuned.
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Chronicle publisher Christine Carswell will retire in April. She joined the company in 1994 and became publisher in 2007.
March Picks
The Costco Buyer's Pick for March is The Paris Apartment, by Lucy Foley.