At Penguin Children's, Nadine Britt, svp, executive director of production will leave the company on December 15. She has been in the group's senior-most production leadership role since 2016.
Archives for July 2023
Booker Prize Moves to Late November, After National Book Awards
The Booker Prize, usually conferred in mid-October right around the Frankfurt Book Fair, is moving to late November. The six-title shortlist will be announced on September 21, and the winner will be named on November 26. That means the Booker will follow the National Book Awards, which will be awarded on November 15.
Authors Sue Meta and OpenAI Over AI Training
Weeks after authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad filed suit against OpenAI, three more authors are suing the company for copyright infringement, also seeking class action status. Like Tremblay and Awad, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, and Richard Kadrey filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California on Friday, alleging that OpenAI used their books—Silverman’s BEDWETTER, Golden’s ARARAT, and Kadrey’s SANDMAN SLIM—to train ChatGPT without their permission. The lawsuit states, “Plaintiffs never authorized OpenAI to make copies of their books, make derivative works, publicly display copies (or derivative works) or distribute copies or derivative works. All those rights […]
Mississippi Law Banning Minors’ Access To Digital Materials Goes Into Effect
A new Mississippi law went into effect on July 1, restricting library access to digital materials for people under 18. As part of House Bill 1315, the state now requires permission from a parent or guardian for minors to use e-resources like Hoopla and Overdrive. BookRiot reports that even if parents grant permission, “minors may not have materials available to them, if vendors do not ensure every item within their offerings meets the new, wide-reaching definition of ‘obscenity’ per the state.” Because of the law’s onerous burden on screening a complete catalog of books in new and particular fashion, the initial […]