Archives for September 2023
Yes, AI Was Trained on Your Book
Having already assured readers that a significant body of copyrighted books were used without permission to train large language models as part of the corpus researchers call Books3, the Atlantic is now ready to collect your rage clicks with a searchable database of those titles. “Since my article appeared, I’ve heard from several authors wanting to know if their work is in Books3. In almost all cases, the answer has been yes.” They tabulated 206 works by Nora Roberts; 133 from Danielle Steel; and only 121 by James Patterson. Amusingly, the publication also wants us to know that a long […]
Stay
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Texas formally issued a temporary administrative stay of Judge Alan D. Albright’s clear and unambiguous preliminary injunction blocking implementation of Texas’s cumbersome “READER” book banning law. The court is expected to decide further on whether or not to stay the original order pending the full appeal after the issue is fully briefed in early October.
New Books Publishing September 26
Ayana Mathis, Ken Follett, Vauhini Vara all publish new fiction this week, while new nonfiction includes work from Cassidy Hutchinson, Kerry Washington, and Jann Wenner. Finally, there is the release of C. Pam Zhang’s LAND OF MILK AND HONEY, Nnedi Okorafor’s SHADOW SPEAKER, and Ariel Kaplan’s THE POMEGRANATE GATE, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter anthology. 18 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-26 16 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-26 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists […]
Bookselling: New Stores
Solid State Books in Washington, DC has opened a second location, at 1809 14th St. NW. Barnes & Noble will open a store in Gainesville, GA in “early 2024.” Their last location in the area closed in 2013.
Distribution: teNeues Publishing
Two Rivers Distribution will distribute teNeues Publishing beginning in January 2024.