Copyright Clearance Center has officially announced their first long-in-development licensing program for AI re-use rights. This first step lets participating publishers include these rights in CCC’s annual copyright licenses (ACL), their enterprise content licensing program that businesses subscribe to. The license allows for non-exclusive, annually renewable rights to use content within AI systems for internal use. CCC president and ceo Tracey Armstrong says in the release, “It is possible to be pro-AI and pro-copyright, and to couple AI with respect for creators. Responsible AI starts with licensing, and in developing this license, CCC enables users to efficiently gain access to […]
Archives for July 2024
Bloomsbury Reports Strong First Quarter
Bloomsbury released a brief trading update on Tuesday for the four months ended June 30, reporting “strong performance” that was in line with expectations for the year (£319.3 million in sales and £37.6 million in profit before taxation and highlighted items). The company acquired Roman & Littlefield’s academic publishing business during the period, which they expect will boost their Bloomsbury Digital Resources sales from £27 million in 2023/24 to £41 million in 2027/28. “The enlarged Academic business will focus on wider international sales, subject area expansion and continued innovation in digital scholarship and learning,” they said in a release. “The […]
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New Books Publishing July 16
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Lev Grossman and Alexander McCall Smith, while Liz McNeil and Rosemarie Terenzio and James Patterson publish new biographies. Also out this week are new titles by Hyeseung Song, Ruby Todd, and Wendy Grolnick, Benjamin Heddy and Frank C. Worrell, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer sampler. 28 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-july-16 17 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-july-16 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our […]
HBG Restructures Workman; Cuts Two GCP Imprints While Expanding Fiction
Hachette Book Group announced a number of changes internally on Monday afternoon, which include an expected restructuring and full integration of Workman Publishing, along with both cuts and hiring plans at Grand Central, plus a number of new executive promotions. Changes at Workman have been long expected, since the $240 million acquisition (which closed on September 23, 2021) included a pledge to retain all of the company’s 300-plus employees for three years. (A number of longtime Workman executives retired shortly thereafter.) The company declined to indicate how many Workman division employees were laid off, though some of those people confirmed […]