Archives for March 2025
Mallory Loehr to Lead Random House Children’s; Barbara Marcus Steps Down
Mallory Loehr will become president of Random House Children’s Books on May 1, reporting to ceo Nihar Malaviya. Loehr will also join the PRH U.S. Leadership Team. “In her thirty plus years of enthusiastic dedication to Random House Children’s Books, Mallory has played a seminal role in the development of this business,” Malaviya said in a release. “…She’s a homegrown talent who truly believes in constantly evolving our approach to work in a way that can change cultures and thinking. I’m thrilled that she will not only lead RHCB but also help to shape our company overall as a member […]
Atlantic Allows You to Search Pirated Books on LibGen
The Atlantic has released a tool that allows people to search what books are included in the massive LibGen pirate database, based on metadata. According to court documents in the Kadrey v. Meta copyright infringement case, Meta used LibGen to train their GenAI tool Llama. LibGen includes approximately 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers. You will see a lot of enraged social media posts from authors, as the tool helps personalize the comprehensive scale of the theft. As previously reported, Meta engaged briefly in conversations with publishers about licensing books, but decided not to because it was too […]
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Book By Muzzled Author on Facebook Sells 60,000 Copies
Publisher Flatiron Books says that Sarah Wynn-Williams’ CARELESS PEOPLE sold 60,000 units across all formats in its first week on sale. Circana Bookscan shows tracked hardcover sales of just over 18,500 copies. Last week Meta won an interim award from an emergency arbitrator ordering the author to not make any “disparaging, critical, or otherwise detrimental comments” about Meta, effectively blocking her promotion of the book. But Wynn-Williams failed to appear at the hearing or even send an attorney to answer Meta’s complaint.
Authors Talk: Josh Duboff
Early Thirties. (Gallery/Scout Press, March 18. Editor: James Melia. Agent: Elias Altman.) Josh Duboff is a novelist, journalist, and playwright. A former senior writer for Vanity Fair, Duboff has written cover stories on Taylor Swift, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Gigi Hadid, among others, and contributed to The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, and more. A graduate of Yale University, he lives in New York City. How did you find your agent? I have known my agent for a while! He initially reached out to me after a celebrity profile I wrote while I […]