Archives for June 2025
Join Our First-Ever Nonfiction Buzz Panel on Thursday Night
This Thursday at 7pm we’ll host our very first all-nonfiction Buzz Books panel, hosted by PM’s own Mary Ann Naples. Register here to hear from our four featured authors in live conversation with their editors.
Former Fleet Publisher Ursula Doyle Reaches Settlement With Hachette UK
Former publisher of Hachette UK’s Fleet imprint Ursula Doyle has reached an undisclosed settlement with the company. Doyle filed a discrimination complaint in summer 2024, writing on a fundraising page for legal fees that she faced online harassment from colleagues for publishing Kathleen Stock’s 2020 “gender critical” book Material Girls and that the company did nothing to protect her from the abuse. Doyle also claimed in a statement that the company discriminated against her “by introducing a trans-inclusion policy, which explicitly allows men who say they are women to use women’s toilets and shower facilities.” Doyle wrote in an update […]
Distribution: White Star
Simon & Schuster will sell and distribute White Star in the US and Canada beginning August 1.
Business Insider Commits to AI and Layoffs After Circulating Reading List with Fake Books
While an inaccurate AI-generated reading list that appeared in at least two major newspapers made national news last month, it was reportedly not the first AI-generated book list with invented titles in the media space. Last May, a Business Insider editor sent staffers a memo suggesting “Beacon Books,” memoirs and business titles that could help inform their journalism, such as Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Too Big To Fail, Semafor reports. The list appears to be AI-generated, including several titles that don’t exist or were misattributed to other authors. The news was revealed after Business Insider told staff last week that they […]