In a vote of 77–4, employees at the American Library Association approved the creation of their union, American Libraries magazine reports. ALA Workers United will join the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31 and will begin collective bargaining with management. Separately, workers at comics publisher Dark Horse Media are asking management to voluntarily recognize their union, Dark Horse Workers United. The DHWU aims to “improve job security, wages, and benefits,” “create a transparent and equitable workplace culture,” and “acquire a seat at the table when critical decisions are made.”
Archives for May 2026
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Nonfiction Part 1
This season’s top nonfiction titles bring stories of remarkable lives, analysis of our culture, and visions of the past that are as relevant as ever. Memoirs from celebrities, journalists, and cultural figures dominate the season. Colin Kaepernick, Sylvester Stallone, Christopher Lloyd, and LeVar Burton’s books explore their lives in the limelight. Bob Woodward reveals his Secrets and Gloria Steinem reflects on her Unexpected Life. Evan Gershkowitz shares details of his imprisonment in Russia, Monty Python’s Eric Idle brings readers a story of transformation in Southern France, and George M. Johnson, author of the most banned book in the US, continues […]
Perminder Mann On Creating a Culture at S&S UK & International
On the Open Book podcast, Simon & Schuster UK and International ceo Perminder Mann discusses her background in a working-class British Punjabi family, her winding career path, and her dedication to “flexibility, inclusion, and representation, not as buzzwords, but as lived experience.” When Mann became ceo at Bonnier Books UK, she implemented policies for flexible work, equal parental leave, pregnancy loss, and “clear commitments to inclusion and representation. And I did that not because it looks good on paper, but from my own personal experience.” “I believe people do their best work when they feel they belong,” she said. “I […]
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Part 2
With the launch of our latest Buzz Books anthology, we’re publishing our comprehensive fall/winter season preview. Today, our preview continues with part two of the season’s buzziest fiction titles, featuring debut and commericial. The preview will run in four parts, with nonfiction to follow later this week. You can sample some of the highlighted titles right now in Buzz Books: Fall/Winter 2026; they are noted with an asterisk. And please remember: because we prepare this preview many months in advance, titles, content, and publication dates are all subject to change. Debut Meg Anderson, The Memory of Borrowed Books (Landmark, 10/6)* Sarah […]
Zoom Books Responds To Accusations of Selling Books For AI Scraping
Canadian company Zoom Books has responded to accusations that they are purchasing out of print books in bulk from bookstores to sell to AI companies for LLM training. They write in a statement to PL that the claims made in Demócrata that books purchased by Zoom Books from Spanish booksellers are being scraped for AI are “categorically false.” “To be unequivocally clear: Zoom Books does not digitize or destroy used or new books for the purpose of training AI models, nor for any other purpose,” writes the company. “Any claim or implication to the contrary is inaccurate.” They continue: “Our business […]
S&S Merges Lines Into A New Atria Gallery Publishing Group
Simon & Schuster will “align” the Atria and Gallery publishing groups, along with the Summit, Simon Element, and Adams Media imprints, to create a new Atria Gallery Publishing Group. Libby McGuire will become publisher and executive vice president of the group and continue to lead Atria. (She is also evp, director of Adult U.S. Content Coordination.) Gallery evp, publisher Jen Bergstrom, Summit evp, publisher Judy Clain, Simon Element vp, publisher Richard Rhorer, and Adams vp, publisher Karen Cooper will report to McGuire. Former ceo and current Simon Six publisher Jonathan Karp was the one to announce the news to employees […]