Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill, and Elsevier filed a lawsuit against Google on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that the search engine prioritizes pirated textbooks through “systemic and pervasive advertising” instead of legitimate e-versions. The lawsuit states that the companies have been filing copyright infringement notices with Google since 2021, but that their efforts have been ignored. They allege that the search engine is profiting off the ads for the pirated books, while rejecting ebook ads for “legitimate sellers.” “Google has continued to advertise infringing works while simultaneously restricting ads for authentic educational works—supporting […]
Reese’s Book Club Pick, Apple Partnership
Reese Witherspoon chose The Unwedding by Allie Condie as her June book club pick, the third celebrity book club this month to chose a title featured in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer collection.
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Jennifer Harlan will join as a senior staff editor at the New York Times Book Review, focusing on service journalism about "what to read next."
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Lauren Appleton has been promoted to executive editor at Tarcher Perigee.
Distribution: University of Pittsburgh Press
Starting July 1, University of Pittsburgh Press will use Longleaf Services for fulfillment and publishing services.
New Books Publishing June 4
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Morgan Talty, Walter Mosley, Joseph O’Neill, and Chigozie Obioma. Ann Leary, Annalee Newitz, and Chelsea Devantez publish nonfiction works this week, while June’s children’s releases include books by Mo Willems, Loren Long, Linda Sue Park, and Brian Pinkney. Two of this month’s celebrity book club picks are included in our Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer sampler: Swift River by Essie Chambers and Malas by Marcela Fuentes. The collection also features new titles by Ally Condie, Katelyn Doyle, Amy Low, Damali Peterman, and Kate Young, all publishing this week. 31 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-4 […]