Molly Young, Alexandra Jacobs, and Jennifer Wilson join the New York Times books desk.
Pearson Sues Chegg For Copyright Infringement In Selling Textbook Answers
Pearson Education filed a lawsuit yesterday against Chegg, claiming copyright infringement. The complaint claims that the website Chegg Study sells answers to end-of-chapter questions from 9,000 textbooks, including Pearson’s, “using precisely the same unit, chapter, and topic orders and naming conventions for the questions employed in the textbooks.” Subscribers to Chegg Services, which includes Chegg Study, grew 67 percent to 6.6 million last year, and the company reported $644 million in net sales in 2020, up from $410 million in 2019, according to SEC filings. The complaint states, “Textbook questions are intended to be part of the learning progression. Educators […]
New Books Publishing September 14
Colson Whitehead, Joy Williams, Liane Moriarty, and T.C. Boyle lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes books from Gabrielle Union, Carmelo Anthony, and Nathaniel Philbrick. Also out today are works by Katie Lattari and James Kennedy, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter sampler, and Ali Hazelwood, available in our Buzz Books 2021: Romance sampler. 19 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-14 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_September_/219822 20 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-14 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_September_/219823 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make […]
People 9/13
Chief Product Officer and co-president, Direct-to-Consumer Ishantha Lokuge is leaving the company "for personal reasons." President of the higher education division Tim Bozik will add responsibility as interim chief product officer, starting October 4.
2021 Kirkus Prize Finalists
Kirkus announced the finalists for the 2021 Kirkus Prize. The winners will be announced in a virtual ceremony on October 28.
NBF to Honor Karen Tei Yamashita
The National Book Foundation will award Karen Tei Yamashita the 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, to be presented at the in-person National Book Award ceremony in November. (The presenter of the award is to be announced.) Her novel I HOTEL was a National Book Award Finalist in 2010. “A bold and groundbreaking writer, Yamashita’s deeply creative body of work has made an enduring impact on our literary landscape,” NBF board of directors chair David Steinberger said. “Whether it’s an evocative exploration of cities, collaborative performance productions, or connecting the plots of Jane Austen to Japanese American life, […]