Our next virtual Buzz Books Editors and Authors Panel is on Thursday, May 16, at 7:00 PM Eastern. Once again, we are honored to have the American Booksellers Association join us as co-presenter, with book expert extraordinaire Leigh Haber hosting. You can register here. And note that the first 25 booksellers who enroll will get a package of galleys for the featured titles. On May 14, we’ll release the next edition of our popular digital sampler, Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter, packed with substantial excerpts from all of the Author and Editors Panel books, as well as from dozens of other […]
Obituary: Paul Auster
Paul Auster, 77, died on April 30 of complications from lung cancer. He is the author of 34 books, including The New York Trilogy and 4321, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent book, Baumgartner, was published in November.
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PRH Develops Generative AI Tool for Employees
Further to our reporting last fall on how publishing teams are using generative AI tools for their day-to-day work, and Penguin Random House CEO Nihar Malaviya’s assertion that the company would embrace AI technology, earlier this year PRH introduced its own internal AI application, called PRH ChatGPT. In a statement, the company said, “PRH ChatGPT was launched as a way for our employees to safely experiment with generative AI during their daily work—to learn more about how the technology works and identify potential opportunities to enhance creativity and productivity.” The company made the program available to all employees in the […]
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At Simon & Schuster, Craig Mandeville, vice president, general manager, business office is retiring on July 13, exactly 37 years since he joined the company.