The NYT, Target, and Apple named their best books of the year.
Read With Jenna December Pick
New Books Publishing November 28
Jeffrey Deaver and Nita Prose publish new novels this week, while nonfiction includes work by Sam Wasson and Harry N. MacLean. Also out this week is Mary Jo Putney’s SILVER LADY, available in our Buzz Books 2023: Romance collection. 11 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-28 5 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-28 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out November‘s 70 fiction releases; 54 works of nonfiction; and 29 notable children’s titles, […]
Booker Prize Winner
Paul Lynch's PROPHET SONG won the Booker Prize for 2023. It is slated to release from Atlantic Monthly Press on December 12.
Obituary: Gabe Hudson
Gabe Hudson, 52, author of short story collection Dear Mr. President and novel Gork the Teenage Dragon died on November 24. Hudson also hosted a podcast called “Kurt Vonnegut Radio.”
Author Sues OpenAI and Microsoft on Behalf of Nonfiction Writers
Julian Sancton, author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night, has filed suit against OpenAI and Microsoft on behalf of other nonfiction authors, citing copyright infringement in training ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and other generative AI tools. Unlike other similar suits, this one focuses on the work of nonfiction authors, and is the first to name Microsoft as a defendant. Like other suits, this one asserts that the tech companies are making a profit—the complaint quotes an OpenAI report that it is making $1.3 billion per year—from the use of copyrighted works, without […]