AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPublishing & AI Copyright: Google and industry partners are facing fresh copyright pressure as publishers push back on AI training using books and news content, while music labels debate clearer AI labeling for streaming tracks. Book Trade & Events: The Hong Kong Book Fair opens today with government-backed reading initiatives, and Canada’s CBC Books spotlights illustrated comics for summer reading. Memoir & Publishing Business: Joe Biden’s “Promise Me, America” memoir is set for a Nov. 17 release by Little, Brown, adding another major political title to the fall publishing calendar. Local Literacy & Community: A new 4-H Roth Scholars academy backs youth projects “from ideas to action,” and libraries keep programming front and center, including a Beatles “butcher cover” talk. Tech & Tools for Creators: Indomitus Group brings one-time-purchase accounting/payroll software to Windows, while a new “Legend of Korra in Concert” tour revives a major animated franchise on stage.
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