Collective licence to ensure UK authors get paid for works used to train AI
A pioneering alternative to the opt-out system proposed by the government is supported by publishers and writers and is set to be available for use this summer
Gillian Anderson announces ‘even more daring’ follow-up to bestselling book of sexual fantasies
Sex Education star calls on women to send in their anonymous submissions for a second volume of her 2024 title Want
Martin Lee obituary
Other lives: Print consultant who worked with leading designers to produce high-end books such as Designed by Apple in California
A new chapter for publishing? Book subscription services launch their own titles
The book-posting operations have had a huge market impact, but will publishing their own titles cost them their serendipitous magic?
Thomas Pynchon announces Shadow Ticket, his first novel in more than a decade
The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress
Patti Smith to publish ‘intimate’ new memoir, Bread of Angels
Published in November, it will cover everything from Smith’s childhood to her rise as a punk rock star and later retreat from public life
Salman Rushdie to publish new collection of stories, The Eleventh Hour
The first fiction the author has written since he was attacked in 2022 comprises three novellas and two shorter works set across India, England and the US
UK publishing less accessible to Black authors now than before 2020, industry names say
Ahead of the Black British book festival, literary figures say the number of books being published by Black writers has ‘plummeted’
Mutiny brews in French bookshops over Hachette owner’s media grip
Booksellers take stand against influence of conservative billionaire by limiting orders of his company’s books and placing them on lower shelves
‘More are published than could ever succeed’: are there too many books?
While some say the rise of the self-publishing model is damaging the industry, others feel it gives authors a fairer deal
Authors await overdue payments as publisher Unbound goes into administration
The company, launched in 2011, has been acquired by new company Boundless, after writers have been left unpaid for months
Funding fights, memoirs by Boris Becker and Stallone, plus the queen of romantasy: this year’s London book fair
The 2025 book trade jamboree featured a bonanza of heart-shaped fiction, celebrity memoirs, and some vexed discussion about festival finances and children’s reading
‘Something magical is happening’: sales boom for children’s comics creating young readers of the future
Publishers and analysts say popularity of genres like manga and superhero comics is a gateway into reading
Unseen Harper Lee stories set in New York and Alabama to be published
Eight unpublished stories by the To Kill a Mockingbird author will be issued later this year as The Land of Sweet Forever
‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements
Authors asked to allow Black Inc to use their work for ‘training, testing, validation and the deployment of a machine learning’ system