More publishers join Penguin Random House's lawsuit in Iowa, challenging a bill that prohibits books describing sex and sexual orientation in school libraries. The post Five Publishers Join PRH in Its Lawsuit of Iowa appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Two organizations representing screenwriters join forces "to establish an ethical framework" for the use of AI in scriptwriting. The post International Screenwriters Issue a Joint Statement on AI appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The newly announced agreement will support Arabookverse's offerings with Beat's Technology's services in Arabic-language content. The post Arabookverse is Beat Technology’s Entry Into the Middle East appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Hachette UK’s Muslim Employee Network hosted its fourth annual Iftar, the fast-breaking evening meal in Ramadan, marking the network’s first cross-industry iteration. 

The 2025 policy continues 2021 compliance requirements while also imposing additional mandates and eliminating financial support for open access publishing. The post Gates Open Access Policy Refresh Increases Compliance Burden and Eliminates Financial Support appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) will run from 31st March to 3rd April in 2025, less than three weeks after London Book Fair (LBF).

A survey of 787 members of the Society of Authors (SoA) found that a third of translators and quarter of illustrators report losing work to generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems.

Creative Artists Agency has announced the appointment of nine managing directors as part of a new agency board membership model intended to support the senior leadership team. 

The English and Irish PENs, together with the Estate of Seamus Heaney, have launched a new £5,000 annual prize called the PEN Heaney Prize.

Libraries Connected has launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise £10,000, with the aim of buying and delivering to Ukraine an English council’s decommissioned, serviced mobile library.

Sources at talent management agency YMU have indicated that the group’s recent corporate changes do not affect how the literary division operates.

Felicity Bryan Associates agent Carrie Plitt has moved to New York, and will expand the firm’s presence, becoming its first employee to work abroad. 

The New York City–based subsidiary of Italian publisher the Mondadori Group has agreed to acquire the White River Junction, Vt.–based independent book publisher of titles on politics and sustainability.

The top prize at the Bologna Licensing Awards goes to Mattel for the Best Property of the Year. And she's blonde. The post At Bologna: The Licensing Trade Fair Names Its Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Shirley Yvonne Carby, Mitia Osman Tisma, and Anne Friebel win the inaugural PublisHer Excellence Awards at Bologna Children's Book Fair. The post At Bologna: PublisHer Names Its Inaugural Excellence Award Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.