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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly is the international news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries and more.

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > publisher-news > article > 101219-an-ai-company-that-picks-up-the-phone-pw-talks-with-hannah-johnson.html

An AI Company That Picks Up the Phone: PW Talks with Hannah Johnson

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (174+ words) The chief customer officer of Veristage says publishers now process the equivalent of more than 50,000 books per month through Insight, her company’s AI publishing services platform—and that figure is growing fast. You’re based in the U.S., but working…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > publisher-news > article > 101196-authors-guild-co-plaintiffs-seek-summary-judgment-in-openai-case.html

Authors Guild, Co-Plaintiffs Seek Summary Judgment in OpenAI Case

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (204+ words) In a class action case filed by the Authors Guild and its co-plaintiff authors against OpenAI and Microsoft, all parties have filed motions for summary judgment. In a summary judgment, a judge may weigh undisputed evidence and render a decision…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > publisher-news > article > 101200-authors-guild-addresses-anthropic-settlement-hiccups.html

Authors Guild Addresses Anthropic Settlement Concerns

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (514+ words) Claim notices sent out last week in Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement has led to a fair amount of confusion about how publishers and authors are dividing the proceeds. Under the settlement, each work that was included in the agreement is…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > comics > article > 101199-what-webtoon-s-ai-partnership-could-mean-for-translators.html

What Webtoon’s New AI Partnership Could Mean for Translators

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (709+ words) Even by online startup standards, the rise of Webtoon has been dizzying. Founded in South Korea in 2004, at a moment when no unified platform existed for the rapidly multiplying number of web-based independent comics, the company now comprises the largest…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > international > international-book-news > article > 101185-audible-ramps-up-english-translations-of-european-audiobooks.html

Audible Ramps Up English Translations of European Audiobooks

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (180+ words) Publishers Weekly Audible says it has "quadrupled" the number of titles it has translated into English from European languages so far this year, with translations from the continent up 300% year-over-year. (The company did not provide a comparative figure from last…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > publisher-news > article > 101137-elsevier-launches-ai-assistant-for-healthcare-e-books.html

Elsevier Launches AI Assistant for Healthcare E-books

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (163+ words) Publishers Weekly Elsevier Launches AI Assistant for Healthcare E-books A few days before Google’s announcement about its Expert Intelligence initiative for e-books bought through Google Play, Elsevier announced the launch of Nora AI, an AI-powered assistant available within Elsevier…...

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publishersweekly.com > pw > by-topic > industry-news > religion > article > 101070-study-finds-63-of-religion-books-on-amazon-likely-ai-written.html

AI Invades Religion Books on Amazon

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (229+ words) In a new study released by AI detection platform Originality.ai, 63% of paperback religious books listed for sale on Amazon were flagged as likely written by AI. To arrive at that number, Originality.ai analyzed 2,034 English-language paperbacks with at least…...