AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoInternational Deals: British romance imprint Choc Lit has signed German author Cara Heart’s Hockey Hearts series in a five-book deal. Berlin Book Fair: More than 110 publishers from Germany and the Arab world took part in the Al Diwan Arabic Book Fair, bringing Arabic literature to German readers. Publishing Backlash: A German publisher has halted a Ukraine wartime romance novel after criticism, putting scrutiny on how fiction handles the war. Translation: A German publisher was honoured for bringing Serbian writers’ work to new readers. AI and Authors: Penguin Random House’s parent company Bertelsmann is among the publishers in a major AI copyright fight; a US court order left a ruling in songwriters’ favour standing.
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