Library friends, welcome back. I hope our American readers enjoyed their holiday weekend and everyone stayed cool amid this terrible heat wave. I have an assortment of updates to keep you on top of your library game: publishing news and opinion pieces, a summer reading list “bonanza”, memoir lawsuits, a UK literary crisis, and more.
updated publication
- Nonfiction book publishers are not remotely ready for AI.
- The rise of the sensitivity reader.
- Publishing CEO Warn against AI witch hunt At the US Book Show.
- Australia is publishing books at a rapid paceAnd everyone is losing.
- Why do publishers prefer debut novels?
- kwame alexander is launching its all-ages imprint with Sourcebooks.
- Google Play Books has launched AI-powered book insightsCreated with Gemini as “a helpful reading companion”.
RA/Style Resources
- The rise of rezbet lit.
- new York Times Book review editors worked together Summer Reading List “Bonanza.”
- where to start Barbara Kingsolver.
- Big gay lit boom.
Books and Authors in News
- acclaimed author jane yolen Died at the age of 87.
- writer and poet stephen dobbins Died at the age of 85.
- Amy Griffin, author of the memoir 2025 tell me, Has sued a former classmate for defamation. The classmate in question filed a lawsuit earlier this year, saying Griffin stole her stories and experiences and profited from them in the memoir.
- A look at how Theo of Golden A self-published title became a phenomenal bestseller.
- Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Meta executive and memoir author Cundoubtedly people, A case has been filed against Meta for trying to silence him.
numbers and trends
- Why “Book Shaming” There will be no solution to children’s literary crisis.
- A new UK study shows this Girls aged 11-14 are reading a wider range of books and authors Compared to boys of the same age.
Book curiosities and miscellaneous
- Train yourself to read more Changing your perception towards meditation.
- Horror bookstores to visit during your visit.
- 5 ways to do it Get your book joy back.
- The best BookTalk, Bookstagram and bookish newsletter creator worldwide.
book lists, book lists, book lists
- 5 SFF novels about Murder on campus.
- 9 about novels Beloved places that are disappearing.
- what to read next if knicks You became fond of basketball.
- your ultimate World Cup Reading List.
- 5 untouched romances to bring with you to the beach.
- 9 books that demonstrate Strange life in the Arab world.
- 5 Anti-colonial travelogues.
- Romance for plant lovers.
