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The Top 10 Book Business News Stories of 2023
The book business in 2023 in a nutshell: Amazon got hit with a federal antitrust lawsuit, Scholastic got mired in a censorship controversy, Simon & Schuster finally found a buyer, AI fever gripped the book business, and publishers stepped up to book bans.
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'New York Times' Sues OpenAI, Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
The suit, said to be the first AI-related action filed by a major American media company, alleges that AI services from both multibillion dollar companies are businesses “built on mass copyright infringement,” with potentially massive implications for the future of journalism.
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Pietsch Touts New Marketing Efforts in Letter to Authors
In his last annual letter to authors as Hachettte Book Group CEO, Michael Pietsch hit on a number of topics, including the publisher’s steps to improve its marketing efforts.
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After Hearing, Court Set to Decide Fate of Iowa LGBTQ Book Banning Law
A federal judge is set to rule on two lawsuits seeking to block a controversial new Iowa law, SF 496, before the end of the year. The law would ban books with sexual content from Iowa classrooms and school libraries.
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Internet Archive Seeks Reversal in Book Scanning Suit
In a highly anticipated appeal brief, officials at the Internet Archive argued that district court judge John G. Koeltl misunderstood the facts and misapplied the law in finding that the IA’s scanning and lending of print library books infringed publishers’ copyrights.
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Hachette v. Internet Archive: All Our Coverage
A compilation of PW's coverage of Hachette v. Internet Archive, the closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of print library books.
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Lightning Source Finds New Areas to Grow
Now in its 25th year, Ingram’s digital printing group has deepened its ties with large publishers and expanded its international footprint.
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Deals by KKR Led Publishing Acquisition Action in 2023
Many of the mergers and acquisitions in the year centered on book manufacturers, but the two biggest deals both involved private equity firm KKR.
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Sales Rose at PRH During a Difficult Year, Says CEO Nihar Malaviya
PRH global CEO Nihar Malaviya thanked employees in a memo for their efforts during a year which saw sales rise over 2022 despite the host of internal challenges the world's largest trade publisher faced in 2023.
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New PEN America Report Documents 'Scarlet Letter' Effect of Book Bans
PEN America has released "a cumulative data summary" of nearly 6,000 book bans in public schools, finding that shared lists of targeted books by organized political groups have led to books and authors being targeted in multiple communities across the country.
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Amazon Seeks to Dismiss FTC Antitrust Lawsuit
In a 31-page filing, Amazon claims the FTC ignores “the facially procompetitive” effects of the company's conduct, and urges a federal court to dismiss the case.
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Two Years After Buying Baker & Taylor, Aman Kochar Considers Its Mission
B&T's owner and CEO has embraced the wholesaler's role as a conduit between libraries and publishers.
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Green City Books Grows in the Pacific Northwest
In Bend, Ore., Jessica Hammerman and Isaac Peterson have founded a small independent publishing house focused on literary fiction and memoir.
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AAP Calls Big Tech's AI Arguments 'Nonsense'
In comments submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office this week, the Association of American Publishers slammed assertions by the tech industry that fair use permits AI developers to use copyrighted works to train their systems without permission or compensation.
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Congress Introduces New Bill to Fight Book Bans in Schools
Amid a historic surge in book challenges in schools and school libraries, the Fight Book Bans Act would offer federal funding to support school districts fighting challenges to books and educational materials.
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Neil Strong Named COO of Macmillan
Strong joins Macmillan from Barnes & Noble, where he most recently served as v-p of supply chain and customer service. He will fill the previously vacant chief operating officer position effective January 2.
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After Outcry, Scholastic Lays the Groundwork for Its Spring Book Fairs
Books once included in Scholastic's optional Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice collection, along with additional books with inclusive content, will become part of regular book fair shipments next year.
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Fresh Off a National Book Award Win, Omnidawn Looks Toward the Holidays
This year, the nonprofit publisher won its first National Book Award for Craig Santos Perez's poetry collection 'from unincorporated territory [åmot].' Its publisher, Rusty Morrison, forecasts solid sales for that title, and others, this holiday season.
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Scholastic Union Reaches Tentative New Contract Agreement
Unionized magazine employees at Scholastic have reached a tentative agreement with management, establishing a $65,000 salary floor, general wage increases, ratification bonuses, and more.
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Penguin Random House, Authors Sue to Block Iowa Anti-LGBTQ Book Banning Law
Penguin Random House and the Iowa State Education Association, along with four bestselling authors and five plaintiffs from the state of Iowa, have sued the state to block key provisions of its sweeping new law banning books with sexual or LGBTQ+ content in schools.
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