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Trump threatens to sue Penguin Random House

Nov 15 2024: President-elect Donald J. Trump is threatening to sue Penguin Random House and the New York Times for $10 billion over allegedly “false and defamatory statements” contained in articles written by Times journalists Peter Baker, Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, and Michael S...

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What do you think of Orbital winning the 2024 Booker Prize

Nov 14 2024: What did you think of Orbital winning? Have you had a chance to read the book?

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Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

Nov 13 2024: Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were “removed or discontinued” from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of library books.

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Penguin to acquire Amber-Allen publishing backlist

Nov 13 2024: Penguin Publishing Group, the division of Penguin Random House, will acquire the publishing assets of Amber-Allen Publishing, the independent publisher of personal development books that has been a PRH Publishing Services distribution client since 2018.

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Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize 2024

Nov 12 2024: Orbital by Samantha Harvey, the only British writer shortlisted this year, has won the 2024 Booker prize, the UK’s most prestigious prize for fiction.

Harvey’s tale of six fictional astronauts on the International Space Station was “unanimously” chosen as the winner ...

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Hachette employees protest new conservative imprint

Nov 11 2024: A group of employees at Hachette Book Group have penned a letter to management condemning the announced launch of a new conservative imprint, Basic Liberty, and hiring of Thomas Spence, former president and publisher of Regnery, to helm it.

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Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey favourites to win 2024 Booker prize

Nov 11 2024: Percival Everett and Samantha Harvey are the bookies’ favourites to win the 2024 Booker prize.

American author Everett was Ladbrokes’ frontrunner before the company closed bets on Monday morning, with 2/1 odds of taking home the £50,000 award for his novel James – a ...

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Macmillan marketing VP’s election post stirs anger

Nov 08 2024: On November 6, in response to president-elect Donald Trump’s win on Election Day, Mariel Dawson, VP of marketing at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, posted a pro-Trump graphic on her personal Facebook account. The collage image pictured X owner Elon Musk and Trump...

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