AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoPublishing Loss: Jeffrey Archer, whose novels sold more than 300 million copies, has died aged 86, just before the release of his final book, Adam & Eve. Book Bans: PEN America counted nearly 12,000 school book bans in 2025–26, a record; Texas accounted for about three-quarters, and Stephen King was the most-banned author. Audiobooks: Spotify is expanding audiobook access to more than 180 markets, as publishers accuse its bundled subscription of being designed to cut music royalties; Spotify says more than a million users have signed up for its Audiobooks+ tier. AI and Rights: Anthropic’s bulk purchase of books in Japan has renewed debate over author protections when books are used to train AI. War and Books: A Russian attack struck a Kyiv publisher’s warehouse, damaging books that had been reprinted after an earlier attack.
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