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Is the nonfiction book market collapsing? (This week in books)

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This week! Books! The Nonfiction Book Market is Collapsing / Radical Ideas for Fixing the Nonfiction Book Market – Sean deLone, Dear Head of Mine – For a very long time, nonfiction was the stable, predictable, bread and butter of the publishing industry, outselling more unpredictable fiction. In the past decade, as overall sales have […]

Why is Anthropic destroying used books? (This week in books)

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This week! Books! Author Whose $2 Million Book Deal Was Derailed by AI Concerns Says He’s Innocent (gift link) – Melissa Korn, Wall Street Journal – More on the author whose $2.5 million deal was derailed after his agents pulled the book due to suspicions of A.I. usage. Jerry Falade says he only used A.I. […]

$2.5 million book deal canceled over A.I. suspicions (This week in books)

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This week! Books! Seven-Figure Book Deal Cancelled Over AI Suspicions Raises Questions About AI Guardrails – Erin Somers, Publishers Lunch – So I guess we’re still doing this… According to Publishers Lunch, a $2.5 million two-book deal won at auction by Minotaur has been scuppered by the agents because they are “no longer able to […]

Hachette employees unionize (This week in books)

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This week! Books! You wouldn’t know it’s publishing’s summer quiet season with the number of links I have this week, so let’s get to it. Hachette Book Group Employees Vote to Unionize – Alexandra Alter, New York Times – Book publishing continues a trend toward organized labor, as Hachette’s employees formed the largest trade union […]

Audio sales reached $2.43 billion in 2025 (This week in books)

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This week! Books! U.S. Audiobook Sales Grew 9% in 2025, to $2.43 Billion – Ed Nawotka, Publishers Weekly – The audiobook boom continued apace in 2025, including in the children’s book world. And no, in case you’re wondering, listening to an audiobook is still not reading. (Let’s start this roundup off with some spice!) Call […]

Amazon bricks old Kindles (This week in books)

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This week! Books! I’m between trips at the moment and popping up with a few links that caught my eye while I was away. Please keep reaching out if you need editing, and my blog will properly return at the end of this month! For the first time ever, Amazon is cutting old Kindles off […]