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Whats new: 24 February 2025 - What's new 24 February 2025

'I looked at authors who wrote series, and I privately thought they had it easy - they didn't have to create anything new, they had the characters, they had the world, all they had to do was throw another story at them. But it's not like that at all. Although you've got your core...

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Link: Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It's changing children's relationship with books - Fast Company 24 February 2025

Sales of graphic novels have doubled over the past five years, to some parents' dismay. But data shows these books can have a positive lifelong impact on young readers.

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Link: Mac Barnett named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature : NPR 24 February 2025

In a lot of ways, it's never been harder to convince kids to pick up a book over a phone or iPad. But worrying about declining literacy rates and reading test scores - that's adults' business. And Mac...

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Link: Hansel and Gretel: Stephen King and Maurice Sendak - Stephen King Books 24 February 2025

The legendary Stephen King brings to life beautiful opera set and costume design illustrations by Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Where the Wild Things Are, in this thrilling, must-have reimagining of the Brothers Grimm's fairytale, Hansel and Gretel.

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Link: 'It's not about the books': banned in the USA 24 February 2025

Over 10,000 books have been banned from American libraries and schools. Those leading the fightback caution that we need to focus on what those books represent

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Link: Author Post: Why the Book Business Holds the Keys to Ethical AI 24 February 2025

As the founder of an AI company deeply embedded in the publishing world, I've been struck by an intriguing parallel between evolutionary biology and artificial intelligence.

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Link: Where Is the Kid Lit Community Online? 24 February 2025

As social media communities splinter, children's authors and publishers wonder where their next digital gathering place will be

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Link: Microsoft offers authors $5,000 to train AI on their books 24 February 2025

Microsoft is taking a new approach to using copyrighted books for AI training by offering payment to HarperCollins authors. The deal sheds light on how the industry values creative work in the AI era.

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Link: Publishers See Mixed Messages in Paris AI Summit 24 February 2025

In an update sent to heads of American publishing houses regarding the highly-publicized Artificial Intelligence Action Summit hosted by French president Emmanuel Macron February 10-11, Association of American Publishers...

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Link: The Bookseller - Editor's Letter - Philip Jones | 'In a plot twist worthy of Jeffrey Archer, the government's preferred route is not one that defends creativity, but an opt-out system' 24 February 2025

Defending copyright means defending the rights of creators and ensuring a sustainable future for the creative and knowledge-based economy. Not my words, but those of the artificial intelligence box ChatGPT. On this, we should obey. On 25th February, the government's consultation into copyright...

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Link: Barnes & Noble opening 60 stores in 2025: List of new location cities- Fast Company 24 February 2025

After a decade of downsizing, the beloved bookseller is seeing a resurgence thanks in part to TikTok's #BookTok and a rise in so-called third spaces.

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Link: Waterstones and WHS: a tale of two retailers 24 February 2025

One has been well run; the other has been run into the ground

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