Author Solutions is one of the most hated companies in the self-publishing arena because they prey on new writers and sell them packages that range between $3,000 and $12,000 dollars. Their promise is ...

Artificial intelligence makers have faced a mountain of criticism for borrowing from the work of others to train its models. Now the world’s largest publishing house is taking steps to ensure its ...

UPDATE: Penguin Random House‘s proposed merger with Simon & Schuster will not drive down author advances and they will “continue to go up,” the attorney for the publisher said in opening arguments on ...

The Authors Guild has taken an in-depth look at the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against the mega-merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster and is doubling down on its support ...

One of the largest antitrust trials ever to hit the publishing industry is unfolding in a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. The Department of Justice says that a merger between Penguin Random ...

RIGHT NOW. A NEW LEGAL CHALLENGE WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY AGAINST IOWA’S NEW SCHOOL BOOK, BAN LAW. IOWA’S TEACHERS UNION, ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST BOOK PUBLISHERS AND FOUR BEST SELLING AUTHORS, ARE SUING ...

The Biden administration has challenged the deal over concerns it would harm authors, but the publisher said that argument is a misunderstanding of how the book industry works. By Elizabeth A. Harris ...

The Biden administration is suing to block Penguin Random House from buying Simon & Schuster. A United States District Court will decide if the sale can proceed. By Alexandra Alter Elizabeth A. Harris ...

Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news. The Justice Department could block two of the country’s biggest publishers from joining forces, as a trial kicks off Monday to ...

Book publisher Penguin Random House, along with several parents, authors and the literary and free speech advocacy group PEN America, are suing a Florida school district to challenge the removal of ...