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  1. Penguin Random House Urges U.S. Congress to Reject Republican Book Banning Bill

    "The bill creates strong incentives for schools to remove or avoid a wide range of books and materials," wrote PRH SVP Skip Dye in a letter to lawmakers, adding that, if passed, the law would also force educators and librarians to self-censor, resulting in "further marginalization of vulnerable communities.”
    The post Penguin Random House Urges U.S. Congress to Reject Republican Book Banning Bill appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
    publishingperspectives.com/202

    #BookBanning #Diversity #FreedomtoRead #Librarians #PenguinRandomHouse

  2. U.S. Appeals Courts Deals a Blow to the Freedom to Read

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that school officials and politicians have broad discretion to order the removal of books from school libraries as long as the removals are "reasonably" related to "legitimate pedagogical concerns."
    The post U.S. Appeals Courts Deals a Blow to the Freedom to Read appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
    publishingperspectives.com/202

    #FreedomtoRead #Libraries #PenguinRandomHouse #SF496 #UnitedStates

  3. #PenguinRandomHouse is suing #OpenAI, alleging its chatbot #ChatGPT violated #copyright by reproducing content from the Coconut the Little Dragon series. The lawsuit claims ChatGPT generated text and images indistinguishable from the original, including a cover and blurb. This case could set a precedent for other #publishers regarding #AIgeneratedcontent. theguardian.com/technology/202 #tech #media #news

  4. Yksi maailman suurimmista kirjakustantamoista, Penguin Random House, on haastanut tekoälyjätti OpenAI:n oikeuteen tekijänoikeuksiensa rikkomisesta

    Kiista keskittyy saksalaiseen lastenkirjasarjaan, jota kustantajan mielestä on käytetty luvatta OpenAI:n tekoälyn koulutukseen.

    dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/04/01/pen

    #penguinrandomhouse #kirja #kirjallisuus #tekijänoikeus #openai #chatgpt #tekoäly #oikeusjuttu #uutiset

  5. Bertelsmann Reports Slight Revenue Increase Amid a Tough Global Economy

    In a year-end letter to employees, PRH CEO Nihar Malaviya sounded an optimistic note and praised the company's 'agility and adaptability.'
    The post Bertelsmann Reports Slight Revenue Increase Amid a Tough Global Economy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
    publishingperspectives.com/202

    #Bertelsmann #NiharMalaviya #PenguinRandomHouse #TomWeldon

  6. TorrentFreak: Major Publishers Sue Anna’s Archive Over ‘Staggering’ Copyright Infringement, Seek Injunction. “A coalition of thirteen major publishers, including Penguin Random House, Elsevier, and HarperCollins, filed a new lawsuit against Anna’s Archive. The publishers allege the shadow library is facilitating “staggering” levels of piracy. While the site’s owners are not likely to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/10/torrentfreak-major-publishers-sue-annas-archive-over-staggering-copyright-infringement-seek-injunction/
  7. Penguin Random House Publisher Services & Oni Press Partner for Worldwide Sales & Distribution Beginning August 2026

    #horror#PressRelease#horrorcomics#Archie#FortPsycho – @OniPress – @penguinrandom – #OniPress#PenguinRandomHouse – New York, NY (February 3, 2026) – Penguin Random House Publisher Services (PRHPS), a divisi

    #ad #Archie #Distribution #FortPsycho #horror #OniPress #PenguinRandomHouse #PressRelease

    horrornerdonline.com/2026/02/p

  8. New Year’s Day is often nice and quiet, so what better day to get down to some delightful reading?

    https://nikkiwordsmith.com/national-year-reading/
  9. At Frankfurt, PRH Grupo Editorial’s Roberto Banchik: Mexico’s Opportunity in Exports

    After 2024’s big unit sales for books, the Mexican market, says Roberto Banchik, is working on transportation and distribution costs, and piracy, amid industry consolidation.
    publishingperspectives.com/202

    #cx #PenguinRandomHouse #PenguinRandomHouseGrupoEditorial #RobertoBanchik

  10. The defendants named in the suit were The #NewYorkTimes Company & #SusanneCraig [who won a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2019 for her reporting on Trump’s finances], #RussBuettner, #PeterBaker & #MikeSchmidt. The complaint also named #PenguinRandomHouse, which published a book about #Trump written by Craig & Buettner, as a defendant.

    #law #FreePress #Constitution #FirstAmendment #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #fascism

  11. #Trump sued the #NewYorkTimes, 4 reporters, & #publisher #PenguinRandomHouse for at least $15 billion Monday, claiming #defamation & #libel, & citing reputational damage.

    Trump's suit cites a series of #NYT articles, one an editorial prior to the 2024 election, which said he was #unfit for office, & a 2024 #book published by #Penguin titled "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune & Created the Illusion of Success".

    #law #Constitution #FreePress
    reuters.com/world/us/trump-fil

  12. News Summary: ‘The Salt Path’ Memoir Faces Scrutiny Over Truth Claims; Publication Delayed Amid Controversy

    Most of you will have noticed that books have made it into the mainstream news in the past week or so. The controversy surrounding The Salt Path, and the film adaptation that was recently released, is a reminder that when we cross over…
    selfpublishingadvice.org/the-s

    #JamesFrey #memoircontroversy #PenguinRandomHouse #RaynorWinn #TheSaltPath
    @indieauthors

  13. In these troubled times, here is a rare bit of good news!

    "In a special initiative, #PenguinPress and the #PenguinRandomHouse Social Impact Team are partnering to print 2,000 copies of a unique softcover edition of THE JAILHOUSE LAWYER, exclusively for incarcerated readers. Recognizing that hardcovers are often prohibited in prisons so access to new books can take a year or more, this initiative aims to bridge that gap."

    global.penguinrandomhouse.com/

    #CalvinDuncan #SophieCull #publishing #lawyer

  14. Vergüenza me daría ser #Salamandra, parte de #PenguinRandomHouse, y traducir un libro japonés DEL INGLÉS.

  15. " #Libraries urge court to reconsider judgment against Internet Archive #IA - Amid a wave of threats against libraries, the American Library Association #ALA and others fear the suit challenges freedom of information #FoI.

    Last March, the Internet Archive was forced to curtail its lending of e-books following a judgment against the digital library in a lawsuit coordinated by the Association of American Publishers ( #AAP ) ... But, in December, more than 100,000 of those libraries, as represented by the American Library Association (ALA) and Association of Research Libraries ( #ARL ), expressed support for the Internet Archive’s appeal against the case.

    “This is a fight to keep library books available for those seeking truth in the digital age,” says Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. And other libraries appear to agree.

    A court brief filed by the #ALA and #ARL urges the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the lower court’s judgment in light of the impact that it will have, not just on the Internet Archive, but libraries across the #UnitedStates. The appeal comes amid a wave of threats that libraries nationwide are trying to stem."

    shareable.net/libraries-urge-c

    #Freedom #Democracy #DigitalLending #US #USPolitics
    #FreedomOfInformation #Hachette #PenguinRandomHouse #HarperCollins #Wiley #InternetArchive @internetarchive

  16. Last Nov, publishing got *excellent* news: the planned merger of #PenguinRandomHouse (the largest publisher in the history of human civilization) with its immediate competitor #SimonAndSchuster would not be permitted, thanks to the #FTC's deftly argued case against the deal:

    pluralistic.net/2022/11/07/ran

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    If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

    pluralistic.net/2023/08/08/vam

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