To learn from the history of the recent past, one needs a strong filter. The accumulated cruft of modern life means that most people’s legacies will be buried deep beneath the digital detritus of day-to-day life. The Steve Jobs Archive was launched in autumn 2022 as a repository for the life, work, writings and correspondence of the late Apple CEO.

Peter Usborne, the founder of the children’s books publisher Usborne and the co-founder of Private Eye magazine, has died aged 85, the publisher has announced. He died “unexpectedly but peacefully” surrounded by his family this morning, the Bookseller reported. Usborne founded his publishing house in 1973 and in February this year received a CBE for his services to literature from King Charles at Windsor Castle.

For over a decade, Kristin Loberg has quietly co-authored a long list of bestselling books for medical superstars like David Agus and Sanjay Gupta. Now she’s embroiled in a growing plagiarism scandal that has her celebrity clients worried sick

Internet Archive: Judge’s copyright ruling is a “blow to all libraries.”

What is it about a physical book? There is something about holding a book and turning the page that is somehow, comforting. What is even more reassuring is that book sales are resurging with more than 825M print books sold in 2021, an increase of more than 8% according to this article.

A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in Hachette v. Internet Archive, a lawsuit brought against it by four book publishers, deciding that the website does not have the right to scan books and lend them out like a library. Judge John G. Koeltl decided that the Internet Archive had done nothing more than create “derivative works,” and so would have needed authorization from the books’ copyright holders — the publishers — before lending them out through its National Emergency Library program.

A majority of the books were written by or were about the LGBTQ community and people of color.

Story at a glance As some states move to restrict the titles available in school and public libraries, the American Library Association reports a record number of attempts to ban books documented l…

A parent is arguing that if banned books like 'Gender Queer' are pulled from shelves, the Bible—with its sex scenes, incest, and murder—should be banned, too.

From James Bond to Roald Dahl to RL Stine & Goosebumps, books (& movies) are being rewritten and edited: Is it censorship or is it more?

A federal judge will soon decide if digital lending violates copyright laws.

As AI-powered chatbots can now write fiction, human authors may have unwanted competition.

“Now when I look back, I can finally see the dots connecting. I can see that everything stands or falls on leaders and leadership. And leadership is all about inspiring hope, because hope makes a difference, serving people and adding value."

The Roald Dahl alterations thrust sensitivity readers to the foreground, but the profession is nothing new

Arrests believed to be the first time police have detained citizens for possessing literature deemed ‘seditious’ by the authorities

New memoirs, a landmark biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a look at the woman who helped halt the rise of a K.K.K. leader — and more.

Authors work hard on their books, they don't always like the results. Discover 8 books that authors regretted writing and why.

Filippo Bernardini impersonated hundreds of people in the publishing industry to obtain work by Margaret Atwood, Sally Rooney and Ian McEwan, but never intended to leak the books

Kenzaburo Oe, a giant of Japanese writing and winner of the Nobel prize in literature, has died aged 88. Spanning fiction and essays, Oe’s work tackled a wide range of subjects from militarism and nuclear disarmament to innocence and trauma, and he became an outspoken champion for the voiceless in the face of what he regarded as his country’s failures. Regarded by some in Japan as distinctly western, Oe’s style was often likened to William Faulkner; in his own words, in his writing he would “start from my personal matters and then link it up with society, the state and the world”.

Said the author’s ex, Jorge Arantes, “I was very involved with the first one and she knows that. She started writing it when we were together.”