AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoSharjah Book Fair: The 2026 fair is set to bring 2,673 publishers and exhibitors from 124 countries, with 1,500 events. AI and Authors’ Rights: Korean publishers are demanding consent and payment for AI training on books; a separate report alleges Anthropic used copyrighted Korean works, including books by Nobel laureate Han Kang. Global Reach: Overseas buyers are ordering single copies of 100,000 Korean titles, while 26 young Chinese writers are taking local stories to international readers. India’s Book Fairs: India will be the theme country at the 50th International Kolkata Book Fair. In West Bengal, Durga Puja book stalls have become entangled in political disputes, with the Calcutta High Court directing police protection for a CPI(M) stall. Publishing Dispute: Penguin Random House has halted a children’s book on Palestinian history amid an editorial dispute.
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