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DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Horror Novel 'Shy Girl' Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use Hachette has announced it will not release the horror novel Shy Girl in the United States and will discontinue its UK edition after suspected artificial intelligence involvement in its creation...

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Baker & Taylor Makes Surprise Chapter 11 Filing The closed library wholesaler has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reporting debts of between $100 million and $500 million against assets of just $1 million to $10 million. Penguin Random House...

Very pleased to say that after some useful feedback from @Robinne Weiss, we’ve now added the ability for you to sort your bibliography entries into whatever order of appearance you want. The “featured’ book will now automatically be the book that you’ve put into the first position. More info...

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Book Output Topped Four Million in 2025 The total number of books published in the U.S. in 2025 surged 32.5% over 2024, according to Bowker data, driven largely by a boom in self-published titles. The number of traditionally published books rose 6.6% to...

The Colony has just moved to a new server. Everything seems to have gone well, but if you notice any strangeness (apart from the normal strangeness, natch) please let me know :) p.

Yes, it’s on the to-do list. Everyone – please will you use the Bug Report / Feature Request forms for… bug reports and feature requests :) You have no idea how time-consuming these things can be if you don’t give us all the information we need. The forms are there to make it easier for us...

Just finished a pretty comprehensive Help Guide to the Author Platform – please take a look.

We've just added two new forums to help you share your feedback on the Author Platform: a Bug Report forum and a Feature Request forum. If something isn't working the way it should — whether it's an error message, a broken button, or something that just looks off — the bug report form is the...

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Grammarly Removes AI 'Expert Review' Feature That Mimicked Writers Grammarly has removed its AI-powered Expert Review feature following a backlash from authors who discovered it was impersonating their writing styles. The feature generated AI-produced...

If you would take your first tentative steps into the new Author Platform! Log in to Litopia.com You’ll then see the new home page. Browse around! At the top of the page, you’ll see your name. Click on it. Now you’re seeing your very own author home page. Everyone has their own exclusive...

The new author platform – which you can now access on Litopia.com as long as you’re logged in there – features an antidote to this. Each blog post you make comes with the option to upload your own reading of the post itself. Like you, I’m deeply allergic to AI voices (I have to turn them off...

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Authors Release Blank Book at London Book Fair to Protest AI Copyright Concerns Authors staged a protest at the London Book Fair by releasing a blank book, drawing attention to concerns over AI companies training on copyrighted works without permission...