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July 8, 2020

Grisham, Child, Amazon, PRH Headline Lawsuit of KISS Library for Piracy

Top-visibility Authors Guild members join with Amazon Publishing and Penguin Random House in a suit alleging KISS is 'illegally copying, distributing, and selling works written or published by the plaintiffs.'

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The UK's Emerald Publishing Issues International Inclusivity Report

Emerald Publishing plans to decline panel appearances in events that don't reflect their communities, following a springtime survey of attitudes on diversity in academic publishing.

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International Book Prize Awareness and Impact Survey

Nielsen Book is undertaking a fascinating, industry-wide survey to investigate the perception and impact of book prizes in various countries, supported by the IPA, Frankfurter Buchmesse, and Publishing Perspectives.

Everyone taking part before the deadline of Monday 20th July 2020 will receive a summary of the research findings later this year.

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Nickelodeon Is Taking Australia's 'Real Pigeons' to Film and TV

The Australian author-illustrator team behind the 'Real Pigeons' books—Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood—are headed into film development with Nickelodeon.

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