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Bloomsbury Anthropic's $1.5 billion Copyright Settlement with Authors over 14,087 Titles
The Harry Potter publisher is due a multimillion pound payout from the largest copyright settlement in US history. The more interesting story is what it reveals about how a book's value gets counted once a machine has read it.
Ulrich Brugger's Eternally New Is a Contemplative Answer to the Self-Help Industry
After more than sixty years of writing, the founder of The Ojai Retreat has published a collection of aphorisms that sets itself against the formulas of modern self-help.
Christian Hurst Wins IPPY Gold as the Lily Starling Series Grows Into a Universe
Since April, Christian Hurst's Lily Starling series has added an IPPY Gold Medal, a Kirkus recommendation and an audiobook, with two more novels on the way.
Dr. Latrece Wright Shares the Health Scare Behind The Uninvited Pebble
In The Uninvited Pebble, Georgia minister Dr. Latrece Wright writes about the weeks of waiting after a routine mammogram found a solid mass, and the faith that carried her through them.
Careless People: Sarah Wynn-Williams' Memoir revelling how the elite shaped world events
Sarah Wynn-Williams invented her own job at Facebook, then spent seven years watching it from the inside. Her memoir reads like literature and lands like testimony. The book gives you "a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them."
Gripping Finale Seething Storm Concludes The Patrons of Earth Trilogy By A. N. Jones
A. N. Jones spent a decade writing her way back to the trilogy she started with her late mother. Seething Storm, the final book in The Patrons of Earth series, is words woven with love, grief and strength."
Katrina Bills Wrote an Award-Winning Daily Prayer Devotional That Doubles as a Spiritual Growth Manual
The Chicago-born author and publisher built Prayed Up around real seasons of loss, love, and faith, then watched it win a NYC Big Book Award.
Author Karen Lawrence Delivered Babies in the NHS, Now She Delivers Bestselling Stories
Former NHS midwife Karen Lawrence began writing during the Covid pandemic. Her debut novel The Last Midwife, a dystopian thriller about state-controlled childbirth, became a bestseller.
Gisèle Pelicot Refused to Let Shame Be Hers to Carry
At 73, Gisèle Pelicot has published her first full account of surviving abuse, waiving anonymity and choosing to believe in love anyway.
Birgitta Visser’s Journey from Trauma to Healing Others
From childhood abuse to empowerment coach, Birgitta Visser shares trauma healing via self-reflection, accountability and Light Language to build inner strength.
Why Toxic Relationships Feel Like an Addiction: Christa Jan Ryan’s Story of Breaking Free
Christa Jan Ryan’s memoir exposes trauma bonding in toxic relationships, blending psychological insight and experience to show how emotional addiction traps.
Jennifer Sukalo Lost Everything at 24. Then She Built a Framework That’s Helped 50,000 People Find Themselves Again
From near-homelessness to TEDx speaker. Our review of Claim Your SWAGGER by Jennifer Sukalo, the self-help book that actually makes you do the work.