Like many authors, I’m bombarded by scam fan mail. I wasn’t prepared for what would happen when I wrote back

The novelist receives passionate AI-written emails almost every day – but when he decided to take up one sender’s offer to find him new readers, the story took a darker turn

How to make a bestseller: insiders reveal the tricks of the book trade

From cover design to shelf placement and influencer partnerships … how publishers will persuade you to buy their books this autumn

‘Embryonic’: lost novel by French film-maker Éric Rohmer is republished

English translation of Élisabeth, the New Wave director’s 1946 book about young lovers in prewar Paris, receives rave reviews as precursor to auteur’s cinematic work

$2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use

Agents withdraw Jerry Falade’s hotly anticipated debut after saying they can no longer authenticate ‘how the manuscript evolved’

Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement

Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work

Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training

Group of major publishers accuses the tech giant of ‘one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history’

‘Being human helps’: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe’s translators?

A booming tech sector has disrupted translation jobs in publishing – but they could be needed for a while longer yet

‘They’re supposed to be handmade’: zine creators fight to resist AI influence

Artists and writers argue scrappy nature of self-published booklets is incompatible with artificial intelligence

Does anyone think Matt Goodwin’s book on Britain’s demise is a publishing sensation? I mean, other than him

Who needs critics when the Reform man is so adept at patting his own back, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books

US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’

Hachette pulls horror novel Shy Girl after suspected AI use

The publisher has cancelled the US release of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard and withdrawn the UK edition after weeks of online speculation about the novel’s origins

Self-publish and be scammed: Jon’s tale of heartbreak highlights boom in fraudsters using AI to supercharge book swindles

New wave of publishing fraud mimics lonely hearts swindles of old – swapping promises of true love for the fantasy of literary acclaim. And the wooing process is now fully automated

AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief

Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal

Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI

Originality.ai scans 558 titles in herbal remedies section between January and September

‘Every kind of creative discipline is in danger’: Lincoln Lawyer author on the dangers of AI

Michael Connelly says tech is moving so fast that he feared his new novel would seem ‘archaic’ before it was published