AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoBestseller Surge: Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Splintered Harmony topped this week’s Publishers Weekly list, selling more copies than the next 78 books combined and marking the year’s biggest debut so far. Independent Bookstores: New York’s Strand Bookstore agreed to repay nearly $1.5 million after improperly receiving a pandemic loan, settling a Justice Department case. Platform Pressure: Meta paused a proposed terms-of-service change after publishers raised concerns, highlighting their continued dependence on social platforms for reach. Books & Events: Nick Harkaway returns to John le Carré’s George Smiley universe in The Taper Man, due from Viking in the U.S. Nov. 17; the Miami Book Fair runs Nov. 15–22, with Margaret Atwood, Colson Whitehead and Bonnie Garmus among its guests.
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