On September 30, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit released its opinion upholding the decision of the district court finding that ROSS Intelligence’s unlicensed use of Thomson Reut...

Submissions Wanted for Outstanding Professional and Scholarly Works Published in 2026 The Association of American Publishers is now inviting entries for its prestigious PROSE Awards for eligible works...

This is part one of a four-part blog series about AI companies use of pirated copies of copyrighted works taken from illicit sources to train their AI models. As generative artificial intelligence rac...

Amid new attempts by states to legislate e-book agreements between publishers and libraries, a new report from the AAP and Authors Guild found that increased e-book lending at libraries is threatening...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Authors Guild announced the release of a landmark independent study by leading economists at Secretariat Advisors, titled...

Annual spending on textbooks is about half of what it was two decades ago, according to the National Association of College Stores.

As the use of digital course materials and Affordable Access programs grow, student spending on materials has declined 44% in the last decade.

Student Watch’s annual study reports that average student spending on college course materials, including textbooks and digital materials, was just $338 for the 2025-2026 academic year. The figure rep...

Authors included in the settlement now stand to be paid as much as $3,000 per work. Furthermore, publishers stand to reap a major windfall, with some of the larger publishers due to receive tens of mi...

Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of the parties’ proposed class settlement of certain infringement claims in Bartz v. Anthropic. The agreem...

Kids who read for pleasure experience 'vastly improved mental health,' according to a new report.

The thriving legitimate digital marketplace we enjoy today didn't emerge by accident. It was built, in significant part, on the historical bedrock of secondary liability.

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced a major infringement suit today against WeLib, a for-profit pirate site that has made clear its purpose is “to illegally obtain, reproduce, distr...

On November 25, 2025, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) filed an amicus brief in the important AI case Thomson Reuters v. ROSS, an infringement suit first brought by Thomson Reuters and Wes...

Best-selling author James Patterson warns that new state legislation, such as two bills proposed in Rhode Island, regulating ebook lending threaten writers' livelihoods.

Best-selling author James Patterson warns that new state legislation, such as two bills proposed in Rhode Island, regulating ebook lending threaten writers' livelihoods.

Washington, DC and Chicago, IL – The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today announced a partnership with the technology company Vermillio to document and facilitate the removal of infringing c...

On May 19, 2026, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff issued a default judgment in Apress Media, LLC et al. v. Anna’s Archive and Does 1- 10, a major ...

Today, five major publishing houses, Elsevier Inc.; Cengage Learning, Inc.; Hachette Book Group, Inc.; Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Publishers; and McGraw Hill LLC; and the best-sel...

As announced by the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, this year’s World Intellectual Property Day highlights the essential and ubiquitous role of IP in nearly every aspect of sports....

On March 30, 2026, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), News/Media Alliance (N/MA), International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), and Authors Guild (AG) filed...

Explore the ongoing battle between publishers and piracy advocates like Anna's Archive, and the implications for copyright and unauthorized knowledge sharing.

A group of publishers including the "Big Five" English-language book publishing houses — Hachette , Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon and Schuster — filed a lawsuit in New York ...

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced a major infringement suit today against the notorious pirate site Anna’s Archive, brought by thirteen publishing companies across the trade, educ...

Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 3.1% for Month of November, and Down 1.7% Year-to-Date The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report for November 2025, reflecting r...

Direct Participation Would Support Individual Plaintiffs and Bolster Legal Case The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced today that two of its member companies, Cengage Group and Hachett...