“This case will address a fundamental question of the AI era: what responsibility do AI companies have to copyright owners whose works they’ve stolen to build their trillion-dollar businesses?” By Andrew Richard Albanese, Editor-in-Chief he Association of American Publishers (AAP) this week announced that two of its member publishers—Cengage Group and Hachette Book Group—have filed a motion to intervene as …
Association of American Publishers Announces This Month’s Revenue Report
The Association of American Publishers released October 2025 StatShot report noting revenue is up 6.7% over October 2024 and 0.4% so far this year.
AAP’s July StatShot Sees US Market Down 4.2 Percent
In adult books, net sales fell 13.6 percent in July’s United States market, remaining down 5.9 percent year-to-date.
AAP’s International Award Goes to Russian-Ukrainian ‘Freedom Letters’
The Association of American Publishers’ 23-year-old International Freedom to Publish award toes to Georgy Urushadze.
Transatlantic Comments on the Anthropic AI Settlement
‘A clear win for rights holders with copyright registered in the United States,’ the Judge Approves the Anthropic settlement.
AAP’s StatShot: US Industry Was Down 1.3 Percent in June
The United States’ market, according to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot report, was down in June 1.7 percent year to date.
AAP Endorses the US$1.5 Billion AI Settlement Proposed in the ‘Bartz v. Anthropic’ Case
What’s called in court documents ‘the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in history’ has publishers’ and authors’ endorsements.
A Potential Settlement in the Anthropic AI-Training Lawsuit
‘Proliferating piracy’ and AI-training on copyrighted content: The AAP reports a possible settlement in the California case.
AAP’s Annual StatShot: US Revenues $32.5 Billion in 2024
Digital audio increased 22.2 percent to $2.4 billion in 2024, according to the Association of American Publishers’ annual StatShot.
Copyright and Piracy: Publishers Coordinate on the Anthropic Lawsuit
In a fast-moving and potentially influential class action suit of AI developer Anthropic, the AAP supports publishers’ preparation.