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 The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025
Certified organic and AI-free: New stamp for human-written books launches As machine-made books flood online marketplaces, a new UK initiative is introducing an Organic Literature stamp to help readers identify books created by real authors The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025
UK audiobook revenue up by almost a third last year Income from audiobooks reached a record £268m in 2024, according to figures from the Publishers Association The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025
UK publishers urge Sunak to protect works ingested by AI models Publishers Association’s call comes as ChatGPT firm argues US lawsuit ‘misconceives scope’ of copyright law The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2023
One in three say books offer best form of escapism when having a bad day A survey by the Publishers Association found reading to be more popular than going to the cinema or browsing social media, coming second only to watching TV The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023
Society of Authors creates new campaign to help writers hold publishers to account on sustainability Tree to Me aims to give authors more say in reducing the environmental impact of physical books, including from the manufacture of paper, transportation and the use of chemicals The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2023
UK publishing industry reports record-breaking year in 2022 There were 669m physical books sold in the UK last year, according to new figures from the Publishers Association The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023