The Vida New Adult book collection launch, Vibal’s acquisition of Six de los Reyes’ Project Saving Noah, and Ateneo events at the Manila International Book Fair in this week’s edition.
Vida New Adult book collection launch
I was going to attend this book launch, but a work thing the night before had me way past my bedtime and I spent most of Saturday literally out cold, in and out of sleep. Honestly don’t think I’ve recovered just yet!
BUT ANYWAY! Take a look at the Romance Class Instagram account to see some of the photos from the Vida New Adult book collection launch.
Vibal acquires Six de los Reyes’ ‘Project Saving Noah’
This new acquisition was announced right before the Vida New Adult book collection launch. Fans of Six de los Reyes can now look forward to a new addition as Vibal has announced that it has also acquired Project Saving Noah. It tells the story of Noah and Lise, who are both competing to get the one oceanography research grant available at the Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences.
Project Saving Noah joins other Vibal acquisitions like Well Played, Ghost of a Feeling, Blooming Love, and the Interim Goddess of Love trilogy.
Developments on the Anthropic copyright piracy lawsuit
Back in July, Publishers Weekly reported that U.S. District Judge William Alsup has ruled that “three writers suing the AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement can represent all other authors whose books the AI company allegedly pirated to train its AI model as part of a class action lawsuit.” Now, Anthropic the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn that ruling. No word on what the ruling will be, but in a new report, Publishers Weekly quotes observers who say that Anthropic losing the case could result in damages in the billions.
Ateneo events at the Manila International Book Fair
The Manila International Book Fair is next month, and the Ateneo University Press has already shared some of the events it will be holding during the event. On Saturday, September 13, Ines Bautista-Yao will be signing books at the Ateneo Press booth from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Bring your copies of My Lola’s Love Letters: A Novel!
The Ateneo University Press will also be holding a book launch from Don Jauican’s Are You Still Watching? Essays and Dispatches on Filipino Cinema and TV on September 13, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., in Meeting Room 8 of the SMX Convention Center.
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