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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Zack Polanski will challenge Andy Burnham's government to publish an unredacted version of an explosive report by the UK's spy chiefs that found the collapse of overseas ecosystems would have catastrophic consequences for the UK's national…
UI student expands on publishing process
The University of Iowa attracts many people who want to become successful writers, but for Ashlyn Solinsky, it was a place to take her success to the next level. Solinsky, a third-year undergraduate student majoring in English and creative writing…
Canadian Bestselling Author Buys Her Publisher - Betting on a New Model for Independent Publishing in the Age of AI
ID Quotient acquires Arc & Edge as Sarah Baldeo expands a selective publishing platform for STEM, neuroscience and expert-led nonfiction. TORONTO, Sept. 8, 2026 /CNW/ -- Canadian bestselling author and serial entrepreneur Sarah Baldeo is taking the…
Iran publishes video of advanced US sea drone it seized
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the seizure of what it called “one of the most modern, unmanned, and smart submarines” in the possession of the US military. The Pentagon downplayed the incident, claiming…
UK Publisher Loses 98% Of News Search Visibility After .com Move
A UK news publisher's visibility for trending Google news queries dropped by 98% in the two weeks after switching from.co.uk to.com, according to NewzDash. Founder John Shehata notes the site was already losing visibility during several core…
Farshore to publish two picture books from Micaela Alcaino
Micaela Alcaino © Stephanie Alcaino Farshore will publish two picture books from designer and illustrator Micaela Alcaino. Join thousands of book industry professionals who rely on The Bookseller for trusted publishing news, previews, and…
Ubisoft joins Xbox's disc-to-digital program, with more publishers to come
Microsoft's long-rumored disc-to-digital program for Xbox went live in testing last week, and it has grown to supporting hundreds upon hundreds of games since. So far, there are well over 1,000 games available as part of Xbox's disc-to-digital…
Self-publishing businesses create a 'single point of failure', authors warned
Sep 9, 2026by Matilda Battersby Independent authors are being warned against using self-publishing “intermediary” businesses that take money upfront for book distribution services and manage royalties, but “create a single…
Akoya to publish JM Coetzee and Andrew Ford's 'rich musical journey
L-R: JM Coetzee and Andrew Ford Akoya is set to publish a selection of letters between Nobel laureate JM Coetzee and composer Andrew Ford, in which they share their “ways of seeing, hearing and interpreting the world around them”.
TVCA publishes corrected accounts as councillor questions 'error
Corrected draft financial accounts relating to past years at Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) have been released. Councillors on TVCA's audit and governance committee discussed ongoing account matters, not just from 2023/24 and 2024/25, but…
'Harry Potter' publisher Bloomsbury's founder Nigel Newton plots CEO handover after 40 years
Bloomsbury Publishing is turning the page on a new chapter, unveiling plans on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) for founder Nigel Newton to hand over within two years the chief executive role he has held at the…
Prediction markets are eating politics
No one used to argue about the phrase “insider trading.” For decades, those two words connoted a transgression, a crime, something unambiguously tainted. But lately, with the meteoric rise of prediction markets such as Polymarket and…
Researcher reverse-engineers infamous Stuxnet malware source code, publishes it on Github for all - attack targeted Iranian nuclear facilities and was the first software of its type to cause physical damage
Anyone keeping track of world news in the early 2010s, and reports on tech in particular, has probably heard about Stuxnet. That malware spawned a large number of conspiracy theories — with the kicker that some of them were actually true.
'Harry Potter' publisher Bloomsbury's founder Nigel Newton plots CEO handover after 40 years
Bloomsbury Publishing BLPU.L is turning the page on a new chapter, unveiling plans on Tuesday for founder Nigel Newton to hand over within two years the chief executive role he has held at the “Harry Potter” publisher for four…
Louisiana just locked in $81.6 billion in announced data center investment under a 20-year sales tax exemption, and the state still has not published how much revenue it is giving up to land the deals
Louisiana has secured more than $81.6 billion in announced data center investment and projects more than 2,025 direct permanent jobs, according to reporting by Biz New Orleans. What the state has not published is an aggregate estimate of the state…
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