With sales of romantasy cooling and adult nonfiction remaining soft, unit sales of print books fell by just over 1% in the first six months of 2025 compared to a year ago.

In a test case for the artificial intelligence industry, a federal judge has ruled that AI company Anthropic didn’t break the law by training its chatbot Claude on millions of copyrighted books.

Eric Paley, managing partner at Cambridge VC firm Founder Collective, will take over for Yvonne Hao as economic development secretary. Handout ...