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Book Markets Decline, But Christmas Favorites Shine Bright

1/17/2025

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Australia and Aotearoa's book markets faced a downturn, dropping 3% and 6.6%. Despite this, Nagi Maehashi’s RecipeTin Eats shone as Australia's Christmas favorite, while In Too Deep captured hearts in Aotearoa. Vahida Berberovic celebrated her triumph with the WestWords Prize, while in the US, authors rallied against Meta's CEO for allegedly using pirated books to train AI.

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Australia and Aotearoa's book markets faced a downturn, dropping 3% and 6.6%. Despite this, Nagi Maehashi’s RecipeTin Eats shone as Australia's Christmas favorite, while In Too Deep captured hearts in Aotearoa. Vahida Berberovic celebrated her triumph with the WestWords Prize, while in the US, authors rallied against Meta's CEO for allegedly using pirated books to train AI.