Heroic Efforts

Marvel’s longtime head of comics Dan Buckley will pass the torch to Marvel Studios exec Brad Winderbaum after nearly three decades leading the division. Hundreds of publishing pros gathered in Portland, Ore., last week for the Independent Book Publishers Association’s annual Publishing University, where distribution, marketing, and manga were among the hot topics. Plus, the University of Chicago Press has declined to voluntarily recognize its employee union, triggering an NLRB election, and S&S CEO Greg Greeley and Barnes and Noble’s Miwa Messer are among the newest members of the National Book Foundation board. In other news, B&N CEO James Daunt talked with the Today show about the chain’s recent resurgence and his support for selling AI-generated books in stores. A federal jury has rejected Elon Musk’s claim that Sam Altman and his tech firm OpenAI backtracked on a promise to operate as a nonprofit when Musk helped fund the venture, Politico reports. A new nonfiction book about truth in the era of AI, published by BenBella Books’ Matt Holt imprint, includes several quotes that were either fabricated or misattributed by AI, according to the New York Times. The Wall Street Journal considers the decline of “dad books,” including biographies, histories, and other titles traditionally marketed toward men. Florida’s WGCU talks to ghostwriter Joshua Lisec about how AI is permeating the publishing process. And Deadline rounds up this year’s biggest page-to-screen adaptations.