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Our annual salary and jobs report returns, with responses from than 700 publishing professionals painting a portrait of an industry that is growing more diverse and less enamored with AI. The Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated its federal grants, which had been previously terminated by the Trump administration, following last month’s decision by a federal court to halt the dismantling of the agency. Penguin Random House is seizing on the sustained popularity of KPop Demon Hunters with a new publishing program spanning multiple children’s and adult divisions, with titles based on the film planned through 2027. Public libraries are growing their physical media collections, including DVDs and Blu-rays, as streaming services’ offerings narrow due to IP disputes, reports 404 Media. Author R.F. Kuang has pulled out of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature citing the BDS movement’s call for a boycott of the UAE, per the Bookseller. Olivia Nuzzi’s memoir, which generated buzz for its revelations about the journalist’s affair with RFK Jr., isn’t exactly flying off of New York City bookstore shelves, according to CNN. The heads of several British small presses talked with Lit Hub about their open letter from October laying out the funding crisis in indie publishing across the pond. And for the latest episode of the Open Book podcast, David Steinberger talks with Sourcebooks founder and CEO Dominique Raccah.