Coral Wire — Sat, Oct 31 2026
The Coral Index closed at 55/100 — Mixed signals. 7 graded stories fed that reading.
B&T proposes liquidation with nothing left for unsecured creditorsMarket — The plan values B&T's assets at $1,666,460 against $10,203,152 in post-petition debt, with a creditor vote due December 1
Amazon brings Ask This Book to Kindle e-readersPlatform — The update, Kindle Software Update 5.20.2, is around 643 MB, one of the largest firmware files Amazon has released to date.
Judge orders $19.5 million default judgment against Anna's ArchiveLegal — Thirteen publishers won statutory damages of $150,000 per work on 130 titles after the site's operators never appeared in court
Publishers tell court OpenAI training isn't fair useLegal — The AAP, IBPA, STM and CCC filed a joint amicus brief backing summary judgment for authors and publishers in the consolidated OpenAI copyright case
PHP flaw hits WordPress sites as Kindle Unlimited tops $5 billionWire — ALLi's podcast flags a critical PHP vulnerability for self-hosted WordPress and WooCommerce sites alongside Kindle Unlimited's October payout milestone
300 authors sue Meta individually over shadow librariesLegal — Another 1,000 claims are reportedly in the offing, with claimants seeking the full $150,000-per-title statutory damages
Maas's new novel sells 1.7 million copies on launch dayMarket — Bloomsbury's count covers English print and ebook preorders and opening-day sales across the US, Canada, UK and Australia, but excludes audio
Dolly Parton memoir deal terms disputed as sources disagree on $13 millionMarket — Page Six sources can't agree on what Grand Central paid Folio for the posthumous memoir, with one citing a $13 million advance and another describing a lower sum tied to bigger royalties
HarperCollins UK launches New Adult imprint WildlitMarket — Publisher Lindsey Heaven and publishing director Sarah Levinson will run Wildlit, with first titles expected June 2027.