Anaëlle, a narrative expert with over 41,000 Instagram followers, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Ulule on September 21 for her 2-in-1 notebook designed for aspiring authors, with a pre-order period ending on October 9. The notebook includes 20 pages of writing theories and methods, 140 pages for free writing, and features a rigid cover, thick 120g paper, elastic, two bookmarks, and an integrated pocket. Campaign participants will receive an exclusive Masterclass titled How to Write a Book: The Autopsy of Your Novel. Anaëlle, diagnosed with cancer in January 2026, is also a narrative trainer for Kobo, a video game scriptwriter, a literary judge for Les Murmures littéraires, and a writer for the literary magazine La machine à écrire. In Brazil, the price war on books has escalated beyond rhetoric, with WMF Martins Fontes announcing its withdrawal from Amazon in the coming months, as reported by Folha de S.Paulo. The decision follows criticisms from the president of the Associação Nacional de Livrarias (ANL) and differing positions from publishers such as Sextante and Grupo Record regarding responses to repeated promotions. The Lei Cortez, a proposed law to regulate discounts on new releases, awaits a full Senate session review. In the United States, publishing revenues saw a 14% year-on-year increase in July 2026, reaching $1 billion, with trade books driving growth fueled by paperbacks and digital audio. Ebook sales, however, declined. Cumulative revenues since January reached $6.7 billion, up 5.4% year-on-year. A month earlier, the industry reported an 11% increase year-on-year and 3.9% since the start of the year. In France, the judicial restructuring of the Maury Imprimeur group has placed 680 jobs at risk, despite efforts to maintain uninterrupted operations. Meanwhile, the Gibert group, undergoing its own restructuring, received support from Paris deputy mayor Nicolas Bonnet Oulaldj, who previously held commerce responsibilities under the previous administration.