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Book Industry Unites to Back Authors

Publishers Weekly details the PEN America author safety initiative with quotes from major houses - who pledged funds, how the training and resources will roll out, and which trade groups are on the letterhead.

The piece connects the program to documented harassment of authors at events and online, alongside the broader book-ban climate. For working writers, it's the roster-level confirmation that several large publishers are treating safety as infrastructure, not a one-off statement.

(Shortened and summarised to avoid devaluing the source)
Publishers Weekly - Industry News