Publishers Newswire

Publishing NEWS: -- Best known for its gardens, historic buildings and picturesque Harbour, Victoria, British Columbia, has stories that extend far beyond its familiar landmarks. In his debut short-story collection, "A Tour Guide's Tour of the Garden City" (ISBN: 978-1834545080), released Oct. 22, 2026, through Tellwell Publishing), author Cameron Cooper explores the people, places and moments that give the city its character.

Publishing NEWS: -- What if the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence could help us ask some of humanity's oldest questions in a new way? In "The Infinity Formula: How Consciousness, AI, and Time Lead Us Back to the Source" (ISBN: 978-1834383446; released through Tellwell Publishing), author Calvin Engen explores the relationship between consciousness, time, technological acceleration, and the human search for meaning.

REVIEW: Yes, it's true: Joseph Goebbels Helps today's GOP. Often considered the father of modern propaganda, Goebbels foreshadowed the GOP playbook in terms of distortion, deception, and dishonesty. Peter Longerich's "Goebbels: A Biography" (ISBN: 9781400067510) is excellent, appalling, and instructive.

REVIEW: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a tool for the forces of evil. Don't believe it? You can read about their anti-American and anti-humanity actions in "The Influence Machine: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Capture of American Life" (ISBN: 9780812993288), an excellent modern-day piece of muckraking by Alyssa Katz.

Music and Performers NEWS: -- Powdered Sugar announces "Mutated Romance," a new minimal chamber musical by New York-based Japanese composer and pianist Mikiko Miyakawa, whose recording career began in Japan with an album produced by Haruomi Hosono of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). The performance will take place on Saturday, December 19, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. EST at Tenri Gallery in Manhattan.

Music and Performers NEWS: -- Song Refiners today announced that Updraft is live. Updraft is a private, curated catalog of songs that have scored 90 or higher on the Song Refiners scale. A&R representatives, publishers, sync supervisors and label staff can request access.

Software NEWS: -- If you deleted something critical on your iPhone/iPad, restoring from iCloud backup can solve the problem. However, Apple's official solution requires erasing all the data on your device. What if you only want to restore some pictures or text messages from iCloud backup? iToolab RecoverGo (iOS) offers a simpler solution to selectively restore from iCloud backup without reset. Users can restore photos, contacts, text messages, WhatsApp chats, notes, and other data.

Software NEWS: -- STARII TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD today announced a major update to Koozee, its AI apparel visual production platform. The update introduces Freeform Canvas, a node-based workspace for reusable, multi-step fashion content workflows, and Koozee MCP, which lets supported AI agents access Koozee's fashion visual tools for batch image generation. The company also consolidated its preset workflows under Quick Create.