Category: Publishing Controversies
The AI revolution will be good for publishing whether we like it or not. Caution, not resistance, is called for
One of the biggest obstacles to AI in publishing right now is that infernal legal ruling that...
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Publishers rejoice as FTC grapples with the Frankenstein’s monster the publishing industry created
When it comes to playing the victim card and putting on raucous demonstrations of self-righteous...
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US – print book sales continue to decline. So where is the #BookTok boom the industry loves to get so excited about?
And yet book sales are down. Meaning a) that 4.176 billion of those BookTok views resulted in no...
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AI is not the bad guy. We need to stop demonising our most precious tool and tackle the human problem
Moral indignation is cheap. The outrage at the use of AI to disadvantage Jane Friedman speaks...
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Hedge-fund KKR buys Simon & Schuster. A Gordon Gekko moment or a digital beacon of hope?
KKR CEO Pete Stavros will be listening carefully to Richard Sarnoff, and looking closely at what...
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Thad McIlroy on “Why Publishers Must adopt AI”
“This is not a good time to be technology-averse. Artificial intelligence stands to...
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KKR sale of RB Media paves the way for its Simon & Schuster bid. The industry should be concerned
Hedge-fund managers have no long-term interest in the industry, any more than book fair hosting...
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The courts are not the place to try protect author career paths. Joseph Saveri LLP should stick to its primary remit
IP laws already exist. They exist to protect intellectual property, not to protect creator...
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What’s that? You have $3,660 sitting there gathering dust and don’t know what best to waste it on? I’ve just the thing.
Plus this superb value pie chart, presumably with actual (if still made-up) numbers once you hand...
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The Emperor Markus Dohle has no clothes
Asking any publisher to give the keynote speech at a booksellers’ event is a bit like asking a...
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Philippines reading crisis has lessons for US/UK literacy
Literacy becomes an educational conveyor belt. This year the class will read this book....
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So why are algorithms still so bad at recommending books?
Second, however, is the self-perpetuating fallacy that humans are the solution. The simple reality...
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