Beyond Fear: Why Publishing Must Embrace AI as a Tool, Not a Threat
Publishing must move beyond fear to engage thoughtfully with AI. It’s a tool, not a threat—and human choices, not technology, determine outcomes.
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Category: Publishing Controversies
Reimagining Book Publishing in the AI Era: From Resistance to Renaissance
An exploration of how the book publishing industry might embrace AI-driven transformation as an opportunity for renewal and growth
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Can We Please Stop Pretending Listening To Audiobooks Is Reading?
Why listening to audiobooks isn’t reading: exploring the cognitive differences between auditory and visual text processing in literacy development.
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The Sarah J. Maas Model: How Authors Are Bypassing Publishers in the IP Gold Rush
How Sarah J. Maas’s IMG deal signals a seismic shift: authors now bypass publishers to control lucrative IP rights, leaving traditional publishing behind.
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How Publishing Lost James Bond and What It Means for the Industry
In the future, Fleming’s original James Bond novels may be remembered as historical curiosities rather than the foundation of one of entertainment’s most valuable properties.
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Streaming TV Beats Combined Broadcast and Cable – Why Publishing Must Embrace the Inevitable
Why publishing must learn from TV’s streaming milestone and embrace AI-powered subscription models before tech disruptors claim the future.
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The Mattel-OpenAI Partnership: A Wake-Up Call for Trade Publishing
Mattel-OpenAI’s AI toy partnership challenges trade publishing to embrace AI for interactive storytelling or risk obsolescence.
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AI and the Workforce: Implications for Publishing from PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer
The latest PwC report is bad news for the Luddite Fringe.
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The Enduring Appeal of Murder Mysteries: Neuroscience, Female Sleuths, and the Legacy and AI Reincarnation of Agatha Christie
A 2012 study found mystery readers scored higher in empathy and analytical thinking, suggesting long-term cognitive benefits.
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Amazon is an AI Tech Company. Why Does it Get a Free Pass from the UK’s Publishers Association and the Society of Authors?
Amazon now has nailed its publishing industry AI colours to the mast. We cannot have one rule for Amazon and another for every other AI company.
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What is “western publishing”, anyway?
Trade fiction, academic works, comics, audiobooks and digital serials are all being reimagined- from Tokyo’s manga cafés to Dubai’s audiobook studios. And all too often it is the “west” that is playing catch-up and copy-cat.
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Two Roads Diverged in the AI Woods: American Pragmatism vs. British Bluster
So the AAP presented the court with a series of existing (AI publishing) deals – over 65 examples, collectively valued at $2.5 billion, with projections soaring to $30 billion over the next decade.
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