TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 6: The RODE Revolution: Why the Easiest Time in History to Create Is Also the Best Time to Be a Publisher
Why AI makes human curation the future of publishing.
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Tag: AI
Shy Girl, Big Questions: What The Hachette-Ballard Affair Tells Us About Publishing’s Unpreparedness For The AI Age
Hachette has cancelled Mia Ballard’s contract for Shy Girl over alleged undeclared AI use. TNPS examines what the case reveals about acquisition failures, unreliable detection tools, and the contract gaps nobody has closed yet.
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UK Government Partners With AI: Throws Dan Conway And Publishers Association Under A Bus
UK government AI partnerships with Meta and Anthropic signal decisive shift away from Publishers Association’s restrictive copyright agenda towards innovation.
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More Music Publishers Settle With And Partner With AI. Book Publishers Look The Other Way
Music labels partner with AI platforms through strategic settlements. Book publishers lack leverage. Why safe settlements may not be an option.
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The Keyword is Dead: How LLM Search Transforms Book Discovery
A deep dive into the seismic shift reshaping how readers find books – and what publishers must do about it
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Gor Blimey, Guv’nor! Google Gemini ‘as ownly gone’n train’d its AI on Mary bloody Poppins! (Not an April 1 prank, sadly)
Most AIs know their centre from their center and their colour from their color, although when will they grasp it’s uncivilised to say civilized!
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From Hefty Print Volumes to Full-On AI: The Evolution of Encyclopaedia Britannica and Its Lessons for Publishing
Ignore the Luddite Fringe. Embracing technological innovation, particularly AI, is not just an opportunity but a necessity in meeting the changing demands of learners, educators and trade consumers in the 21st century.
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Japanese laureate deals fatal blow to notion that AI will never write as well as a human
A book part-written by AI has won a prestigious literary award. A fatal blow to the AI Resistance, but also a whole load of trouble for lawmakers and AI regulators who thought they had the topic nailed.
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Landmark AI copyright ruling in China sets example for world to follow
The Beijing court has done the world a favour. Creatives who wish to use new technology to be even more creative can, in China at least, do so knowing their efforts will have protection.
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AI Is Coming for the Influencers
Hyper-realistic AI creations are merely disrupting an overinflated market.
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SAG-AFTRA and the US Writers Guild are ready to deal with AI companies. It’s time the publishing industry followed suit. The dam has broken
The dam has broken. Now to contain the floods and redirect the life-giving water to new pastures....
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Gen Z vs Generation One Foot In The Grave. AI dominates the annual “predictions” rounds
“Not only does AI liberate time, it also replaces an old equation—that wisdom flows from...
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