AI is Making Publishing Cheaper. So Why Are Publishers Spending More Than Ever?

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AI is making publishing cheaper

Introduction For the past few years, artificial intelligence has been sold to the publishing industry as a cost-cutting revolution. Publishers were told that AI would automate repetitive tasks, reduce production expenses, accelerate editorial workflows, and allow smaller teams to accomplish more work. From book translation and manuscript formatting to audience analytics and marketing, AI appeared … Read more

Is the American Publishing Industry Becoming More Valuable Because of AI?

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American publishing industry

Introduction Artificial intelligence has become the publishing industry’s favorite villain. Over the past three years, industry headlines have been dominated by fears of AI-generated books flooding online marketplaces, copyright lawsuits involving technology companies, synthetic audiobooks replacing human narrators, and algorithms threatening the livelihoods of authors, editors, illustrators, and publishers.  To many observers, AI appears to … Read more

The Coming Crisis of Trust in Academic Publishing

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Crisis of trust in academic publishing

Introduction: Publishing Runs on Trust Academic publishing is often described as a system for producing and disseminating knowledge. While that is certainly true, it is only part of the story. At its core, academic publishing is a trust system. Researchers trust that the papers they cite are legitimate. Editors trust that authors have reported their … Read more

The Future of Publishing Is Not Open Access. It Is Open Science.

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The future of publishing is not open access

Introduction For more than two decades, open access has dominated conversations about the future of scholarly publishing. Publishers debated it. Librarians championed it. Funders mandated it. Researchers argued over it. Entire business models were redesigned around it. The basic premise was simple. Research should be freely available to anyone who wants to read it. In … Read more

Your Research Was Sold to Train AI. Nobody Asked You.

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Your research was sold to train AI

Introduction For decades, academic publishing operated on a quiet social contract. Researchers conducted studies, wrote papers, submitted them to journals, and in return received something that was rarely financial but often professionally invaluable: visibility, prestige, citations, career advancement, and a place in the scholarly record. Publishers, meanwhile, handled the infrastructure of dissemination, archiving, editorial management, … Read more