Introduction to Typesetting Typesetting is a crucial process in publishing. It plays an important role in creating the first impression and facilitating a great reading experience. Without good typesetting, the readability and aesthetic appeal of a printed or digital document can be greatly compromised. Typesetting involves arranging text and images on a page to make … Read more
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
Introduction For years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in academic publishing has been framed in the most predictable way possible. AI will make things faster. Faster peer review. Faster copyediting. Faster production. Faster publishing. It is a comforting narrative. It suggests continuity. It implies that the system itself remains intact, only accelerated. That narrative is … Read more
Introduction Walk into a modern publishing company and the change is immediately noticeable. Editors still debate manuscripts. Peer review still happens. Books and journal articles are still produced. Yet behind the scenes, the operational machinery increasingly resembles something closer to a software company than a traditional publishing house. Large publishing organizations now run digital platforms, … Read more
Introduction The print monograph has been declared dead so many times that it deserves a loyalty card. Ten obituaries, and the next funeral is free. Every few years someone surveys declining print runs, strained library budgets, expanding journal bundles, and the glow of screens in every lecture hall, then announces with solemn certainty that the … Read more