AI in Publishing

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 decades, the academic world treated open access as a moral victory. The logic seemed simple enough: remove paywalls, make research freely available, accelerate discovery, and allow scientific knowledge to circulate without financial barriers. Universities supported it, funders mandated it, researchers complied, and publishers adapted. Billions of dollars were poured into the transition under … 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