Introduction AI has already revolutionized language translation, image generation, and content recommendation. But publishing? That was supposed to be safe—the sacred domain of human creativity, judgment, and nuance. Unfortunately (or thrillingly, depending on your vantage point), AI publishing is no longer a quirky experiment—it’s a full-blown industrial shift. Today, AI isn’t just involved in publishing; … Read more
Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald isn’t just one of the most iconic figures of the Jazz Age—he’s also a master stylist, a craftsman of crystalline sentences, and a chronicler of both excess and emotional desolation. Nearly a century after his death, his prose still shimmers with elegance, cynicism, and longing. He is considered among the most … Read more
Introduction Academic journal publishing has never been easy. But as we settle into 2025, what used to be slow-moving tectonic shifts have turned into a full-blown earthquake. Publishers, editors, and scholarly communication managers are grappling with open access mandates, AI-generated submissions, shrinking funding, and the ghost of predatory publishing. The peer review system groans under … Read more
Introduction Toni Morrison didn’t just write novels—she orchestrated symphonies with sentences, dismantled history with dialogue, and haunted generations with the poetry of pain. To read Morrison is to be submerged in the power of words. Her prose doesn’t merely communicate; it conjures, unsettles, and redefines. She wasn’t interested in telling straightforward stories. She was after … Read more
Introduction Penguin Random House (PRH) recently announced its acquisition of Wonderbly, a London-based personalized children’s book publisher best known for its smash hit, The Little Boy Who Lost His Name. The move raised more than a few eyebrows in the publishing world. Here was the biggest trade book publisher in the world getting into a … Read more