The paper found that the process was better on the brain without tech tools: “internal attention and semantic processing during creative ideation” was highest for the writers who used neither Google nor ChatGPT. - LitHub
What happens if, or when, the Emancipation Proclamation is “lost” because it promotes diversity, equity and inclusion? The Codex Azcatitlan disappears because it describes a history that doesn’t place European Americans at the forefront? - Washington Post
“Authors are reportedly being hit by negative reviews on the book review site Goodreads before proof copies are even circulated, with the review site allegedly failing to remove reviews.” - The Bookseller (UK)
The author Percival Everett is fond of noting that he considers reading to be a subversive act. “No one can control what minds do when reading; it is entirely private,” he once said. This, to me, is the best argument for why a man should read. - The Atlantic (MSN)
“This is something that takes time and effort and your heart and your soul, and you do this in a community. And then you’re telling me you’re just going to poop it out two seconds on a screen. And I was just like, who asked for this? This is gross.” - The Verge
“(Three publishers) have launched the biennial Poetry in Translation prize, which will award an advance of $5,000 to be shared equally between poet and translator. The winning collection will be published in the UK and Ireland by Fitzcarraldo Editions, in Australia and New Zealand by Giramondo and in North America by New Directions.” - The Guardian
“It started out to be ... (a) serious memoir project about money and what it’s like to live in a capitalist system. … But then I sat down to write a memoir and realized, ‘Oh my god, I’m going to have to read about economics.’ … I didn’t want to do all that research.” - Slate
In our classrooms, we challenge the misconception that AI tools serve merely as shortcuts, bypassing critical thinking and creativity. We don’t seek to pit human authorship against AI; rather we aim to show how the two can work together. - Education Week
In the age of TikTok, Netflix and Candy Crush, it is not just Finland’s public libraries that are booming, but also demand for their physical paperbacks and hardbacks. Last year the average Finn visited them nine times and borrowed 15 books, resulting in the highest lending figures for 20 years.
For instance, from David Nicholls: “I would recommend two books, 800 pages and a shade under 150, depending on what you can carry.” - The Guardian (UK)
Because these covers are everywhere. They "are the new signifiers of stylish literary fiction, telegraphing gravitas, wit and cool. They make a bid for a certain kind of reader — more city than suburb, more pét-nat than chardonnay.” - The New York Times
The news "came as a shock to authors who were swayed by the possibility that 8th Note could help engineer best sellers with elaborate marketing campaigns on TikTok. Instead, 8th Note has started taking down digital editions of their books, effectively unpublishing them.” - The New York Times
Abraham Lincoln was one of the punctuation mark’s supporters: “I have a great respect for the semicolon; it’s a very useful little chap,” he wrote. The American novelist Kurt Vonnegut, on the other hand, was steadfast in his derision of the semicolon. “All they do is show you’ve been to college.” - Smithsonian
Spain was especially hard hit by the 2008 financial crisis, with a housing market collapse, credit growth in real estate, a fast-shrinking GDP, unemployment reportedly hitting 27 percent, and political upheaval. In 11 years of annual growth—a 39.2-percent increase since 2014—the Spanish market has made its way back into profitability. - Publishing Perspectives
