Beyond The Book

“A good coach can change a game,” said UCLA’s John Wooden. “A great coach can change a life.”

Michael Pietsch will retire as Hachette US CEO and has been named chairman.

Since 1787, US copyright law has raced to keep up with innovation and change.

Authors and agents ask whether streaming audiobooks will devalue reading and harm book buying.

Recorded at Copyright & Technology Conference 2023

KDP authors can now choose from a selection of AI-generated narrators to create a machine-generated audiobook.

At the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair last week, the halls were alive with the sounds of AI.

Scholastic’s Ellie Berger pledged to get a greater range of books into the hands of children.

Since 2012, the John Maddox Prize has recognized individuals who stand up for science and advance public discussions around challenging topics.

Scholastic has found itself on the defensive over an optional collection of diverse titles at its book fairs.

AI is building a strong presence in the scholarly publishing industry, creating opportunities and dilemmas that pose important ethical questions.

Tracie D. Hall was a prominent spokesperson for the freedom to read, well-known for her mantra “free people read freely.”

In the rapidly developing world of AI uses and discussions, copyright issues are key.

On Tuesday in New York, Spotify announced an ambitious program to add audiobooks to its digital audio platform.

Nadim Sadek entwines the histories of AI and book publishing to make his case that AI technologies can complement, and not necessarily replace, human authors, editors, and publishers.

Markus Dohle assured the industry that AI will not prove the death of publishing.

Higher education institutions have led research on sustainability for many decades. Now, they are applying that same academic rigor to understand the environmental and social impact of their own operations and outputs.

“The rise in unique titles challenged is indicative of the rise in organized political groups creating and sharing lists of objectionable books,” Andrew Albanese explains.

“We need to work on AI literacy in education,” says Prof. Mairéad Pratschke.

Concerns continue to grow over how artificial intelligence may impact authors and creators.