Browsing by topic: future of publishing

Should We Trust Computers to Write for Us?

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Software exists that promises to assist you in finishing your novel, or when it comes to nonfiction, to literally write for you. Should we trust it?

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Sixty Years of Sterling Wisdom from the “Lord of Publishing”

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Legendary literary agent Sterling Lord shares wisdom from his 60 years in publishing and reflects the current business, which he says is more like selling appliances than art.

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Ether for Authors: The Stay-Seated Writers’ Conference

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Porter Anderson’s curation of publishing buzz takes in the IndieReCon virtual conference, questions B&N’s future, and looks at buying your way to the top of the bestseller lists.

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Ether for Authors: Book Campground

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Porter Anderson’s weekly curation of the best of the Web for authors covers Sunday’s Book^2 Camp, previews O’Reilly’s TOC, asks if self-pub the new slush pile, and much more.

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Why Publishing of the Future Is “Networked Publishing”

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Publishing of the future demands collaborating across the process chain, in order to successfully place the right product forms in the right markets.

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Cultural Homogeneity and the Future of Literary Translation

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‘A creeping homogenization’ and generic international content and style is depleting the cultural integrity of literary prose and translation, argues Burton Pike.

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Would Publishers Be Better Off Dropping the Word “Book?”

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As a thought experiment, what would happen if publishers simply stopped using to word ‘book’ to describe the end product of their work?

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Why Publishing’s Future is All About Globalized Brands

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Publishing is not about digital or physical, says Erich Huang, New Business Director at Penguin Children’s UK: it’s all about brand and nontraditional creators.

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Why Publishers Need to Think More Like Silicon Valley

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Every book published each season is its own startup. By adopting some of the principles that drive Silicon Valley, publishers really don’t have anything to lose.

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Africa Shouldn’t Be Forgotten in Conversations about Publishing

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In all of publishing’s talk about developing markets—Brazil, China, India—and its focus on commercial opportunity, Africa is all but forgotten. That has to change.

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