Just as with CGI, digital cameras, word processors, and other media production tools introduced in decades past, human creators will learn to work with new AI text generators to create great media. This article notes human editors are involved at CNet to publish tech news articles using AI “writers.” This is absolutely required, not only […]
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Right now, we are witnessing a gigantic refocusing of publisher and tech interest in artificial intelligence, thanks to the success of new AI platforms like openAI and Stable Diffusion. For these platforms to work, they need data to create language models. Lots of data. As a publisher, I fear that Google Play Books may become
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I’m constantly surprised how much outdated thinking persists in publishing. Not just newbies. People who have been in the game for years and are still using a 20th century playbook when it comes to gatekeeping, marketing, and editorial/creative. I also see a lot of denialism about the state of the industry, which is really holding
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Anyone who has worked as an editor or copy editor at a news organization should be familiar with style guides. Publishers use them as well. Below, I am sharing the style guide I developed for my own publishing company. It’s a work in progress and is updated and refined every year. It’s absolutely critical for
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A publisher recently reached out asking about how to use Internet graphics in a yet-to-be released book on a specific medical condition. The author had found the images on a Google search, and wants to use them in the book. The problem that the publisher immediately identified: the images are copyrighted and therefore can’t be
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Last month, N.E.O. Bernhardsson, a Hong Kong-based publisher, reached out to me after reading about Lean Media online. Independently, he and his Modes Vu team have developed a system that uses Lean Media principles and processes to develop art photography books featuring relatively unknown photographers from China and elsewhere. This post and interview will describe
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