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Feb 22

ChatGPT Abuse Is Forcing a Popular Sci-Fi Magazine to Suspend Submissions

Clarkesworld Magazine, a science fiction magazine, has stopped accepting submissions as an influx of artificial intelligence-generated content overwhelms its human editors.
By Sissi Cao
Nov 2

The Random House Antitrust Suit Revealed How Out of it Book Publishers Really Are

The proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster was slapped down by a federal judge. But the trial exposed the strange, contradictory ways of the publishing industry.
By Ann Kjellberg
Oct 5

Let’s Get Rid of the Blobby Book Cover

As critics and influencers continue to point out, cover art has in recent years regressed to a sort of algorithmic average: the colorful, crowded blobs.
By Miles Klee
(From L) Princess Eleonore, Crown Princess Elisabeth, Prince Emmanuel and Prince Gabriel read a comic book during a photo-shoot of the Belgian Royal Family's vacation Belgian Comic Strip Center, in Brussels, on July 19, 2016. / AFP / Belga / LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ / Belgium OUT (Photo credit should read LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/AFP/Getty Images)
Oct 7

Authors Can Fix the Boring Parts After This New App Finds Them

By Brady Dale
Visitors use an E-Book reader during the 35th edition of the Paris Book Fair.
Sep 8

There’s a Library in Every Pocket

By Brady Dale
Ashton Kutcher takes a selfie.
Jul 28

The Newsroom Comeback, Powered by Bitcoin

By Brady Dale
Tim Farnam presents Codex Press at the Made in NY Media Center in Dumbo.
May 9

Squarespace for Journalists, From Dumbo

By Brady Dale
Arthur Carter with his dealer Leila Heller at her Chelsea gallery.
Apr 6

Publisher Arthur Carter on His New Career in the Art World

By Alanna Martinez
Maris Kreizman at the Kickstarter office
Apr 1

Jobs Report: Kickstarter’s Publishing Ambassador Maris Kreizman Details Her Day

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Albert Aiken's "The Wolves of New York," a later dime novel in the "American Detective" series.
Mar 23

The Pulp Fiction Dime Novel Is Making a Comeback

By Parker Richards
A female baby polar bear is pictured on March 9, 2016 at the zoo in Bremerhaven, northwestern Germany. The baby bear was born on December 11, 2015 at the zoo. / AFP / POOL / Carmen Jaspersen
Mar 9

‘Running Out of Money Is Not a Milestone,’ Says Bearish Publishing Investors

By Brady Dale
Demand has only grown since Amazon pulled this children's book off the shelves. (Photo: Twitter)
Jan 19

Children’s Book About Happy Slaves Amazon Bestseller After Controversy

By John Bonazzo
(Photo: Vera Marmelo)
Aug 4

Long Live Youth Revolt: Thurston Moore Expands His Sound With a New Band

By Linda Laban
Nov 25

There Is an Academic Journal for Adventure Time Research

By Jack Smith IV
Nov 25

From Zero to 35,000: How I Built A Big Email List Exclusively About Books I Liked

By Ryan Holiday
Oct 27

Amazon's Kindle Scout is a Masterful Meld of Kickstarter and Product Hunt

By Jack Smith IV
Oct 14

Disrupting How Bestsellers Are Made: Apply Startup-style Growth Hacking To Publishing

By Ryan Holiday
7 W. 34th Street, the rumored location of Amazon's brick-and-mortar store. (Google Maps)
Oct 10

Publishing Professionals 'Insulted' By Amazon Brick-and-Mortar Store

By Jordyn Taylor
Aug 26

Vox Media May Open Their Coveted CMS To the Wider WordPress-Plagued World

By Jack Smith IV
Aug 22

Thought Catalog: Why I Won't Pull My Pieces, Despite the Outrage

By Ryan Holiday
Part of a photo on 250 Words' Facebook page.
Feb 4

Simon & Schuster’s New Online Venture Is Sure to Be Another Expensive Failure

By Jordyn Taylor
Ca-ching-ca-ching-ca-ching-ca! (Simon & Schuster)
Nov 12

What Does the Fox Write?

By Drew Grant
David Zinczenko, fitness guru. (Getty Images)
Apr 15

Why David Zinczenko Deserves That Multimillion Dollar Book Deal With Random House Along With His Own Imprint

By Drew Grant
Cary Goldstein
Apr 11

Deb Futter Will Replace Cary Goldstein As Publisher Of Twelve

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
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