Book Threads is Toxic. It Shouldn't Be.
Early on, there was hope that the book community would thrive on Threads. Instead, it is a gossip and misinformation machine.| kathleenschmidt.substack.com
Early on, there was hope that the book community would thrive on Threads. Instead, it is a gossip and misinformation machine.| kathleenschmidt.substack.com
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Jane Friedman takes a look at how the book publishing industry has changed over the past ten years. I’d suggest that take her piece with a grain of salt; here data source (AAP revenue statistics) only reflects a minority of the book publishing industry. Last […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Anthropic has announced a settlement in the massive piracy lawsuit they were losing. Yikes – if your publisher promised to register your copyright, you might want to double check that. The Kobo-Instapaper integration is now live. Jonathan Bailey is right – AI is not democratizing […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Victoria Strauss brings us news of author complaints about Fortis Publishing. Grammarly has launched an AI-powered editor. Dual-screen ereaders have had little commercial success, but they have the interest of DIY-ers. David Lee King dives into AI policies for libraries. Sandra Wendel shares info on […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. I’m hearing reports that the same toxic behaviors seen on Goodreads have been spotted in the book community on Facebook’s Threads platform. A new paper from researchers at Apple explores the limitations of AI for solving puzzle and problem. Google has won part of the […]| Nate Hoffelder
Recent generations of frontier language models have introduced Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) that generate detailed thinking processes…| Apple Machine Learning Research
Here are a few stories to read this morning. Amazon has added a new accessibility feature section to KDP. After 5 centuries, it appears use of the semicolon is on the decline. The Chicago Sun Times explains how it come to publish a summer reading list consisting mostly of titles hallucinated by AI. New Jersey […]| Nate Hoffelder
0 0 0 0You’ve written the book. You’ve pressed publish. Now you’re ready to share your story with the world. Cue the eBook promotion! 🎉 At Written Word Media, we’ve seen thousands of authors run successful promotions across Freebooksy, Bargain Booksy, Reader Reach Ads, and more. And we’ve also seen a few common missteps that […]| Written Word Media
