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ChatGPT maker OpenAI faces a lawsuit over how it used people’s dataFrom The Washington Post: A California-based law firm is launching a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the...
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The enterprise that does not innovateThe enterprise that does not innovate ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present, the decline will be fast. Peter...
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AI’s Teachable Moment: How ChatGPT Is Transforming the ClassroomFrom CNet: My 12-year-old nephew’s bedroom is a shrine to monsters. Intricate Lego dragons loom ominously atop bookshelves jam-packed...
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I was fired by a client for using AI. I’m not going to stop because it’s doubled my output, but I’m more clear about how I use it.From Insider: I work a full-time job in marketing and do freelance writing on the side. I was juggling a lot when a longtime...
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Supreme Court Rejects Genius’ Preposterously Stupid Lawsuit Against GoogleFrom Above the Law: Look, we were not kind when Genius first accused Google of copying lyrics from its site. The only interesting bit was the...
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8 Mistakes You’re Making on Your Author WebsiteFrom Writers in the Storm: The best author websites are often the most simple. You don’t need flashy fonts or expensive designs....
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Barnes & Noble Workers at Main Brooklyn Store Join UnionFrom Publisher’s Weekly: Barnes & Noble workers at the retail giant’s main Brooklyn location have voted to unionize after the...
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The IndividualistsFrom The Wall Street Journal: Most politically attuned Americans will have some idea of what libertarianism is. Some think of it as an...
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Back to Books and WritingPG realizes that he went overboard on politics and the Supreme Court yesterday. He apologizes for moving away from TPV’s principal focus...
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Who Should Be Telling This Story?From Writer Unboxed: Every story is told from a point of view (POV). Who is telling the story determines the story that can be told, because...
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I regard affirmative action as perniciousI regard affirmative action as pernicious – a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the...
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Affirmative action is out in higher education. What comes next for college admissions?From The Associated Press: Colleges across the country will be forced to stop considering race in admissions under Thursday’s Supreme Court...
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Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissionsFrom SCOTUSBlog: In a historic decision, the Supreme Court severely limited, if not effectively ended, the use of affirmative action in...
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Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative ActionFrom The Wall Street Journal: The Supreme Court found it unconstitutional to consider race in university admissions, eliminating the...
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The great thing about being a print journalistThe great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor....
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A tree’s woodA tree’s wood is also its memoir. Hope Jahren
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The 10 Most-Viewed Book Trailers Of All Time (UPDATED)!From Film 14: Link to the rest at Film 14
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Germany’s ContentShift Accelerator: Six 2023 FinalistsFrom Publishing Perspectives: Earlier this month, as you’ll recall, we reported the Top 10 start-ups chosen by Germany’s eighth...
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How Espionage Informed This Thriller Writer’s FictionFrom Publisher’s Weekly: It’s almost a cliché that spy novels should be dark, gripping, ambiguous. Espionage, after all, is the...
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First Page Critique: Defining the Scope of Your MemoirFrom Jane Friedman: A summary of the work being critiqued Title: When Did You Know? Genre: memoir Emily was adopted at...
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Microsoft DesignerFrom Microsoft: Creativity is more important to individuals than ever before. This reflects a trend that has added more than 165 million...
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5 Best (and Worst) AI Poem GeneratorsFrom TweetSpeak: These days, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can do just about anything! It can even draw pictures. What AI has a little...
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Experiment with AI to understand it, marketers and publicists encouragedFrom The Bookseller: Marketers and publicists have been encouraged to “experiment” with AI at The Bookseller’s Marketing and Publicity...
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Where to Start with Audiobook PublishingFrom Publisher’s Weekly: Over the past seven years, consumer interest in spoken-word content and audiobooks has risen dramatically....
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‘The World’ Review: History Branched OutFrom The Wall Street Journal: You know you are in for quite a ride when an enormous tome of world history begins: “I am Enheduanna, let me...
