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For the second time in four years, the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA) has updated its Canon of Ethics. The last time, in 2022, the major changes related to packaging and producer fees ...

There’s a new scholarly paper available, published July 22, 2026, titled “Generative AI floods and dilutes the market for books.” It might have remained obscure, as academic papers often do, except th...

Big booksellers are taking different approaches to dealing with the deluge of titles generated by artificial intelligence.

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My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago. Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the obvious: millions of people have a vague sense that AI is changing thing...

Do academic AI search tools like Consensus, Undermind and Elicit fabricate references the way chatbots do? Short answer, from the literature and my own test: no, almost never. The longer answer of why...

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What counts as an acceptable use of AI has never been fuzzier.

A magazine’s response to accusations of publishing AI-generated fiction points to a new phase in the struggle to keep literature human.

Print sales of “serious” nonfiction are in serious decline, and publishers think the reason is the smorgasbord of podcasts and other new media their male readers are devouring.

The fall of the research paper and the rise of the living manuscript.

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The trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman makes the AI boom seem sordid and small.

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