Nearly Half of Scholars Are Using AI for Academic Books, Survey Finds
Many scholars are using AI in their book and journal submissions, but they are not being fully transparent about it, according to a new survey by Oxford University Press. Looking specifically at books rather than scholarly journals, about 46 percent of authors who published a book in the last year used AI in crafting their manuscripts. Eight percent of authors fully disclosed their AI use while 39 percent did not fully disclose it. The most common uses of AI in books were “editing and writing assistance, finding relevant sources and literature, references and citation management, and translation.” A quarter of […]
Forthcoming: Kristin Hannah’s ‘The Fire’
Kristin Hannah’s THE FIRE will be published by St. Martin’s on May 4, her first new book in three years after The Women in 2024, USA Today reports. According to a description from the publisher, the novel follows a woman who, after a “deep betrayal,” embarks on a cross-country trip to reconnect with her estranged daughter.
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Imprints: High Line Publishing Studio
Literary agent Neil Blair has launched High Line Publishing Studio, “a new international publishing studio for independent voices and original thinking” that will feature Jewish and Israeli writers. Blair is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership, where he represents JK Rowling. UK publishing veteran Oliver Malcolm is ceo. The house will have two imprints at first, Odessa Editions, which will publish fiction and nonfiction, and Antidote Books, which will publish nonfiction only. Jacky Klein will serve as executive publisher of Odessa. Joel Simons will lead Antidote; he was previously publisher at Harper UK. Lindsay Gordon becomes senior vice president. […]
Judge Halts Wynn-Williams Lawsuit Over Memoir Gag Order, Arbitration to Continue
Last week, a US district court denied former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams’ motions for a preliminary injunction that would allow her to promote her whistleblower account of working at Facebook, Careless People. Just after the book’s publication in March 2025, an arbitrator ruled that any publicity or appearances related to the book would violate the non-disclosure agreement she signed along with her severance agreement from Facebook in 2017. Wynn-Williams filed a lawsuit in June to overturn the gag order and asked to halt arbitration and vacate the order that keeps her from promoting the book. The Court says that Wynn-Williams […]