Programming at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair lacks the oomph of past years as most Big Five ceos and many other newsmakers are absent from stages and, for the third year in a row, everyone is still talking about AI. Two interesting panels looked at technology through the lens of publishing professionals’ work inside and out of house. In a panel titled “Future Skills for Publishing Professionals,” speakers stated repeatedly that AI won’t make publishing jobs disappear. Bloomsbury ceo Nigel Newton likened AI to other technological advances that ended up selling more books, from films to ebooks. “AI will probably […]
