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Publishing with vision Wed 03 Apr 19

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We Kiss The Screens combines multiple narratives, print-on-demand and AI to create a unique reading experience Editions at Play has just launched its ninth project, a multi-perspective story experiment based on Ovid's Metamorphoses created by Tea Uglow with the help of an AI called George. We caught up with Visual Editions' co-founders Anna Gerber and Britt Iverson, as well as Uglow, to find out more. Read more

Adobe's Chris Duffey on how AI can be used to 'up-level' books Chris Duffey's new book explores the possibilities of artificial intelligence for the future of humanity — with a twist. We sat down with him to explore his vision of how AI might 'up-level' books. Read more

Publishing 2025: a vision Kickstarter's senior director of publishing, Margot Atwell, predicts what successful publishers will look like in 2025. Read more

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Short story vending machines to transport London commuters - The Guardian The machines, made by French company Short Édition, will dispense free one, three and five-minute stories … with the first penned by Anthony Horowitz.

Now Facebook has made an AI that writes bizarre bedtime stories - WIRED Facebook researchers are working on teaching AI to create short stories with narrative and structure.

What executive sponsorship actually means - Ribbonfarm Venkatesh Rao on why strong leadership is the best way to create change in an organisation.

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Publishing with vision Wed 20 Mar 19

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Why innovative publishers are calm publishers Emma Barnes explains how "visionary" disruptive business practices contain salutary lessons for everyone striving to do work smarter in the book trade. Read more

Why publishing skills should be a priority for our future workforce As new ways are being considered to prepare our future citizens to be both contributors to the economy and contented individuals, what does this mean for those aspiring to enter the publishing world? Read more

The inside story behind Reedsy's new Discovery platform This week FutureBook award-winning self-publishing marketplace Reedsy launched a new marketing platform for authors. We sat down with founder Emmanuel Nataf to get the scoop on the service. Read more

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Reading in the age of constant distraction - The Paris Review Has a world of increasing speed and relentless connectivity diminished our experience of reading - and with it our ability to make meaning out of the stories and books we engage with?

How to create Idea Babies: a knowledge processing System for marketers, creators, and knowledge workers - Medium Andre Chaperon explains how a knowledge processing system can help people working with stories to manage, curate and exploit their modern information overload.

How did reading and writing evolve? Neuroscience gives a clue - The Conversation Recent extensive brain imaging of the visual cortex as people read text has provided important insights into how the brain perceives storytelling patterns.

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Publishing with vision Wed 27 Feb 19

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Netflix and the art of data-driven decision making In the book trade, we like to imagine decisions on content are best made by those with the experience and instinct for it, but how might things be different in an age of AI, automation, and algorithms? Mike Walsh, author of The Algorithmic Leader and c.e.o. of Tomorrow, investigates. Read more

Don’t rage against the machine! How scholarly publishers can embrace AI AI will clearly shape our future, but what will this future look like? And what - if anything - does it mean for scholarly publishing? Read more

Digital publisher PressPad offers authors a new embeddable bookshop PressPad hopes the tech behind its new embeddable digital store will help authors improve their conversion rate from clicks to sales. Read more

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Sci-fi lovers owe a debt of gratitude to Betty Ballantine - Smithsonian.com “Introverted and quiet” Betty, who ran the editorial side of the Ballantine publishing companies, deserves her due for changing the industry.

Why great innovation needs great marketing - Harvard Business Review Denise Lee Yohn on why Amazon overtook Sony in the e-reader race, and why innovation needs great marketing to work.

User investment: make your users do the work - Nir & Far Books are addictive because they require effort from their users  - do your digital offerings do the same?

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Publishing with vision Wed 20 Feb 19

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Ex-Spotify v.p. Angela Watts on bringing her learnings to Story Terrace We catch up with former Spotify vice president Angela Watts, who has just joined Story Terrace, the Netherlands-based autobiography publishing service that launched in the UK in 2015. Read more

5 things inspiring indie publisher Sam Hutchinson right now The founder of b small publishing and Bookseller Rising Star shares five things inspiring him to think and work differently right now. Read more

Baby BSL aims to spread British Sign Language with an immersive multimedia storybook This unique book, still in user-testing phase, is the only product to use British Sign Language in conjunction with AR/MR technology. Read more

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Surviving the publishing apocalypse - Stylus On the latest episode of the Future Thinking podcast, FutureBook’s Molly Flatt discusses publishing innovation, the value of slow and why books are a tailor-made panacea for our times.

24 things I learned publishing 3 books in only 6 months - Medium Creative productivity expert David Kadavy scythes through the publishing process to offer ideas for how to be more nimble.

The future of publishing, as imagined by R.O. Blechman - New York Times An illustrated prediction of the book world’s next big frontier.

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Publishing with vision Wed 13 Feb 19

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Books outside the box: lessons for publishers from WeWork, Adidas and IKEA Why do publishers consistently fail to innovate, asks The Ampersand Book Co's Alice Revel. Isn't business as usual getting a little boring? Read more

Academic piracy: where next? With one in four students admitting that they regularly pirate academic content, Matthew Jones, v.p. of content acquisition & strategy at e-book subscription service Perlego, says the issue cannot be ignored. Read more

Can new writers' community Write Together "make blogs great again"? This Amsterdam-based writing platform from journalist-developer Owen Williams aims to take the fear out of blogging for aspiring writers. Read more

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Publishers failing to improve racial and regional diversity, survey finds - the Guardian Despite the concentration of publishers in London, only 11% of respondents identified as BAME – significantly lower than average of 40% in the city.

A major US college is moving almost all of its library books off campus, and it represents a major change in how young people learn - Business Insider The Georgia Tech Library has more seating space, rooms for student collaboration, multimedia studios, computer labs… and hardly any books.

Why Spotify is betting big on podcasting - TechCrunch The acquisitions of Gimlet and Anchor show a service that thinks podcasts are big business.

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