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business12 days ago•2 min saved

AI-use allegations derail $2M+ book deal for SMU PhD student

A Southern Methodist University PhD student, Jerry Falade, reportedly lost a publishing deal worth more than $2 million after allegations that he used AI to write parts of his crime novel. His denial comes as Minotaur Books had acquired the rights in a competitive auction, while editors flagged concerns about AI-detection. The case highlights a broader industry debate over AI in writing and copyright, with experts noting the challenges of proving AI usage and determining human authorship. SMU has not provided further comment.

via keranews.org|

#ai #book-deal #business

business13 days ago•2 min saved

Amazon Exits MMO Publishing, Transferring Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty to New Western Publishers

Amazon Game Studios is no longer publishing two western MMOs, Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, with publishing duties moving to Smilegate for Lost Ark (early 2027) and NC via FireSpark Games for Throne and Liberty (Q4 2026). Western access remains, but data transfer varies: characters and in-game currency are expected to carry over for Throne and Liberty, while Lost Ark may lose mail and chat history (and Auction House items’ transfer is undecided). New World will shut down January 31, 2027, and Amazon has already canceled other MMO plans like a Lord of the Rings title, signaling a shift toward casual titles on Luna and Prime gaming.

via Engadget|

#amazon #business #lost-ark

business24 days ago•1 min saved

Publishers press on with Jason Arday amid plagiarism controversy

Simon & Schuster and Routledge say they will proceed with their plans for Jason Arday despite plagiarism allegations in some of his academic output.

via The Bookseller|

#business #jason-arday #plagiarism

culture26 days ago•9 min saved

Anti-AI Writing Counterculture Gains Ground, Embracing Imperfect Prose

Writers across novels, journalism, and social media are cultivating an anti-AI writing style that prizes first-person voice, quirky punctuation, and deliberate imperfections to resist machine-generated prose; editors and brands from Pitchfork to Playboy are pushing for human, idiosyncratic writing, while some see AI sparking renewed interest in good craft and stylistic experimentation.

via WIRED|

#ai #culture #editorial-practices

business1 month ago•3 min saved

BookTok Sparks a Backlist Boom, Reviving Old Guides

Viral BookTok videos are reviving overlooked backlist titles—like Monte Burch’s 1992 barn-building manual and Catherine Newman’s What Can I Say? and How to Be a Person—driving sales spikes, restocks, and even first-time NYT appearances; Big Five publishers report 1,300% YoY growth in platform sales, and TikTok Shop now lists 4.5 million products with BookTok posts totaling about 80 million.

via New York Post|

#backlist #booktok #business

business1 month ago•19 min saved

Publishers Bet on Video—And The Moment Arrives.

The Hollywood Reporter argues that the long-feared 'pivot to video' finally lands in 2026: video is no longer confined to TV screens, as publishers invest in in-app vertical video and longer-form reporting to reach broader audiences. With YouTube evolving into a primary video hub and legacy outlets racing to capture attention beyond traditional TV, the industry signals a shift away from text-first models toward TV-like video experiences across devices.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#business #digital-media #media

business1 month ago•4 min saved

Xbox reorients funding, triggering redundancies at IO Interactive

Microsoft's Xbox has ended its funding and publishing deal for IO Interactive's Project Fantasy, a shift in investment priorities that could lead to redundancies at IO as the studio adapts; IO says the game remains in development and will support affected staff, while Xbox maintains total game investment will stay roughly the same but reallocated to different projects.

via GamesIndustry.biz|

#business #io-interactive #layoffs

science1 month ago•6 min saved

Weekend Reads flag a wave of misleading medical studies and spotlight Max Planck retractions

Retraction Watch’s Weekend Reads highlights a surge in misleading medical studies, calls to rethink the timing of cancer therapies, and a closer look at Max Planck’s retractions, while noting publisher actions (expressions of concern for books), notable fraud cases, and expanding databases/tools that track retractions and related integrity issues in scientific publishing.

via Retraction Watch|

#cancer-therapy-timing #publishing #retractions

business2 months ago•1 min saved

Sega pivots to influencer-driven marketing after underperforming 2025 game sales

Sega says Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance underperformed despite strong reviews, prompting a major marketing overhaul that shifts from targeted ads to fandom, celebrity endorsements, and influencer recommendations. The company plans to globalize its publishing structure and transform its mindset toward building a broad ‘Fandom that drives sales.’ It also aims to release two new titles from flagship IPs by March 31, 2027, in addition to already announced games Stranger than Heaven and Personal 4 Revival, as part of a broader lineup including other high-profile titles.

via Video Games Chronicle|

#business #fandom #influencers

music2 months ago•15 min saved

BTS Expands Publishing Footprint with Lyrics Analysis Book and Korean Recipe Cookbook

BTS is releasing two officially licensed books in partnership with CAKE Corp, Running Press, and BigHit Music: BTS Lyrics Inside, a lyric-by-lyric analysis of tracks from their catalog with original and English translations, and BTS Recipe Book, a cookbook inspired by the group’s eras that includes digital codes for exclusive videos; the publishing slate runs through 2027, expanding fan engagement beyond music.

via Rolling Stone|

#books #bts #cookbook

science2 months ago•4 min saved

Mathematicians Call for Guardrails as AI Enters Mathematical Proofs

Sixteen mathematicians, with more than 130 signatories, issued the Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics to warn that unchecked AI could undermine the autonomy and rigor of mathematics while urging transparency, disclosure of AI use, stricter peer review, and investment in public computational infrastructure to balance power between researchers and tech firms; the declaration emphasizes human judgment and cautions that AI-generated proofs are hard to validate and cite, setting up ongoing discussions ahead of the International Congress of Mathematicians.

via Gizmodo|

#artificial-intelligence #ethics #mathematics

publishing3 months ago•6 min saved

Tough Peer Feedback May Boost a Paper’s Future Impact

An AI-assisted analysis of public peer-review reports for 8,000 Nature Communications papers (2017–2024) finds that papers subjected to tougher criticism and larger revision costs tend to be more highly cited in the following three years. While the quality of reviewer comments correlates with impact, how constructive the feedback is does not, suggesting that rigorous review can both reflect ambitious work and help raise its future influence.

via Nature|

#ai #citations #nature-communications

culture3 months ago•28 min saved

When Machines Scribble: AI Invasion Reshapes Literature

An UnHerd piece argues that AI-generated writing is already challenging traditional literature and literary prize juries, fueling a debate over authenticity and the value of human creativity as bots become increasingly capable of producing convincing text.

via UnHerd|

#ai-authorship #artificial-intelligence #culture

business3 months ago•21 min saved

James Murdoch expands media empire with New York magazine and Vox acquisition

James Murdoch, founder of Lupa Systems and son of Rupert Murdoch, is buying New York magazine and Vox.com, with Vox CEO Jim Bankoff to lead the new Vox Media under Murdoch’s umbrella. Other Vox titles will spin off into a separate company, and the deal is expected to close in four to six weeks, marking a major expansion of Murdoch’s media interests beyond his family’s conservative empire.

via The Washington Post|

#business #james-murdoch #media-acquisitions

opinion4 months ago•8 min saved

Failure Isn’t Final: Normalizing Setbacks to Accelerate Science

An editorial arguing that failure is intrinsic to science and must be normalized within funding, publishing, and career systems. It calls for reforms such as recognizing work in progress and unsuccessful experiments, adopting formats like Registered Reports, and expanding institutional support to help researchers learn from setbacks; it also criticizes policies like the ERC’s discouragement of reapplications, urging a culture that treats doubt and failure as essential to scientific progress.

via Nature|

#culture #failure #funding