Publishers

UPDATED You have to go all the way down to number 81 on Amazon's bestseller list to find a book by a "literary" writer.

That would be "All Fours," by Miranda July, the writer-filmmaker-artist.

It's been just over a year since ChatGPT was introduced to a public mostly unfamiliar with artificial intelligence. It appeared initially to have no obvious relevance to book publishing. Since then everything has changed-and nothing has changed. Publishers are beginning to dive into the new AI tools, exploring the edges, engaging in tentative chats with ChatGPT.  Read more

Louis Ferrante recalls the meeting with George Weidenfeld that led to a seven-year writing project

The last few weeks have seen a lot of discussion around author welfare, industry stress and, most recently, publisher resourcing - topics that overlap considerably in my experience. On the latter, I'm not sure I would agree that publishers are less resourced now than they were previously. Haven't we always been stretched?

More than half of authors (54%) responding to a survey by The Bookseller on their experiences of publishing their debut book have said the process negatively affected their mental health. Though views were mixed, just 22% of the 108 respondents to the survey described a positive experience overall with their first publication.