It's partly AI, partly a get-rich-quick scheme, and entirely bad for confused consumers.
Links of the week April 22 2024 (17)
The Bookseller - News - A third of translators report losing work to generative AI systems, SoA survey reveals
A survey of 787 members of the Society of Authors (SoA) has found that a third of translators and a quarter of illustrators have lost work to generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Translators are also more likely to use AI to support their work, with 37% of respondents saying they have done so, followed by 25% of non-fiction writers.
Lynne Reid Banks, author of The Indian in the Cupboard, dies aged 94 | Books | The Guardian
The author Lynne Reid Banks, known for her novel The L-Shaped Room and her children's book series The Indian in the Cupboard, has died at the age of 94.
Carter Wilson Interviewed Hundreds of Writers — Here’s What He Learned From Them | BookTrib.
I launched my podcast Making It Up nearly three years ago with the goal of interviewing writers not for any particular work of theirs, but to talk to them about their lives. I didn't want to ask them what famous author they want to have dinner with or what their top five favorite books are ... yech. I wanted to know what their childhood was like, what inflection point made them want to write, and to hear about the years of glorious rejection letters. Most readers pick up a book and assume the author has always been an author, and they make gobs of money writing. I wanted the real, raw truth.
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A little knowledge about her real life protagonist, writes Leeanne O'Donnell, was just enough