The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
August 18th, 2025
(First published January 26, 2025. 1st revision, February 3, 2025; 2nd revision, April 14, 2025) Third revision, August 18, 2025 (with corrections and add’l links, August 28, 2025) Also available as a PDF. This short document is intended for companies who have independently decided that they want to move forward in AI adoption, and have…
July 23rd, 2025
This morning, I was a little relieved when I first read “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” (pdf) and saw that there was no mention of copyright. (The closest it comes is a mention of IP: “It is also essential for the U.S. government to effectively address security risks to American AI companies, talent,…
July 11th, 2025
The best presentation about AI and book publishing that I’ve ever “seen” is Keith Riegert’s June presentation to the U.S. Book Show in New York. (The show was a great success!) Slide by slide, 90 slides in all, Keith paints a vivid picture of AI’s applicability to book publishing today, and its plausible future within…
August 11th, 2024
Generative AI does amazing things with text, but it shines most brightly with images, both 2D and in video. Sometimes it’s short videos that showcase what AI is capable of. There have also been some very funny videos posted that poke fun at AI and its uncertain progress, amidst great hype. I want to share…
August 4th, 2024
(Note, after publication: The headline of this post is meant to be ironic, but I can see it doesn’t parse that way.) There are two separate, though related, camps of AI naysayers. One camp accepts that the latest AI technology is indeed powerful, and that its tremendous power is at the heart of the AI…