The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
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…
July 26th, 2024
Ingram’s stand on book censorship is clear. Like most publishers and distributors it is opposed. As it at one point posted to Facebook during Banned Books Week, “Censorship Leaves Us in the Dark – Keep the Light On.” At the same time, like most book publishers and distributors, it has to make prudent decisions about…
May 25th, 2024
The AI Revolution in Book PublishingA Concise Guide to Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Writers and Publishers Order the book here or on Amazon. Are you feeling left out of the conversation about book publishing, authoring and artificial intelligence? Most publishers and authors are — it’s not just you. The AI Revolution in Book Publishing will…