The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
August 10th, 2026
Over the weekend I was reading some of the most informed commentary about AI regulation that I’ve yet encountered. First was Jasmine Sun’s post, “No Data Centers in my Backyard: Money, Power, and Populism in the AI Buildout.” I’ll quote from the opening, which sets the tone for the post, perfectly: Driving in Wisconsin feels…
January 5th, 2021
When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, the press coverage was overwhelming. The trusted book publishing media, including Publishers Weekly, Publishing Perspectives, Publishers Lunch, The Bookseller in the U.K. and Quill & Quire in Canada, each did a fine job of monitoring developments within publishing and bookselling. Then, early in the pandemic, Amazon prioritized what it…
September 5th, 2018
Oh, bitcoin… bitcoin No peace I find Just an old sweet song Keeps blockchain on my mind
September 3rd, 2012
We’ve seen a lot of righteous indignation following David Streitfeld’s recent New York Times article on the occasional practice of paying for positive book reviews on Amazon. I read the story and moved on without giving it much thought: I assumed that everyone knew that the review system on Amazon was rigged.
April 25th, 2012
There’s an excellent article in the London Financial Times that’s the best I’ve yet seen describing the real challenge facing Facebook and by simple extension the Internet, as it exists today.