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Anthropic Doesn’t Need Watermarks. The AI Detection Experts Are Here! 20 Tell-Tale Signs You’re Reading AI Slop, Even When A Human Wrote It
A sharp look at AI slop detection on LinkedIn, why watermarks miss the point, and how false flags hurt global authors.
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The whole Gen Z can’t read mantra is a crock of shit. They just aren’t reading so much where traditional publishing needs them to be.
Gen Beta are being set up to fail, and neither side of the Atlantic (the ocean, that is, not the Rest In Peace Reading Journal) is anyone actually addressing the real problem in the classroom. ” Fable’s numbers are a reminder that “reading is dying” headlines often miss where reading is actually thriving — in […]
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/08/09/reading-crisis/#PublishingControversies #ReadingCrisis #GenZreadingcrisis #readingcrisis #readingcrisisintheclassroom
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America’s reading crisis is a crisis of the classroom
Americans don't read. Might it be because a lot of them were never taught properly?
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Delhi High Court Rules for OpenAI: The Third Major Fair-Use Verdict in 13 Months, and the Weakest Position Publishers Have Been In Yet
Delhi High Court denies ANI's injunction against OpenAI, ruling AI training is fair dealing — the third major court to back AI labs in just over a year.
The post Delhi High Court Rules for OpenAI: The Third Major Fair-Use Verdict in 13 Months, and the Weakest Position Publishers Have Been In Yet appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/07/27/delhi-high-court-openai-ani-fair-dealing-ruling/#AI #India #PublishingControversies #3rdlegalwinforAIin13months #OpenAIwinsDelhiHighCourtcase
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RIP Reading Redux. Big 5 CEO David Shelley Plays the ‘Smartphones Did It Card’ at the Worst Possible Moment
Hachette CEO David Shelley blames smartphones for the reading crisis in a widely syndicated op-ed. The correlation is real. The causation isn't - and his own history should have warned him.
The post RIP Reading Redux. Big 5 CEO David Shelley Plays the ‘Smartphones Did It Card’ at the Worst Possible Moment appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/07/19/david-shelley-smartphones-reading-decline-hachette/#PublishingControversies #ReadingCrisis #DavidShelleyblamessmartphones #SmartphonesDidIt #TheAtlanticsReadingObituary
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Which Screen? Why The Atlantic’s “The End of Reading” Measures the Wrong Thing
The Atlantic blames shrinking attention spans for reading's decline. The research it cites measured office multitasking, not books - and today's bestsellers are longer than ever.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/07/12/which-screen-atlantic-reading-attention-span/#PublishingControversies #Reading #ReadingCrisis #SmartphonesAndTablets #TheEndofReading
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Getty Images Fought AI In The Courts, Lost, Then Lucratively Partnered With It: Lessons For Book Publishing
Getty fought AI in court, lost the key ruling, then built OpenAI and Perplexity licensing deals. What book publishers should learn from the pivot.
The post Getty Images Fought AI In The Courts, Lost, Then Lucratively Partnered With It: Lessons For Book Publishing appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/07/04/getty-images-ai-licensing-openai-perplexity-book-publishing-lessons/#AI #PublishingControversies #AIinpublishing #GettImagesandOpenAIdeal
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The Iron Maiden Piracy Myth – AI and Publishing’s Missed Opportunities
The debunked Iron Maiden piracy myth resurfaces on LinkedIn. A look at what really happened, why AI fact-checking failed, and what publishers should learn.
The post The Iron Maiden Piracy Myth – AI and Publishing’s Missed Opportunities appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/06/26/the-iron-maiden-piracy-myth-ai-and-publishings-missed-opportunities/#AI #Piracy #PublishingControversies #Anthropicpiracy #GameofThronespiracy
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Why David Shelley Will Never Be AI Witchfinder General
Hachette CEO David Shelley's caution against AI detection tools reflects hard-won wisdom from acquiring J.K. Rowling's pseudonymous debut, The Cuckoo's Calling.
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The Hand That Feeds: Publishing’s AI Hypocrisy Problem
Major publishers condemn AI as theft while deploying automation to cut narrator, translator, warehouse and operational jobs. TNPS examines the selective labour theory behind publishing's AI moral framework.
The post The Hand That Feeds: Publishing’s AI Hypocrisy Problem appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/06/06/publishers-ai-hypocrisy-jobs/#AI #PublishingControversies #USA #AIandpublishing #publishershypocrisy
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The AI Reader Has Arrived. Korea Understands the New Paradigm. Does Western Publishing?
While western publishers debate AI as existential threat, Korea's Publishers Association president Kim Tae-heon proposed a licensed data market architecture that protects rights and builds new revenue simultaneously. The strategic divergence has consequences.
The post The AI Reader Has Arrived. Korea Understands the New Paradigm. Does Western Publishing? appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/05/17/korea-ai-reader-publishing-strategy-2026/#AI #PublishingBusiness #PublishingControversies #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaAIandpublishing
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HarperCollins and the Reading Crisis. Identify the Real Culprit. Blame the Parents. Sell More Phonics Books
HarperCollins named the reading-for-pleasure paradox — then sold parents the phonics workbooks causing it. Publishing's biggest conflict of interest, examined.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/05/03/who-broke-reading-harpercollins-phonics-paradox/ -
Malaysia Rewrites Its Book-Banning Rules. And Reminds Us The West Has Them Too
Malaysia's Home Ministry moves to reform its book-banning process. A reminder that every country censors — the question is how transparently.
The post Malaysia Rewrites Its Book-Banning Rules. And Reminds Us The West Has Them Too appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/04/26/malaysia-book-ban-review-censorship-publishing-freedom/#Malaysia #Malaysiabookban #Malaysiacensorship #PublishingControversies #SEAsia
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Netflix, Manga, AI and the Publishing Industry’s Ministry of Truth
From comics to Netflix to AI: how publishing's cycle of panic and embrace tells us everything about the industry's future. A TNPS deep-dive.
The post Netflix, Manga, AI and the Publishing Industry’s Ministry of Truth appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/04/25/publishing-moral-panic-comics-netflix-ai-orwell/#BookFairs #Comics #KidsReadingCrisis #Manga #PublishingControversies
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TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 6: The RODE Revolution: Why the Easiest Time in History to Create Is Also the Best Time to Be a Publisher
Why AI makes human curation the future of publishing.
The post TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 6: The RODE Revolution: Why the Easiest Time in History to Create Is Also the Best Time to Be a Publisher appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/04/09/quiver-dont-quake-nadim-sadek-part-6-rode-revolution/#AI #PublishingControversies #AIlabelledcontent #AIhumanassistedcreativity #Humanlabelledcontent
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TNPS Analysis: Four Moves, One Strategy: What Harlequin’s AI Microdrama Deal Is Really About
Harlequin’s Dashverse deal is the fourth act in a deliberate AI pivot. TNPS traces the strategy - and what it means for every publisher with a back-catalogue.
The post TNPS Analysis: Four Moves, One Strategy: What Harlequin’s AI Microdrama Deal Is Really About appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/04/04/harlequin-dashverse-ai-microdramas-publishing-strategy/#AI #Anime #PublishingControversies #HarlequinAImicrodrams #HarlequinDashverse
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When “Cease and Desist” Means “Cease and Think Twice”
A Medium post by Carl Müller Frøland raises important questions about how broad, unspecific legal threats can function as prior restraint - silencing criticism before it reaches the public domain.
The post When “Cease and Desist” Means “Cease and Think Twice” appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/26/corporate-legal-threats-public-discourse-publishing/#PublishingControversies #CeaseandDesist #Publishersresponsibilities
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TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 5: From Understanding to Action – Your Publishing House’s AI Roadmap
Your publishing house's AI roadmap: slush pile triage, translation, metadata, narration. Freemium tools, real ROI examples. Start tomorrow morning.
The post TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 5: From Understanding to Action – Your Publishing House’s AI Roadmap appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/20/from-understanding-to-action-your-publishing-houses-ai-roadmap/#AI #PublishingBusiness #PublishingControversies #AIinpublishing #HowtouseAIasapublisher
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Shy Girl, Big Questions: What The Hachette-Ballard Affair Tells Us About Publishing’s Unpreparedness For The AI Age
Hachette has cancelled Mia Ballard's contract for Shy Girl over alleged undeclared AI use. TNPS examines what the case reveals about acquisition failures, unreliable detection tools, and the contract gaps nobody has closed yet.
The post Shy Girl, Big Questions: What The Hachette-Ballard Affair Tells Us About Publishing’s Unpreparedness For The AI Age appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/20/shy-girl-hachette-ballard-ai-publishing-contract-cancelled/#AI #PublishingControversies #AIandpublishing #AIcontracts #HachetteBallardcontractcancellation
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The Convenient Villain: AI, Job Losses, and the Art of the Blame Shift
AI is the publishing industry's latest scapegoat. But UK author incomes collapsed long before ChatGPT existed. The real villains are hiding in plain sight.
The post The Convenient Villain: AI, Job Losses, and the Art of the Blame Shift appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/23/ai-job-losses-publishing-scapegoat/#AI #PublishingControversies #AIjobs #AItoblame #SocietyofAuthors
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Academic Publishers Win Another Anti-Trust Law Suit
US federal judge dismisses antitrust lawsuit against Elsevier, Springer Nature and other major academic publishers, ruling that industry practices do not constitute illegal collusion under Sherman Act.
The post Academic Publishers Win Another Anti-Trust Law Suit appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/06/academic-publishers-antitrust-suit-dismissed/#Academicandspecialistpublishing #PublishingControversies #USA #academicpublisherswinantitrustlawsuit
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Rearranging the Deckchairs: As B&N Preps For IPO, TNPS Looks At The Reality Behind The BookTok-Led Retail Revival
Barnes & Noble's expansion and BookTok hype suggest a retail boom, but the data tells a different story. We're not growing the market—just reshuffling it.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/12/28/rearranging-deckchairs-book-retail-boom-that-isnt/#PublishingBusiness #PublishingControversies #UK #USA #BarnesAndNobleIPO
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TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 2: The Psychology of Creativity and Why Publishers Misunderstand It
How publishers misunderstand creativity—and why that matters for AI. Nadim Sadek's psychological framework reveals publishing's real competitive edge.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/12/27/psychology-creativity-ai-publishing-sadek/#AI #PublishingControversies #AIandcreativity #AIandpublishing #NadimSadek
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The 2025 TNPS Story of the Year Is A Book!
Nadim Sadek's 'Quiver, don't Quake' reframes AI as creative partner, not threat. Essential reading for…
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/12/21/it-was-inevitable-this-years-tnps-story-of-the-year-would-relate-in-some-way-to-ai-2025-marked-three-years-of-publicly-assessible-ai-a-critical-distinction-i-mentioned-ai-in-publishing-back-in-t/#AI #PublishingControversies #AIinpublishing #NadimSadek #QuiverDontQuake
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More Music Publishers Settle With And Partner With AI. Book Publishers Look The Other Way
Music labels partner with AI platforms through strategic settlements. Book publishers lack leverage. Why safe settlements may not be an option.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/11/27/settlement-trajectory-music-partnerships-book-publishing-leverage/#AI #PublishingBrief #PublishingControversies #AIandbookpublishingprospects #AIandMusciIndustrysettlements
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Spotify’s Audiobook Entry: A New Sales Channel or an Author Relations Challenge?
Spotify's audiobook entry sparks debate. While publishers see a new sales channel, authors report being left in the dark about deals and compensation, highlighting ongoing industry tensions.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/11/25/spotify-audiobooks-author-concerns/#Audiobooks #Finland #PublishingControversies #audiobooks #audiobooksFinland
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OpenAI’s Sora: A Trademark Misstep in a Murky Legal Landscape?
OpenAI’s launch of ‘Sora’ sparks a trademark dispute with OverDrive, highlighting risks of brand confusion and the importance of IP protection in AI innovation.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/11/23/openai-sora-trademark-legal-dispute/#AI #PublishingControversies #OverDrivesuesOpenAIoverSora #Soratrademark
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The Ghost in the Machine Is a Collaborator, Not a Usurper
AI won't doom creative professionals. This article argues AI is a collaborator that elevates "average" work, augmenting human creativity for translators and authors.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/11/22/ai-collaborator-not-usurper/#AI #PublishingControversies #AIauthorsfriendorenemy #Aiasauthorcollaborator #AuthorsneednotfearAI
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The Keyword is Dead: How LLM Search Transforms Book Discovery
A deep dive into the seismic shift reshaping how readers find books - and what publishers must do about it
The post The Keyword is Dead: How LLM Search Transforms Book Discovery appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/11/14/keyword-dead-llm-search-transforms-book-discovery/#AI #PublishingBrief #PublishingControversies #BookDiscovery #Digitalpublishing
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The AI Book “Flood”: Separating Hype from Reality in Publishing
In an era when anyone can generate a book, being able to create one worth reading becomes more valuable than ever.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/10/04/ai-generated-books-publishing-industry-impact/#AI #PublishingControversies #AIpublishinghypeandreality #AIgeneratedbooksflood