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Daily Book News Sunday, 4th January 2026 DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Post-B&T, Vendors Jostle for the Library Market After wholesaler Baker & Taylor’s closure left libraries scrambling, vendors like Amazon Business, Barnes & Noble... -
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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” Charlotte Brontë (from Jane Eyre)
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Paul Whybrow posted the thread Thought for the Day I am no bird; and no net ensnares me ... in Café Life.“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” Charlotte Brontë (from Jane Eyre)
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AgentPete reacted to Aethalope's post in the thread Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 3rd January 2026(!) with Like.
@AgentPete In technical writing, it's become pretty much flawless. That's due to the nature of technical writing: staid, voiceless, template stuff, which is perfect for machine translation. Firms still have humans checking because of the... -
Aethalope replied to the thread Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 3rd January 2026(!).@AgentPete In technical writing, it's become pretty much flawless. That's due to the nature of technical writing: staid, voiceless, template stuff, which is perfect for machine translation. Firms still have humans checking because of the... -
Daily Book News Sunday, 4th January 2026 DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Post-B&T, Vendors Jostle for the Library Market After wholesaler Baker & Taylor’s closure left libraries scrambling, vendors like Amazon Business, Barnes & Noble...
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AgentPete replied to the thread Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 3rd January 2026(!).Yes, I agree. It feels very much as if this is testing the water… Let’s see if authors / translators / readers complain about it, and if not, then we’ve saved ourselves a bunch of dosh. Nor will it stop there, of course. @Aethalope I have yet...
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AgentPete reacted to Aethalope's post in the thread Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 3rd January 2026(!) with Like.
The shift to AI as a translator, though. Yes it's 'only' romance and 'only' English to French, but if it turns out to viable, it won't stop there. Will AI be able to capture the nuance of the original? No, but then human translators didn't...
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Sedayne reacted to Aethalope's post in the thread Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 3rd January 2026(!) with Like.
The shift to AI as a translator, though. Yes it's 'only' romance and 'only' English to French, but if it turns out to viable, it won't stop there. Will AI be able to capture the nuance of the original? No, but then human translators didn't...
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Aethalope replied to the thread Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 3rd January 2026(!).The shift to AI as a translator, though. Yes it's 'only' romance and 'only' English to French, but if it turns out to viable, it won't stop there. Will AI be able to capture the nuance of the original? No, but then human translators didn't...
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Sedayne reacted to LJ Beck's post in the thread News Jane Friedman's Annual Update on Publishers and Agents with Like.
Hi! Jane Friedman gives a roundup of new publishers and agents announced in 2025. https://janefriedman.com/new-publishers-and-agents-in-2025/ I thought this was interesting: Simon Maverick, audio-first imprint, seeks self-publishing authors...
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Jonny reacted to wrightstuff's post in the thread The Huddle Huddle South January 7th - 8.00am UK time. Please check your local time zone (UK on GMT) with Like.
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Coming, your honourableness.
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Hi! Jane Friedman gives a roundup of new publishers and agents announced in 2025. https://janefriedman.com/new-publishers-and-agents-in-2025/ I thought this was interesting: Simon Maverick, audio-first imprint, seeks self-publishing authors... -
AgentPete posted the thread Craft Chat Kick Off the Year with the Litopia New’s Year’s Literary Quiz! in Café Life.It’s fun, it’s mildly eccentric, and it’s all yours… unless you attended last year’s final Huddle, in which case, you may recognize some of the questions :) Boast about your score achievements here. I’m sure you’ll be honest :)
