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How much nuance does the typical romance have? Or the typical Amish mystery? BTW ... during my recent trip to London, I visited several bookstores and didn't see anything that resembled American-style romances. For that matter, I didn't see much...

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...

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” Charlotte Brontë (from Jane Eyre)

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” Charlotte Brontë (from Jane Eyre)

@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...

@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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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...