In our second installment in this new series, hosts Michael Tamblyn and Nathan Maharaj sat down to go over some of the latest goings-on since summer in the business of books.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Is AI a no-go for NaNoWriMo?
- Audible announces AI narration—as a side hustle for human narrators
- B&N needs more shovels (to deal with AI)
- Bestselling nonfiction author Steven Johnson on employing AI as research assistant on steriods - The Verge
- Odds on an AI writing a bestselling book
- Fewer booksellers at Apple Books
- A leaner, meaner penguin* in the Penguin Random House logo (or, the slimming power of a strong vertical line)?
- Gen Z's eReader moment
Books mentioned:
- By Stephen Johnson: The Ghost Map, Where Good Ideas Come From
- Naked Came the Stranger by Penelope Ashe (aka. Mike McGrady "and two dozen of his colleagues")
*This conversation contains a brief digression into off-label use of Ozempic. Please listen with care.
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