Burnaby, B.C., writer Logan Macnair’s new novel is a scabrous and frightening satire about far-right radicalization online
Troll is not a book liable to find a wide mainstream audience.
AI will revolutionize publishing, but not in the ways people think, says Thad McIlroy. That’s still not a good thing
Bleeding the humanity out of one of the most humanist endeavours remaining in our capitalist system – all in the name of soulless efficiency – is abhorrent.
Large-scale layoffs at Amazon include staff in the books division, says CEO
If Amazon is cutting back on its orders, that is sure to cause headaches for publishers entering the all-important holiday selling season.
Haters gonna hate: Elon Musk completes Twitter acquisition amid concerns about unfettered hate speech proliferating on social media platform
It's too early to determine what exactly Musk will do with the platform, though early signs are not encouraging.
In The Chaos Machine, Max Fisher identifies the social media algorithms that are causing our societies to crumble
There are no good solutions to the problems Fisher isolates in his book, but this frightening text highlights the importance of confronting these issues regardless.
“The grab continues”: TWUC joins the U.S. Authors Guild and other international organizations in filing an amicus brief in the lawsuit against the Internet Archive’s Open Library initiative
"IA is trying to paint this lawsuit as giant corporations (publishers) going after the little guy, but we see it as the opposite."
Putting the verse in metaverse: George Murray gets social with a private online network for poets
The new members-only social-media site aims to replicate the café or salon in a virtual environment.
Sam Hiyate and the Rights Factory launch a new podcast, Agent Provocateur
As the name suggests, Agent Provocateur is a podcast that is not afraid of taking a stance, though Hiyate also says he wants to spotlight all sides of an issue.
“Literally, we just started Googling”: Shelley Youngblut on Calgary Wordfest’s new online streaming service, Imagine on Air
The Calgary literary festival’s streaming service is one part of an ecosystem that will include online content and live events.
U.S. publishers file lawsuit against Internet Archive alleging breach of copyright
The publishers’ suit argues that the Internet Archive is engaging in wholesale piracy by offering users free access to in-copyright books.