Hacker News with Generative AI: Publishing

Getting a paper accepted (maxwellforbes.com)
In 2019, I submitted a paper that was rejected with review scores 2.5, 3, 3. One week later, I resubmitted it with minor changes, and it was accepted with scores 4, 4.5, 4.5.01 For context, that’s an almost unspeakably dramatic jump in scores, from “middling reject” to “strong accept.”

Academia, Publishing, Research

211 points by stefanpie 2 days ago | 124 comments

Google rejected giving publishers more choice to opt out of AI Search (theverge.com)
Google didn’t want to give publishers the choice to keep their content out of AI Search results because it’s “evolving into a space for monetisation.”

Google, Search Engines, AI, Publishing, Monetization

12 points by microflash 2 days ago | 0 comments

MIT Committee Report on the Changing Nature of Information (1983) [pdf] (archive.org)
Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books.

Information, Academia, Publishing, Archives

31 points by iloveburritos89 26 days ago | 5 comments

I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time (samj.substack.com)
In 2003, I wrote a book called Crap Towns. It seemed funny at the time. But plenty of people say it would not be possible to publish it today. Is that a problem?

Humor, Censorship, Publishing, Books

395 points by url 28 days ago | 314 comments

ePub 3.3 Recommendations (w3.org)
The Publishing Maintenance Working Group (PMWG) is pleased to announce the final update of the W3C Recommendation for EPUB® 3.3.

Publishing, Standards, EPUB, W3C, Open Source

8 points by pentagrama 30 days ago | 0 comments

Nobody Wanted to Publish Frank Herbert's Dune Except a Car Repair Manual Company (jalopnik.com)
In case you've recently returned from years of self-exile, or awoken from a decades-long breakdance-related coma: Welcome! The year is 2021, and just last week visionary director Denis Villeneuve released his take on Frank Herbert's classic novel Dune. While Dune the movie is the absolute center of the current zeitgeist, we're here to talk about Dune the book — and its interesting ties to automotive history.

Dune, Books, Publishing, History, Automotive

7 points by voxadam 31 days ago | 0 comments

The Value of Differences: Jennifer Lindsay on Noticing Translation (sydneyreviewofbooks.com)
International literary prizes and book reviews are increasingly acknowledging the importance of translated work. However, as Jennifer Lindsay argues, while translators themselves are receiving acclaim, their art remains largely underappreciated.

Translation, Literature, Publishing, Awards

31 points by Thevet 32 days ago | 26 comments

Inside ArXiv (wired.com)
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” With a sly grin that I’d soon come to recognize, Paul Ginsparg quoted Michael Corleone from The Godfather.

Science, Research, Open Access, Publishing

167 points by fprog 34 days ago | 29 comments

METS, the Middle English Texts Series (metseditions.org)
Due to the recent termination of almost all NEH grants, METS needs your support today!

History, Humanities, Fundraising, Publishing, Middle English

62 points by lordleft 38 days ago | 14 comments

Audiobooks vs. Printed Books: a debate as a reader and an author (newsandreviews.substack.com)
On Monday morning this week I started a dot point list of notes I wanted to hit in this week’s bad review, then I looked up and it was lunchtime and I was 1200 words into something much, much bigger.

Audiobooks, Reading, Writing, Publishing

32 points by zeristor 41 days ago | 68 comments

Thank HN: The puzzle game I posted here 6 weeks ago got licensed by The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)

Puzzle Games, Online Communities, Success Stories, Publishing

981 points by brgross 45 days ago | 169 comments

Publishers say traffic to their sites has plummeted due to Google AI Overviews (bloomberg.com)
In the absence of clear answers from Google, creators have struggled to discern how much of their pain is due to AI Overviews or due to other changes in search.

Google Search, AI, Publishing, Traffic, News

19 points by coloneltcb 46 days ago | 7 comments

Lapham's Quarterly Announces New Stewardship (laphamsquarterly.org)
Lapham’s Quarterly, the celebrated journal of history and ideas founded by the late editor and journalist Lewis H. Lapham, will relaunch under the stewardship of Bard College and its Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities in 2025.

Journalism, History, Humanities, Publishing

45 points by benbreen 54 days ago | 6 comments

Publishers trial paying peer reviewers – what did they find? (nature.com)
Trials suggest that offering payment can increase the chance of a researcher agreeing to review, and in some cases speed up the process.

Publishing, Research, Peer Review, Incentives

31 points by xqcgrek2 55 days ago | 27 comments

Paged Out #6 [pdf] (pagedout.institute)
Almost exactly three years have passed since the last update, and nearly four since the last issue being published. So, what happened? And is this blog entry a glimpse of hope for Issue #3 ever appearing? Or is this just a final entry to sum up the project and officially shut it down?

Publishing, Blogs, Long-form Content, Online Communities

306 points by pcfwik 55 days ago | 53 comments

Published doesn't mean paid (ghost.io)
I want to talk about money.

Publishing, Finance, Freelancing

54 points by Anon84 55 days ago | 68 comments

Updated W3C Recommendation: ePub 3.3 (w3.org)
The Publishing Maintenance Working Group has published an updated EPUB 3.3 Recommendation. EPUB® 3 defines a distribution and interchange format for digital publications and documents.

Publishing, Web Standards, Digital Publishing, ePUB

4 points by Kerrick 57 days ago | 0 comments

Inside arXiv–The Most Transformative Platform in All of Science (wired.com)
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” With a sly grin that I’d soon come to recognize, Paul Ginsparg quoted Michael Corleone from The Godfather. Ginsparg, a physics professor at Cornell University and a certified MacArthur genius, may have little in common with Al Pacino’s mafia don, but both are united by the feeling that they were denied a graceful exit from what they’ve built.

Science, Academia, Publishing, Research, AI

92 points by fprog 57 days ago | 2 comments

$160 book by Springer about Advanced Nanovaccines Contains AI generated text (mastodon.social)

AI, Science, Publishing, Vaccines

19 points by croes 60 days ago | 4 comments

Lapham's Quarterly Announces New Stewardship (laphamsquarterly.org)
Lapham’s Quarterly, the celebrated journal of history and ideas founded by the late editor and journalist Lewis H. Lapham, will relaunch under the stewardship of Bard College and its Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities in 2025.

Journalism, History, Publishing, Education, Non-profit

11 points by janandonly 61 days ago | 0 comments

A note on LibGen and the unauthorized use of our authors' work (mitpress.mit.edu)
Anyone following the conversation around AI and large language models (LLMs) will find Alex Reisner’s article “The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem,” published yesterday in The Atlantic, eye-opening.

Copyright, Generative AI, Publishing

5 points by gnabgib 61 days ago | 0 comments

The Vanishing Male Writer (marginalrevolution.com)
It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list.

Literature, Gender, Social Issues, Publishing, Demographics

7 points by delichon 61 days ago | 0 comments

Meta pirated at least 101 of my books, and others (garymarcus.substack.com)
Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others

Copyright Infringement, Meta, Publishing, Books, Articles

50 points by tu7001 62 days ago | 55 comments

The Vanishing White Male Writer (compactmag.com)
It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list. In 2012 the Times included seven white American men under the age of 43 (the cut-off for a millennial today); in 2013 there were six, in 2014 there were six.

Literature, Demographics, Culture, Publishing

13 points by mudil 63 days ago | 5 comments

A Tiny Press Took a Big Risk on Experimental Books. It Paid Off (nytimes.com)
The British publisher Tilted Axis specialized in innovative translated literature. It won them major awards. Now they’re coming to the U.S.

Publishing, Literature, Translation, Business

13 points by rguiscard 66 days ago | 2 comments

Data Becker (wikipedia.org)
Data Becker GmbH & Co. KG was a German publisher of computer books and a company for software and computer accessories based in Düsseldorf. The company ceased operations in March 2014.

German Companies, Software, History, Publishing, Technology

8 points by doener 66 days ago | 8 comments

Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee's Scathing Memoir (nytimes.com)
Meta won a legal victory on Wednesday against a former employee who published an explosive, tell-all memoir, as an arbitrator temporarily prohibited the author from promoting or further distributing copies.

Meta, Law, Books, Publishing, Employees

17 points by iancmceachern 70 days ago | 1 comments

Meta puts stop on promotion of tell-all book by former employee (theguardian.com)
Meta on Wednesday won an emergency arbitration ruling to temporarily stop promotion of the tell-all book Careless People by a former employee, according to a copy of the ruling published by the social media company.

Meta, Social Media, Lawsuits, Publishing

12 points by newaccountlol 71 days ago | 0 comments

Meta is trying to block ex-employee's book alleging misconduct and harassment (theverge.com)
An arbitrator has instructed the book’s author and its publishers to stop publishing the book, though it’s unclear how much authority the arbitrator has to do so.