Pagecord: Publish your writing effortlessly from your inbox
(github.com/lylo)
Publish your writing effortlessly by sending an email.
Publish your writing effortlessly by sending an email.
More Than Half of All Google Search Takedowns Now Come from Link-Busters
(torrentfreak.com)
Link-Busters is the unofficial DMCA takedown champion of 2024. The anti-piracy outfit works for many of the world's largest publishing companies and is currently flagging the majority of all 'pirate' URLs to Google search; more than two billion in total. Despite this stellar effort, book pirates are chalking up new records too.
Link-Busters is the unofficial DMCA takedown champion of 2024. The anti-piracy outfit works for many of the world's largest publishing companies and is currently flagging the majority of all 'pirate' URLs to Google search; more than two billion in total. Despite this stellar effort, book pirates are chalking up new records too.
Evolution journal (Elsevier) editors resign en masse
(arstechnica.com)
Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier's Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) resigned "with heartfelt sadness and great regret," according to Retraction Watch, which helpfully provided an online PDF of the editors' full statement.
Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier's Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) resigned "with heartfelt sadness and great regret," according to Retraction Watch, which helpfully provided an online PDF of the editors' full statement.
Evolution journal editors resign en masse
(arstechnica.com)
Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier's Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) resigned "with heartfelt sadness and great regret," according to Retraction Watch, which helpfully provided an online PDF of the editors' full statement.
Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier's Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) resigned "with heartfelt sadness and great regret," according to Retraction Watch, which helpfully provided an online PDF of the editors' full statement.
Big five publishers have abandoned literary fiction, putting it on life support
(persuasion.community)
Literary fiction is dead. Or, so we’ve been told. Perhaps we can agree it lies bleeding.
Literary fiction is dead. Or, so we’ve been told. Perhaps we can agree it lies bleeding.
Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes
(retractionwatch.com)
All but one member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), an Elsevier title, have resigned, saying the “sustained actions of Elsevier are fundamentally incompatible with the ethos of the journal and preclude maintaining the quality and integrity fundamental to JHE’s success.”
All but one member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), an Elsevier title, have resigned, saying the “sustained actions of Elsevier are fundamentally incompatible with the ethos of the journal and preclude maintaining the quality and integrity fundamental to JHE’s success.”
Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index
(arstechnica.com)
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals after failing to meet quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch.
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals after failing to meet quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch.
Britannica Didn’t Just Survive. It’s an A.I. Company Now.
(nytimes.com)
For nearly 250 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica was a bookshelf-busting series of gilt-lettered tomes, often purchased to show that its owners cared about knowledge.
For nearly 250 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica was a bookshelf-busting series of gilt-lettered tomes, often purchased to show that its owners cared about knowledge.
Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index
(arstechnica.com)
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals after failing to meet quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch.
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals after failing to meet quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch.
Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index
(arstechnica.com)
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals amid questions about quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch.
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals amid questions about quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch.
Writers condemn startup's plans to publish 8k books next year using AI
(theguardian.com)
Writers and publishers are criticising a startup that plans to publish up to 8,000 books next year using AI.
Writers and publishers are criticising a startup that plans to publish up to 8,000 books next year using AI.
New hijacking scam targets Elsevier, Springer Nature, and other major publishers
(retractionwatch.com)
Until recently, journal hijackers do not appear to have targeted titles from big publishers, in part because their well-known website designs made such clones easy to detect.
Until recently, journal hijackers do not appear to have targeted titles from big publishers, in part because their well-known website designs made such clones easy to detect.
Graphic novelist's Elon Musk book can't find UK or US publisher
(theguardian.com)
A biography by a British graphic novelist of Elon Musk is struggling to find an English-language publisher due to feared “legal consequences”.
A biography by a British graphic novelist of Elon Musk is struggling to find an English-language publisher due to feared “legal consequences”.
New Comic Book: La BD de L'Avent, Le Lombard Publishing
(davidrevoy.com)
A few months ago I wrote a short comic, a four-page one-shot, not about Pepper&Carrot, but about Christmas for Le Lombard publishing.
A few months ago I wrote a short comic, a four-page one-shot, not about Pepper&Carrot, but about Christmas for Le Lombard publishing.
Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses
(nytimes.com)
Arthur Frommer, who expanded the horizons of postwar Americans and virtually invented the low-budget travel industry with his seminal guidebook, “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day: A Guide to Inexpensive Travel,” which introduced millions to an experience once considered the exclusive domain of the wealthy, died on Monday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 95.
Arthur Frommer, who expanded the horizons of postwar Americans and virtually invented the low-budget travel industry with his seminal guidebook, “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day: A Guide to Inexpensive Travel,” which introduced millions to an experience once considered the exclusive domain of the wealthy, died on Monday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 95.
What to Do When Your Hypothesis Is Wrong? Publish
(sciencefriday.com)
But what about the papers with negative results? If you’re a researcher, you know that you’re much more likely to disprove your hypothesis than validate it, but there aren’t a lot of incentives to go out and publish your failed experiments.
But what about the papers with negative results? If you’re a researcher, you know that you’re much more likely to disprove your hypothesis than validate it, but there aren’t a lot of incentives to go out and publish your failed experiments.
Elsevier may wish they had checked the revision a bit more carefully
(nodebb.org)
Elsevier may wish they had checked the revision a bit more carefully.
Elsevier may wish they had checked the revision a bit more carefully.
'It gets more and more confused': can AI replace translators?
(theguardian.com)
A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm
A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm
Ask HN: Where to put a static page that would last forever
(ycombinator.com)
As I get older, I've decided to write physical books. I want something of a legacy for after I leave.
As I get older, I've decided to write physical books. I want something of a legacy for after I leave.
How Google Is Killing Bloggers and Small Publishers – and Why
(justapack.com)
A couple of weeks ago, in a moment of caffeinated inspiration/despair, I sat down and wrote a long Facebook post as to why we were ditching Google and switching to DuckDuckGo. Today I want to dive even deeper into this topic, and give you a first-hand account of how Google is killing hundreds of thousands of blogs and small publishers.
A couple of weeks ago, in a moment of caffeinated inspiration/despair, I sat down and wrote a long Facebook post as to why we were ditching Google and switching to DuckDuckGo. Today I want to dive even deeper into this topic, and give you a first-hand account of how Google is killing hundreds of thousands of blogs and small publishers.
Democratising Publishing
(onolan.org)
Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license.
Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license.
Democratising publishing
(onolan.org)
Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license.
Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license.
Pollen: A publishing system written in Racket
(racket-lang.org)
Pollen is a publishing system that helps authors make functional and beautiful digital books.
Pollen is a publishing system that helps authors make functional and beautiful digital books.
Paper mills: the 'cartel-like' companies behind fraudulent scientific journals
(theconversation.com)
Science and Nature, two leading science journals, have revealed a growing problem: an alarming rise in fraudulent research papers produced by shady paper mill companies.
Science and Nature, two leading science journals, have revealed a growing problem: an alarming rise in fraudulent research papers produced by shady paper mill companies.
The Tragedy of Google Books (2017)
(theatlantic.com)
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
The Journal of Open Source Software
(theoj.org)
The Journal of Open Source Software is a developer friendly, open access journal for research software packages.
The Journal of Open Source Software is a developer friendly, open access journal for research software packages.