In the post-COVID era, working from home has become the norm for many of those in the publishing industry, from editors to reviewers. Working from a home office has, however, always been especially commonplace for authors, particularly those working in the freelance...
On September 27, 2025, I attended the Tor Talks: A Sci-Fi/Fantasy Sampler panel at the Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The panel was moderated by Bookmarks Board Member Jamie Wallis, and it featured authors Maddie Martinez,...
A book proposal is a document that comprehensively lays out a book idea for prospective publishers, thus acting as a business plan for the pitched book. Many non-fiction authors believe the myth that their book proposal must be perfect in order for their manuscript to...
Artificial Intelligence represents computational systems’ capability to execute tasks usually associated with human intelligence. Generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) is a form of artificial intelligence that learns from existing data to generate new,...
The use of AI in scholarly publishing has come a long way from spellcheckers or plagiarism detectors. AI is now helping editors find reviewers, summarizing submissions, and even drafting review comments. In some conferences and journals, AI-generated feedback is...
