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Questions Authors Should Ask Themselves Before Using AI for Alt Text
In the writing, editing, and publishing industry, AI is here to stay, across all aspects of the business. And alt text—that is, a brief text description designed to replace an image in the electronic version of an article—isn’t going anywhere either. AI is a...
Understanding Alt Text: Emerging Challenges and Best‑Practice Guidelines (Part II)
One of the biggest hot topics in publishing right now is the use of alt text—that is, brief descriptions of an image in an electronic article. The first installment of this two-part series discusses the potential benefits that come with the use of alt text. These...
Understanding Alt Text: Key Advantages for Accessibility and SEO (Part I)
A generation ago, the term “alt text” probably would have been unknown to many in the publishing field. But today, the topic is essential—and hot. Alt text, in its most basic terms, refers to a brief description designed to replace an image, usually in the web form...
Sensitivity Readers: An Important Step in Promoting Diversity?
Representation matters. This isn’t a debate. It’s factual statement that reverberates through any artistic medium, especially literature. When a reader sees a character like them in a story, it can awaken new possibilities in them, especially young readers from...
How Authors Become Influencers: Strategies to Build an Engaged Reader Community
The dictionary definition of influencer is simply “a person or thing that influences another.” However, in today’s online world, influencer refers to “a person who has become well known through regular social media posts and is able to promote a product or...
Why The Grant Writing Guide Is Essential Reading for New Scholars
It’s easier to get started on a project with a good start on getting started. Getting one foot in the door is crucial for anyone trying to make it into the guarded world of academia, a world historically shaped by exclusivity and discrimination, and grants are that...
When Is It Time to Hire an Editor? What Indie Authors Need to Know
As an author, making the decision to self-publish a book is a huge commitment, both in terms of time and resources. But making the decision to hire an editor for that project can be at least as big a commitment—maybe even more so. Although authors might need less...
Lit RPG: Is It the Next Big Genre in Fiction?
Merriam-Webster defines role-playing game as “an adventure game in which players advance through a series of battles or quests to gain experience, strength, and skill as part of a progressive narrative arc usually depicting the hero’s journey.” Lit RPG is short for...
Book Review: Hungry Authors: The Indispensable Guide to Planning, Writing, and Publishing a Nonfiction Book
Nonfiction can take many forms, and forming nonfiction needs the right guide. If writing and finishing fiction is difficult, then writing nonfiction seems to be an even steeper uphill battle: the right topic that will engage readers, the necessary research and...
Why Publishing Still Needs Humans: The Limits of AI in 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) has seemingly infiltrated many industries across the workplace, and publishing is no exception. From plagiarism checkers to reviewers using AI tools to double check the validity of manuscript data, AI has made its way into the arena,...
