What Is Peer Review, and Why Does It Matter?

What Is Peer Review, and Why Does It Matter?

In its simplest terms, peer review is the process by which subject matter experts critique scholarly work—whether an article or book chapter—to assist the editor in determining whether it merits publication. But the benefits of peer review go far beyond this. They...
The Unseen Biases of AI Text Detection Software

The Unseen Biases of AI Text Detection Software

AI has revolutionized countless industries, from healthcare to finance to education to the publishing industry. Among the latest applications is AI text detection software, which aims to determine whether a given piece of text was written by a human or generated by an...
The Three Myths of Book Banning

The Three Myths of Book Banning

Despite the growing number of books being challenged and banned, most people in the USA don’t believe in banning books. The people banning books are a minority, and often it’s the same people over and over again. In one analysis by the Washington Post, 11 people were...
The Happy Writer by Marissa Meyer: Book Review

The Happy Writer by Marissa Meyer: Book Review

Mixing business, personal or professional, with pleasure has never been so easy. Writing is to some degree associated with stress, especially for those who consider it to be just the same as any “regular” job: demanding, with no guarantee of success, a struggle with...
Crossing the Amazon: Understanding Its Influence on the Book World

Crossing the Amazon: Understanding Its Influence on the Book World

Buyer be aware of how Amazon operates with readers. It’s easy to forget, or even be entirely ignorant of, the fact that the great online marketplace that is Amazon began as an online bookseller in 1995. But even though it has spread its trades into a multitude of...