Hachette Pulls Mia Ballard's Shy Girl. Is AI Doomed, or are Human Writers?
Last week, Hachette made an unprecedented move for a Big Five publisher, cancelling the US release of Mia Ballard's Shy Girl and pulling the UK edition over allegations of heavy AI assistance in the creation of the text. The author and publisher, in the midst of what's sure to be an illuminating legal battle, are being cagey about details, but online comments indicate that large portions of the book are "unreadable," "AI slop," and "make no sense."
Mar 201 min read
The Book Behind Marc Andreessen's "Zero Introspection" Trend
In this podcast, we examine the thought process behind the viral hit Meow: A Novel, which is surprisingly close to Andreessen’s own.
Mar 181 min read
Wuthering Heights (For the Feline Reader) - the "Meow" adaptation of the Brönte classic - now available wholesale to booksellers
Booksellers can now stock up on The Meow Library's Wuthering Heights: 350+ pages of "meow," and nothing but "meow."
Mar 161 min read
Writers Debate: Must You Read Novels to Write Them?
Debate rages across Twitter as professor and novelist Aaron Gwyn insists that his college-level fiction writing students can't name a single novelist, living or dead. Can you say literacy crisis?
Feb 241 min read
