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Exclusive: Spines, a 'hybrid publisher,' raises $64 million in funding for book publishing platform powered by AI agents
Spines, a startup that uses AI to help authors publish their books, including using AI agents to edit manuscripts, design covers, translate text, market the published book, and manage their social media campaigns, has secured $64 million in new…
Publishers Quarterly: Sony Music Publishing Makes History Again in Q3
This year, Sony Music Publishing keeps topping its own record-breaking performances as measured by Billboard 's 20-year-long history of ranking music publishers by market share for hit songs. After scoring the highest-ever market share for the Hot…
Spines secures $64M to rewrite the rules of book publishing
Writing a book can take years. Getting it published can take nearly as long. And even after a manuscript becomes a finished book, there's no guarantee anyone will read it. For Boynton Beach-based Spines, that gap between writing a book and finding…
UK Regulator Publishes Martyn's Law Tools Ahead of Expected Spring 2027 Start
The United Kingdom's Security Industry Authority (SIA) has issued two planning resources for premises preparing for Martyn's Law as it tests inspections and a digital service ahead of requirements expected to take effect in spring 2027. One…
Israeli AI publishing co Spines raises $64m
Zeev Ventures, the Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded by Israeli investor Oren Zeev, is leading another multi-million dollar investment round in Spines, a digital publishing company. Spines is now raising $29 million in equity from Zeev…
Luke Dashjr Publishes Nine Coldcard RNG Concerns
His thread cites a July code revision; later firmware adds seed-error checks and a startup test for the hardware random-number generator. His thread cites a July code revision; later firmware adds seed-error checks and a startup test for the…
Jewish and Israeli writers 'excluded from publishing', JPC event hears
Left to right: Lee Child, Carrie Bloxson and Rosie Kay Bestselling writer Lee Child and Hachette Book Group executive Carrie Bloxson have urged publishing professionals to push back on the exclusion of Jewish and Israeli writers from the industry.
DWP 'arbitrary' benefits cuts warning with Milburn Review due to be published
The Department for Work and Pensions has been issued a warning over 'arbritary benefit cuts' in the wake of the Milburn Review, which is due to be published this week. The Trade Union Congress has told the UK that fixing the NEET - not in…
Publisher's Platform: FDA scientists map which Salinas Valley farms sit downstream of the cows
For 20 years I have been saying some version of the same thing about leafy greens and cattle. Water runs downhill. Cows poop. Lettuce grows at the bottom of the hill. Now FDA's own scientists have put real numbers on it, and they deserve credit for…
The sign-in wall: four channels, one login each, zero published
Eleven days into running a store in public, my distribution stack looks like this: ten articles published across DEV and Hashnode, eleven straight days of rising shop views — and four channels I cannot open. Not won't. Cannot. Medium…
Want to move from print publishing to digital editor/comms roles. Worried I don't have the right skills or am I talking myself out of applying for jobs I'll be able to do?
Please or to access all these features Chat with other users about all things related to working life on our Work forum. leopardprintandsunbeams · Today 19:39 Looking for some advice or real-life experiences from anyone who has made the jump…
Progressive Publishing
And how about even more women, but non-leftist women of all races. How about trans novelists but with contrarian takes. How about Black, brown and Asian anti-feminist women. In other words: What I want to do is tear apart the publishing…
The music industry must stop mistaking popularity for influence | Opinion
A song can reach millions of listeners without changing how any of them hears the world. Another may reach a small audience and inspire people to start bands, tell unfamiliar stories, or build a musical community. The music industry needs to…
Millions of dollars poured into prediction markets on election night, trading on Democratic control of Congress and Texas governor's race
Election night showed how traders reacted in real time to midterm results, as activity surged and market prices shifted to Democrats after results from Indiana began rolling in before 7 p.m. on Nov. 3. On election night, at least $1 million was…
Medium's new TK app brings AI assistance directly into the writing process
Online publishing platform Medium on Monday launched a new app, called TK, which aims to bring AI technology deeper into the writing process. The idea behind TK is to make it easier to turn ideas into written words by incorporating an AI assistant…
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