Inside AI: Tools and opportunities to chart the future of publishing with Sebastian Mayeres and Thad McIlroy

The BookMachine Podcast: Conversations in Publishing

Will AI only cause disruption to the publishing industry or can it be used as a tool to empower and pilot our way through increasingly complex markets? In Episode 17 of The BookMachine Podcast, we’re thrilled to speak to leading digital publishing analyst Thad McIlroy and publishing software expert Sebastian Mayeres about how they see AI impacting on publishing processes, jobs and sales. They discuss where exactly the greatest opportunities lie to integrate AI tools, how to address concerns around AI's use (and abuse) as well as what the risks are of getting left behind.
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Show Notes
Thad McIlroy is a digital publishing analyst and author based in San Francisco. His site, The Future of Publishing, provides in-depth coverage of book publishing industry trends, currently focusing on the intersection of AI with book authoring and publishing. His latest book is The AI Revolution in Book Publishing: A Concise Guide to Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Writers and Publishers. A well-established expert in the technology and marketing issues surrounding digital publishing, he has authored a dozen other books and over 400 articles. McIlroy is also a partner in Publishing Technology Partners, and a contributing editor to Publishers Weekly covering publishing innovation, startups and artificial intelligence.
Thad’s new book, The AI Revolution in Publishing: https://leanpub.com/ai-revolution-in-book-publishing
Sebastian Mayeres is Chief Executive Office at knk and is a tech enthusiast in love with the publishing and media industries, having worked in that field for almost his entire work life. After starting out as a developer for publishing software, Sebastian has led various implementation projects across the globe, all within the publishing industry. He has been managing the US arm of knk Group for the past five years. Sebastian loves embracing new technology and making it useful in real-life environments. He explains, “Often technology is confusing for the ones who are not too familiar with it. I try to bridge the gap by translating between those two worlds to make technology tangible.”
AI White Paper by knk: https://www.knkpublishingsoftware.com/white-paper-ai/
Sites mentioned in the Podcast

• https://perplexity.ai
• https://you.com

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