Craig Silverman

1) The membership of this work group contains no one from commercial publishing, in other words, the group that creates most of what the other groups consume. 2) Contrary to the contention that the comments are "out of scope", legality is an absolutely critical requirement that is in scope by definition. Does the NISO's enabling legislation even allow it to promulgate a standard that is known to be illegal? Todd Carpenter 3) The signatories are a Murderer's Row of organizations representing every aspect of commercial book publishing including agents, authors, and publishers from most parts of the world. In short, it looks to an outsider like the problem is that this group was convened with the wrong charter and the wrong membership. As Ms. Halperin suggests, it's a pity the process was allowed to waste two years of everyone's time.

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Working with Montreal Serai as a co-editor has been an enlightening experience. Our April issue explores what it means to be united at a time when war and genocide ravage our shared space called Earth. This issue considers both human and nonhuman perspectives, doings and dealings to reimagine a geography of coexistence. Shifting our gaze from humans as creatures with singular authority and autonomy to control spaces and places and to use, abuse and represent nonhumans, we invite our readers to take the “nonhuman turn.” https://lnkd.in/etwCkdfN

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I have a review up in the winter edition of Meanjin, of Esther Kinsky's ROMBO, which is an extraordinary book: https://lnkd.in/g5UgCSCs

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Is the US presidential #election season not exciting enough for you? Well, buckle up because there's likely to be some drama around #misinformation in the next 100ish days, particular as #generativeAI will play a somewhat new role in informing voters. Last week, the office of Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon traced the spread of some election-related misinformation—specifically about the status of ballots in 9 states—back to Grok, according to reporting by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The US election falls late in an election-heavy year, which gives #socialmedia platforms + #AI companies time to learn from elections around the world. But some of those teams tasked with election integrity have also been gutted by mass layoffs in tech. Read more in my latest for Fast Company https://lnkd.in/eG4pRi4Y

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This is similar to my own experiences while running the Panorama Project, where some individual publishers — and even more individuals within their organizations — were willing to explore ways to collaborate, but most hid behind trade associations that refuse to seriously engage libraries as valued partners. While CDL has often been misrepresented by publishers and some library-adjacent organizations with their own agendas, it can be a mutually beneficial option in specific instances. That'll never happen as long as publishers' default stance is that libraries are the enemy. Meanwhile, next week, dozens of publishers will be in San Diego declaring their love for libraries, which really just means all the free marketing they provide despite regularly being treated like pirates. #libraries #publishing #ebooks #cmonson

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As an editor and reader, I always look forward to learning what books are crossing the desks, or nightstands, of 𝘝𝘰𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸's editors, and, more important, why. In this edition, they include 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (Paul Krause) and 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘭 (Sarah Tillard). #bkreview

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Research papers have their special challenges, but here are 10 pieces of advice from Edward Sargent, of the University of Toronto, in Cell Press. One of my favorites is to think visually and begin with the figures you have, even if incomplete, to find the narrative structure for the story of your research. #research #journal #editing #writing #scicomm https://lnkd.in/gVTCSbSQ

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In my paper on California's Journalism Preservation Act, I examine the long history of newspapers' hostile reception of new technologies and competitors, from radio to AI. It's quite a tale. Here's that section from the paper: https://lnkd.in/e3mB2B9p

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The tool I use the most when I would otherwise have writer's block is this: I write down everything I DO know about the project or assignment. Sometimes it's little more than my name, the idea or pitch, and maybe placeholders for "hed and dek." It is a super effective trick at getting started when I am stuck. And I have 5 more tricks similar to that one. https://lnkd.in/ePqjJ6Se

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It looks like the federal government’s pay czar is going full monty to explain the plan to reboot the slow train that is the replacement of the Phoenix pay system and its backlog of troubles. Today in The Functionary newsletter, Kathryn May looks at: -- Disrupter in chief: Alex Benay is back. -- Come one, come all: Benay’s very open update on pay this week. -- 80k pay rules: 80k reasons to standardize pay systems. -- For the small wins: “I am afraid of failing big.” -- Transparent IT: “We want it all out there.” -- A lot of time, a lot of clicking: Navigating 90 screens for a $15 overpayment.  -- A central hub: Employees can move but their files stay put. #publicservice

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The Taiwanese model of rebutting fake news and creating counter-narratives is in direct contrast to a more authoritarian response that involves censorship and takedown of content in India. Second, the way in which the response evolved in Taiwan was bottom-up, with a citizen and civil society campaign being adopted and further empowered by the government. These concerted efforts can work only in an environment of high levels of public trust. Moreover, by involving more people it only further reinforces that trust. Amber Sinha via Tech Policy Press https://lnkd.in/ganVMq2Z

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Today's Peak Tech newsletter has some good stuff packed inside: 💰 RBCx gave us a look at early data from what may be the first report analyzing how Canada's venture capitalists have raised their money. It paints a picture of an ecosystem that matured quickly and is currently at the bottom of a boom-bust cycle — but the only way to go is up, right? 💻 Have you experienced consent-shame, click fatigue, or preselection? These are examples of "dark patterns" websites and apps use to manipulate people into signing up for things, buying stuff, or turning over personal information. And so many well-known brands use them that they've started to feel normal. https://lnkd.in/gUw-JUt9

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