What is behind the “good guy” trend in romance novels? We’ll tell you who Fabio blamed on Fox News. Yes. Fabio. On Fox News.
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This week’s sources:
• Fabio goes on Fox News to rant about healthy relationships in modern romance. Guess what, blame Biden! https://themessenger.com/entertainment/fabio-the-book-cover-italian-stallion-thinks-the-publishing-industrys-portrayal-of-masculinity-is-hogwash-he-couldnt-be-more-wrong
• Unexpected uses for AI: cutting through people’s biases: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/books/old-books-out-of-print-open-road.html
• Totally expected uses for AI: Creating fraudulent books: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/09/amazon-removes-books-generated-by-ai-for-sale-under-authors-name
• This year’s Digital News Report had some interesting insights: https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/5-publisher-insights-from-the-reuters-digital-news-report-2023/
• Celebrating marginalized peoples in publishing: Congrats to all our comic faves! https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/92839-beaton-liu-takeda-win-graphic-novel-eisners.html
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