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‘Beowulf is lit AF’ – could ChatGPT really write good book blurbs?

Some in the book industry have already begun exploring automation of its pitches to readers. We took this functionality for a test drive“Blurb writing is a mini art form,” Iris Murdoch once wrote in a letter to former Penguin blurb writer Elizabeth Buchan. And like many other art forms,... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-05-16 09:00:05 UTC ]
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Blink apologises for Alfie app mishap

Publisher Blink has apologised for the cancellation of the Alfie Deyes “Golden Ticket” competition that was intended to run this weekend. The competition was supposed to give 10 Deyes fans the opportunity to meet him by scanning their copies of The Pointless Book 2 with the linked app to see if... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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App glitch hits Deyes promo

A "Golden Ticket" competition launched by Blink and Alfie Deyes on Friday night (8th May) had to be cancelled on Sunday (10th) after a technical problem that informed hundreds of entrants that they had won. Deyes announced the competition on his YouTube channel on Friday evening. Viewers who... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Ultimate Personal Brand-Builder? Your Very Own App

While reading Ryan Holiday's Fast Company story about books being the ultimate new business card, as a published author, I couldn't agree more. However, as Holiday points out, today's authors are in the "idea-making business, not the book business." In other words, writing your own book is just... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'