10+ min ago   (736+ words) How we chunk long-form content and maintain translation quality with Claude API When we launched LectuLibre, our AI-powered book translation platform, we thought the hard part would be fine-tuning translation quality. It turned out the real engineering challenge was more…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago   (684+ words) The University of Iowa attracts many people who want to become successful writers, but for Ashlyn Solinsky, it was a place to take her success to the next level. Solinsky, a third-year undergraduate student majoring in English and creative writing…...

4+ hour ago   (304+ words) Start a creative side hustle with this AI-powered book creator. As an entrepreneur, you’re always looking for a good revenue stream. If you’ve been contemplating starting a new side hustle, let IllustratorMagic help you create completed children’s content with just…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (349+ words) There's a pretend country called Bookland. If you're an avid reader, there's a good chance that you have a book on your shelf that has been labeled as being from this pretend land. Bookland was created to serve as a…...

10+ hour, 42+ min ago   (90+ words) My latest typewriter interviews are with two cartoonists — one is a fully-drawn and pithy eye feast from Adam Koford, and the other a surprisingly wordy meal from Kevin Huizenga: Austin Kleon is a writer who draws. He’s the bestselling author…...

6+ hour, 56+ min ago   (306+ words) Posted September 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Seligman’s latest book, Agency: The Psychological History of Human Progress, offers readers an in-depth look into the role agency has played in the advancement of humanity over the course of history, and how we…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (392+ words) “Yeah, during the pandemic, my wife recreated a Starbucks in our house.” “Well, my wife is an author, and she used to do all of her writing at Starbucks because, as you know, in a house with 2 small kids, it’s…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago   (140+ words) Here’s a discussion between Dr. Luján Comas and neurosurgeon Michael Egnor, dubbed for Spanish speakers, in conjunction with the translation of The Immortal Mind: (2025) into Spanish — La mente inmortal (2026). A special feature of the Spanish translation is an introduction by…...

11+ hour, 43+ min ago   (162+ words) For me though, good writing prompts can often be a gateway. They can put the tire on the tracks rather than sitting at the table endlessly looking at maps and possibilities. They are also a bit like a meal: if…...

9+ hour, 4+ min ago   (217+ words) We’ve been writing about AI companies buying rare books and destroying them in order to keep feeding more information to the AI chatbots. We learned a new word for it too, destructive scanning. At the The Guardian, last month, Kathryn…...