73% of those surveyed in this Publishers Weekly report said their company uses AI in some fashion; 77% said they personally have a negative view of AI. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

The 2026 PW Salary & Jobs Report

The 886 people who responded to this year’s survey reported a modest 3% pay raise and increased concerns about the impact of AI on their jobs and publishing in general. still, overall job satisfaction...

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plus a lot of indies have relationships with their local authors such that you can order signed & personalized copies of their books! christmas is not a competition but you CAN win it

R. O. Kwon 권오경@rokwon.bsky.social · 24h ago

your annual reminder that, every year, bookstores make a third or more of their money between now & New Year’s ☺️ meanwhile, Amazon supports & abets ICE most bookstores ship nationwide. A lot of them also have stores on bookshop.org

Academics, here’s an opportunity for funding to study religuous “dones” and the “religious but not spiritual” phenomenon, and to work with some great folks at St Andrews. Info here: godless-religion.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

As #UPWeek begins, I’m excited to see A Woman’s Place Is in the Story by @sandraglahn.bsky.social included in the @aupresses.bsky.social gallery under Religious Studies. Another phenomenal book I loved working on! upweek.up.hcommons.org/celebrate/un...

I’m beyond thrilled to see this interview with @nijaykgupta.bsky.social in the @publisherswkly.bsky.social AAR/SBL supplement about the forthcoming title God Spoke Through Her! @ivpacademic.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

AAR/SBL 2026: Nijay Gupta Is Calling for Equality

The New Testament scholar says if women could lead in biblical times, they can lead a church today

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One of the weird things about having left my career in academic publishing two months ago is seeing many of the reviews and interviews I pitched for UP Week and AAR/SBL coming through now, and I’m thrilled to see these wonderful books earning media coverage.

Been out of publishing for two months so naturally I’m at a book festival. It was great to hear from Malcolm Guite this morning, and I especially enjoyed his references to his work on Coleridge which I read back in 2018.

Anyway, hire more religion reporters, you cowards.

Extortion is definitely the sign of a company confident in its product

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 7d ago

Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...

Found a Brooklyn Nine Nine marathon on the tv tonight in the Netherlands, but it’s not the Halloween heist episodes!

Had my first experience with the NHS today at a dental appointment. The receptionist was very apologetic that because I’m over the age of 26 my x-rays wouldn’t be free. They were £12! I love Scotland.

Attack of the Clones was the first Star Wars I saw in theaters, so I have a weird affection for it, but even as a fourth grader I did not think it was a good movie.

Zaki Hasan@zakiscorner.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is objectively, verifiably untrue.

We've got a winner! 🏆 Dr Suzanna Millar was one of five receipients of the 2026 Philip Leverhulme prizes in Philosophy and Theology. This was awarded by the Leverhulme Trust to Dr Millar on account of her work on the Hebrew Bible. Read the full story online now 📰👇 edin.ac/4zfyyTu

“what if ai cures cancer??” what if you gave $175 billion to medical researchers? (that’s an estimate i saw today for microsoft’s annual AI infrastructure spend)

AI also can’t solve the problem of publishers being understaffed and underresourced (and staff being underpaid). To me, the publishing industry’s embrace of AI is another way of systemically devaluing the work of staff on the lower half of the organizational chart.

Celeste Ng@pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 2w ago

One thing that strikes me about this and other such articles: the number of companies *requiring* their staff to use AI tools even when staff find those tools are not helpful. If you have to force your staff to use the tool, maybe rethink why you need them to use it? 🤔

“No doubt, Karl Barth would today be greatly concerned by the present atmosphere in Washington, in which politicians and clergy regularly imbue the government’s wars with divine purpose.” – Daniel E. Zoughbie www.christiancentury.org/features/bar...

Barth’s refusal

When the intelligentsia attempted to enthrone German culture as divine, he would not join...

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The book I’m currently reading for my research has a footnote that is a page and a half long!!

I am grateful to @ruthgraham.bsky.social for her reporting on this. My years in Christian publishing meant I worked with many great people on staff at CT who left, were forced out, or laid off in recent years, and it seemed like CT was making intentional shifts to appeal to the Christian right.

Ruth Graham@ruthgraham.bsky.social · 3w ago

Christianity Today has seen about half its staff quit or laid off in the last 14 months. Former employees told me that new business leaders have intervened in editorial decisions and are effectively abandoning the outlet's commitment to independent journalism. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

reminder that trump and elon musk love taking credit for things they had nothing to do with it is more instructive to focus on what they deny being involved in

Praying for Pope Leo as he recovers from a lobectomy. It’s worth mentioning that for non-smokers, lung cancer is often found while checking for another condition. Even with a family history of cancer, it is incredibly difficult in the US to get lung cancer screening as a non-smoker.

NPR@npr.org · 4w ago

Pope Leo XIV had surgery on Tuesday to remove a cancerous growth in his lung, the Vatican announced.

Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>

Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play

The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028.

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Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq

The Odyssey (Nolan’s Version) managed to lock into my brain the phrase “our age of bronze is collapsing,” so now every time I read about the Bronze Age, I picture Matt Damon.

We've had an absolute blast during Welcome Week 🤩 It's been wonderful to meet all of our new students and see them acclimating into the school alongside our returning students! What's been your favourite part of the week? 🤔

I’m so sad this collection launched right after I moved to Scotland, but I did spot another Stars fan at the gym this week

Chicago Stars FC@chicagostars.com · 2mo ago

Your Chicago hat collection wants an upgrade. 🧢 All four Alice & Wonder x Chicago Stars hats + 3 FREE patches will be available at our match, this Sunday, with on-site heat pressing! Once they’re gone, they’re gone. 🎟️ tr.ee/sufJrvSyAv 📸 Featuring Monochrome, Level Sporting & Soccer House!

I'm delighted to share that I have accepted an offer to study at the @uoedivinity.bsky.social in the PhD in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies program. I am so excited to start my studies, but this means my time with @ivpacademic.bsky.social will come to an end on September 1.

With how this summer is going, it’s probably worth asking if the shrimp are still radioactive? *I don’t believe Red Lobster was one of the places with radioactive shrimp, but we can’t be too careful these days.

The Dallas Morning News@dallasnews.com · 3mo ago

If you’re one of those people who thinks there’s no such thing as too much shrimp, Red Lobster once again has a promotion for you and your shrimp lover friends. bit.ly/4ijhjuC

so i definitely thought "our age of bronze is collapsing" was a "morbin time" type situation and gasped aloud in the theater

Christian Theology Meets Pop Culture in New IVP Academic Series @publisherswkly.bsky.social @ivpacademic.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Christian Theology Meets Pop Culture in New IVP Series

The latest InterVarsity Press line looks for God in horror, anime, and more. The aim is show how “Christian faith can be made better or deepened by engagement with popular culture,” says acquiring edi...

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New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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