How Printing Was Revolutionized By Cake. Sort Of.
Discover the flong: a papier-mâché mold that revolutionized 19th-century printing, blending ingenious tech with a dash of pastry-inspired charm.
Guest Post — Manifesto Time: Do You Need a Publishing Manifesto?
Does your publishing organization need a manifesto? Writing a manifesto for your organization can be a great exercise for team building and planning, and a way to ignite action.
Guest Post — If a Tree Falls with Nobody Around to Record its Exact Location, Was it Even Compliant?
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) could make millions of books illegal in Europe, forcing publishers to pulp stock and raising costs for readers. What changes should publishers be asking the EU to make before the regulation comes in?
Guest Post — Building Sustainable Infrastructure for OA Book Metrics
Today’s guest author offers a progress report on recent efforts to build open-source technology for open access book metrics.
Guest Post — What is the Current State of Academic e-book Business Models?
A new report from Ithaka S+R assesses the current state of scholarly monograph publishing in humanities and social sciences disciplines in order to understand how current business models are functioning for their consumer base, namely libraries and authors.
Guest Post — Who Controls Knowledge in the Age of AI? Part 1
The MIT Press surveyed book authors on attitudes towards LLM training practices. In Part 1 of this 2 part post, we discuss the results: authors are not opposed to generative AI per se, but they are strongly opposed to unregulated, extractive practices and worry about the long-term impacts of unbridled generative AI development on the scholarly and scientific enterprise.
Guest Post — Well-meant Is Not Well-done: A Reply to “European Accessibility Act: Navigating the Challenges of EAA Compliance”
While large international players showcase well-resourced compliance roadmaps toward accessibility compliance, many in the European publishing landscape are facing a more sobering reality: legal ambiguities, economic limits, and structural mismatches between regulatory goals and scholarly publishing practices.
Ask The Chefs — New Court Decisions Issued in Cases Addressing AI Training and Copyright
We asked the Chefs for their thoughts on two important court decisions on the legality of using copyrighted materials for AI training.
Ask The Fellows: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting?
The 2025 SSP Fellows reflect on their experiences at the Annual Meeting in Baltimore.
The Devil is in the Details, Specifically, Titivillus, the “Medieval Demon of Typos”
Have you been visited by Titivillus, the demon of typographical errors?
Guest Post — European Accessibility Act: Navigating the Challenges of EAA Compliance
The deadline for the European Accessibility Act compliance is rapidly approaching. Here we discuss the challenges scholarly organizations face in achieving EAA compliance — and the strategies they’re implementing to address them.
Guest Post — Trust and Transparency in Open Access Book Publishing : Part 2
How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 2 of 2.
Guest Post — Trust and Transparency in Open Access Book Publishing: Part 1
How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 1 of 2.
Guest Post — How Libraries and Scholarly Publishers Can Work Together Toward Born-accessible Publishing
Libraries and publishers can work together to improve the availability of accessible published content for people with disabilities. Here we present recommendations to support the cross-sector collaboration necessary to improve the accessibility of content in our communities.
A Second Digital Transformation for Scholarly Monographs?
Today, Roger Schonfeld examines several key drivers transforming the monographs marketplace and reflects on strategic opportunities ahead.