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The Devil offered to promote my book | AI in publishing gets weird
Lucy Sinclair, character from Prose & Cons by E. E. Lawson. Art by @bond.sash There is a particular kind of irony in writing a novel about an author being manipulated by algorithms, artificial intelligence, and the Devil–and then attempting to market that novel on the internet. I'm beginning to think Prose & Cons may be conducting its own publicity campaign. Let me explain. When I published my first novel, I discovered a very strange corner of the internet. Authors probably k

E. E. Lawson
Aug 184 min read


The Scam was Fake. The Book Alaysis Wasn't | Publishing Scam Email Warning for Writers
A publishing scam email analyzed my novel so accurately it almost impressed me. A warning for writers about increasingly sophisticated fake publisher emails.

E. E. Lawson
May 153 min read
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