“We want to trust authors”: Local publishers on “Shy Girl” implications
Wednesday, 1 April 2026 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
“It really is a case of ‘there but for the grace of God go I’.” This was the response of one editor at a Big Five publishing house to the cancelled publication of Mia Ballard’s novel Shy Girl, capturing an industry-wide sense of helplessness in the face of generative AI developments....
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