An online course and live seminar series for leaders working in the international book business
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Course description
Whether one likes it or not, AI is here to stay. The goal of this series is to provide a foundation for understanding the technology in general as well as its specific use cases in publishing – both the pitfalls and the opportunities. Each week, experts from the international publishing industry will guide you through the nuances of how artificial intelligence has been used in publishing in the past and how it’s currently in play in all areas of publishing: trade, educational, academic, and professional.
The live guest speaker program, presented on Zoom with recordings available, is designed to provide attendees with the basic understanding of the technology as well as illustrate the challenges, risks, and protections that the industry, organizations, and individuals are experiencing today. You’ll gain practical experience with tools and concepts relevant to working in publishing, and you'll come away with a framework to help develop policies around the use of AI for your organization or team.
This course will help you:
Build foundational knowledge of current AI use cases in publishing
Arm yourself and your organization with proper security protections related to AI
Develop appropriate use cases for AI in your workflow
Create a thoughtful AI policy framework for your organization or team
Online classroom includes:
Access to live guest speaker sessions
Recordings of live sessions
Self-paced assignments to practice what you learn
An AI policy framework you can adapt for your organization
Resources, like videos and reading materials
Opportunity to ask questions in live sessions or in ongoing discussion groups in the online classroom
Live sessions run on Thursday, Jan. 21 - Feb.11, 11 am - 12 pm Eastern Time (4-5 pm GMT). You can join live or watch recordings at your convenience.
Register now for the early bird rate of $299 per person. The early bird discount expires after Dec. 17, 2026. Standard rate is $499. For course support, contact publishingperspectives@edmaker.co.
Get in-depth knowledge. Help shape leadership decisions related to AI.
Program
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The program is hosted by Erin Cox, publisher of Publishing Perspectives, and features guest speakers from across the industry. Guest speakers to be announced.
All live sessions take place on Zoom. The online classroom includes all session recordings, asynchronous discussions and other resources.
Week 1: January 21, 2027
What We Talk About When We Talk about AI
Let’s start at the beginning: This session delves into what “AI” actually means (hint: it’s not all ChatGPT and Claude). We’ll cover everything that we mean when we say “AI,” how AI has been implemented in the industry successfully in the past (workflow, rights management, big data processing), and how publishing companies and individuals are using AI now. We’ll review the positive impact of AI on the industry and leave you with ideas and considerations for using AI in your work.
Week 2: January 28, 2027
Beyond the Headlines: Protections, Security, and the Realities of AI in Publishing
There is a lot of hype around the dangers of AI use in the industry. This session will explore both the real dangers and the knee-jerk reactions to technology that you should be aware of. We’ll cover basic protection and security suggestions and we’ll look at a framework for developing a company-wide AI policy for internal and external use. You’ll walk away with a framework template you can use as a starting point for your policy guidelines to make sure your company is using this technology thoughtfully and with the proper safety protocols.
Week 3: February 4, 2027
How to Use AI in Your Workflow
In this overview of workflows for various projects, we’ll share recommendations and case studies for getting started with using effective AI tools in your organization.
Strategic Projects: Using AI to flesh out and outline your initial assumptions, organize data sets or map out creative ideas and test them in the marketplace
Organizational Projects: Ways to save time, build systems, manage huge data sets
Editorial Projects: Research, verification, outlining, copy checks
Marketing and Publicity Projects: Building reports, audience research, outreach, timing
Week 4: February 11, 2027
How to Feel Confident Using AI While Ensuring You’re Not Ruining the World, Breaking Copyright, or Compromising Your IP
While exercising caution is required when using AI in publishing, it’s also important to stay on top of the tools and capabilities that exist in AI – and that requires experimentation. This session will highlight successful use cases across the industry as examples, with prompts that you can use as you experiment with tools for personal projects (like developing a personal reading list books or planning travel). But it will also caution that just because you can use AI for something doesn’t mean you should. Before using AI for a publishing-related project, think about what the purpose is and any possible piracy, copyright violations, etc. might stem from using it. We’ll walk through a checklist of things to think about when using AI.