Derek Krissoff

I may have quit my job, but I’m still sitting on the same couch hoping to do some of the same work. Authors and publishers: I’m here to write marketing material, help with proposals and questionnaires, and think about building community around your books: derekkrissoff.com

I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…

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I understand the reluctance, but it’d be helpful if people started naming the university press that’s emailing authors today about feeding their books to AI. Part of the solution here might be distinguishing the presses behaving well from those behaving badly.

Ok, so I got an email from my press saying they want to move ahead with feeding my book into the AI machine. All of this creeps me out. Has anyone dealt with this yet?

Squirrel Hill. Shady Ave at Bartlet Street. Caller said that two kids are selling lemonade on the corner. Caller is concerned that there are no adults around. It would be a shame if someone bought lemonade from the kids at Shady Ave at Bartlet Street to spite the caller.

not many people in the world are aware of how good Indonesian food is, but one day it's going to get it's moment on the global stage because, frankly, it's amazing and one of the best cuisines on earth

Cheat sheet: publishers that reject AI are good, publishers that give authors the option of having their books ingested (with compensation) are okay, and anyone saying ingestion falls under fair use (like the library associations) is bad. Ditto anyone replacing a worker with AI.

I second this defense of edited volumes by @DerekKrissoff at Book Work. Tip: if you want to edit a volume, loop in an acquisitions editor early on! They can advise on avoiding mistakes and help make the project into something greater than the sum of its parts. Essay link ⬇️

.@GeekyPedagogy's new book, Snafu Edu, just arrived! I really enjoyed her recent interviews about the book on the Teaching in Higher Ed and Tea for Teaching podcasts, & I'm excited to dive deeper into the ideas she shared. Congrats, Jessamyn! 🎉 #HigherEd #Academia #FacDev #EdDev

“I truly felt like someone backed up a truck to my imagination and stole everything that I’ve created.” The Authors Guild asked David Baldacci to stand before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, and he delivered a powerful testimony. Read about it! authorsguild.org/news/david-bal…

There are a lot of unsung heroes in book publishing, and one is the interior designer. Usually, compliments flow to the cover designer but not to the interior designer. So I'd like to say that the interior designer of my upcoming book nailed it. Really thoughtful, elegant work.

Recent arrivals. Yellow Dusk and Maintenance Art are new releases from @sublunaryeds, with the latter arriving in the mail just as I was jabbering on this very platform with @lozengesupreme about Samuel Delany's lozenges. Age of Blight by @kristinemuslim is terrific.

We’re thrilled to share the jacket for Thomas Pynchon’s highly anticipated new novel Shadow Ticket, coming October 7, 2025! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427/s…

Was trying (with my kid in mind) to think what employer might actually last a few more decades, and realized the cockroach-like survivor of my adulthood has been Barnes & Noble.

The University of Minnesota Press, which was founded in July 1925 to publish pamphlets and bulletins, is celebrating its centennial all year as both its scholarly publishing and its trade and regional lists continue to thrive in a competitive marketplace. buff.ly/hVPExFI

Out Now! "Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom" by @GeekyPedagogy is like a preparedness kit and gives teachers an educational “go-bag” of insights and strategies to have at the ready when things go sideways. oupress.com/9780806195469/…

I will try to not be overly obnoxious about this, but with a news cycle focused much on economic change in Pittsburgh, I have the longer story - or to be fair, my longer story on that, coming out. Preorders: tinyurl.com/37xr4e29

Two recent decisions in cases against Meta and Anthropic may seem like clear wins for AI companies that train their models using copyrighted books and articles—but the truth is far more complicated, @_alexreisner writes: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Saw this today at Stay Gold Books in Pittsburgh—a title I worked with colleagues to sign just as I was leaving WVU. It’s debut fiction with “tough” settings (fishing industry, Alaska, western PA). A pivotal scene takes place at Sheetz. Maybe it’s your kind of thing.

The law mandating WVU have a civics center to teach “fact-based American history” went into effect today. Gov. Morrisey gets to appoint the center’s first director. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/06/27/mor…