Nadim Sadek

2 months ago | forbes.com | Nadim Sadek

As we approach 2025, the publishing industry stands on the cusp of an AI-driven revolution that promises to transform how we create, distribute, and consume content. The AI LandscapeSince "Mass AI" launched in November 2022, we’ve witnessed dizzying technological development. While platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity have become household names, AI's impact extends far beyond conversational interfaces.

Jan 24, 2025 | thebookseller.com | Nadim Sadek

Translators, we probably all know, are the super-ninjas of the publishing world. They do huge amounts of nuanced work, often out of the limelight, to ensure an author’s intent in one language is faithfully reflected in another. It is not just a matter of words, either – human translation involves cultural empathy, semantic finesse and real commitment to understanding the thoughts and feelings of a work.

Nov 28, 2024 | thebookseller.com | Nadim Sadek

The world is less violent now. That contention made me stop in my tracks. In his book The Better Angels of Our Nature, Stephen Pinker argues that as time has gone on, humans have become more empathetic, reasonable and culturally placid. He recites a litany of dreadful things we have done to each other over millennia, and it’s stomach-churningly apparent that there has been a historic deficit of kindness and compassion in our kind.

Nov 1, 2024 | thebookseller.com | Nadim Sadek

I’m just back from a week at Frankfurter Buchmesse. It was an important moment of reflection. Not only did it let me consider a year’s worth of interactions with publishing, since my company, Shimmr AI, launched at last year’s Book Fair; it also caused me to consider the nature of "people in books".

Oct 3, 2024 | thebookseller.com | Nadim Sadek

I have no doubt that inside every human being on earth dwells something "creative". Do you? The thing is, and it’s been pretty unfair, for millennia, expressing creativity meant mastering craft. If you had an urge to make musical noises, you fashioned or played an instrument, or sang melodically or harmonically. If you looked at a bird in a tree, or fruit on a table, you picked up a piece of charcoal, or a paint brush, and captured the image and the feelings they inspired.