Jennifer Sherman

I went to a silent reading night for a women's book lovers group, and it was kind of amazing. This group also has a No Book Book Club, and I'm planning on going to that, too. If you have groups that do either of those events in your area, I highly encourage you to check it out! 📚

My dog met a lion today.

I guess not many know this, but I'm obsessed with leaves. So I love this 🍃

good morning

This is my favorite song! I don't agree with a word of it! By the way, you should all play Figment and Figment 2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u5q...

The value of your business is in your employees, and replacing them with AI is like replacing the bricks in your home with cards

For @wired.com, I spoke with workers about the quiet push to experiment with AI tools from book publishing executives at the Big Five. www.wired.com/story/book-p...

It was a treat to work on this volume. Who doesn't love Xiaolan?! You get to see our girl in a new way! I'm particularly intrigued by a certain new character... Can't wait to work on more volumes to see what happens with them.

I will never get over the Snorlax iceberg I saw in Antarctica...

Sherry Turkle's latest book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines, comes out on September 29.

Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2...

I had to email myself some screenshots for reimbursement, and I got my own auto-reply message for being out of office. Well then.

I worked very late today, but I ended the day by answering interview questions about The Apothecary Diaries, so it's not all bad! I guess I should find dinner at 8 p.m. now?

oh no. they found me.

Update: $21k of the $25k raised! Unfortunately, their insurance didn’t cover everything they lost and a lot of the money will go to cover that gap, so meeting this goal would be a huge help for them. Please continue to share, and thanks everyone for donating/sharing already!

After a childhood in poverty, Xiaolan ends up in the rear palace, but the upbeat girl takes it all in stride! She even meets a girl named Maomao! 🍚🌿 Read a free preview of The Apothecary Diaries: Xiaolan's Story, vol. 1 here! sqex.link/d477

This is a nice little interview. There's also a point that's already been said, but it could be good for fans to have a reminder. "I want to make one correction. I know that is what is written on the publishing, that it is an ancient China story, but it isn’t actually an ancient China story."

Thank you to all the letterers I work with! You are truly the unsung heroes of this industry. I wish every reader could know how much time and effort you all put into these books.

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

Veteran J-E translator Andria McKnight and her husband are facing an ordeal that would be hard for most to imagine. They lost their home, their belongings, and their three cats in a house fire. Please help support them if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/help-andri...

Thanks so much for sharing! Everyone who worked on this is a cat person, so it really was a passion project for us. I'm glad you liked it!

Here's a nifty new video about Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick that highlights our first chapter. When I was editing volume 7 last week, I legitimately teared up at [redacted]. I've never had that reaction before. I promise you this series is worth checking out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzTF...

I sometimes wonder how many Wikipedia articles I'm cited in due to my work at ANN.

Translators seldom have access to the dev builds of the games they work on. About 95% of the time, we get (at best) a couple of screenshots and a few paragraphs explaining the concept. The rest is just rawdogging Excel files and a million queries

Totally fair, maras. I get you.

Credit to /Jaro0__ for finding this, (and /Mogeko_bunn_sin for the heads up) There's other titles where a MTL Company was credited as the translator for a specific title despite telling sites like ANN "AI translation was not used for this project." So yea....

These are the exact issues of Monthly Asuka @mangamavericks.bsky.social is looking for for Sword of Paros. If you have a lead let them know!

I think AI might be a scheme by Queen Beryl to drain our energy to power the Negaverse.

1) I hate being suspicious of everything I see. 2) I hate it even more when I was right to be suspicious. Like, how is this even allowed? GenAI tourism feels like a recipe for misinformation and misleading. And the tells are all the same! Great for IDing yet depressing to see the slop everywhere.

Yoshi loves his fruits and veggies.

Originally published as a two-volume series in Japan, our team combined all of the cuteness into ONE spectacular standalone in A Cat Is a Cat in Any Life (2-in-1 Edition). With French flaps, sprayed edges, and beautiful 4-color printing, it’s the PURRfect read! 🐾😺

I was so happy to draw little fat cats for this edge.

my take is that requiring editorial staff to commute to any high cost of living city is exacerbating poor working conditions across the industry

Kayaking in nature is good for you. I'm not even a boat person, but you can't beat the tranquility.

I just stumbled upon this nifty review of our isekitty manga. "the effort Square Enix put into the release is fantastic. There’s a cover with folds [...] There are also book edge decorations of pink cat silhouettes with paws. It makes the book feel more lavish." www.siliconera.com/a-cat-is-a-c...

We asked, and all of the cats at Square Enix Manga & Books approve of A Cat Is A Cat in Any Life. Not all are pictured here, but these are some of their reviews for your consideration while voting in the AMAs. 🐈‍⬛🐈🐾

I rewatched Time of Eve on a whim. It was genuinely fascinating to revisit the down-to-earth fantasy of androids just wanting to live their best lives among us. It hits differently in the age of actively harmful fake AI we live in now. Debating if I should post more thoughts or write an article.