About
Thad McIlroy is a publishing technology analyst and author based in San Francisco. His site, The Future of Publishing, provides in-depth coverage of book publishing industry trends, currently focusing on the intersection of AI with book authoring and publishing.
He is a contributing editor to Publishers Weekly, covering artificial intelligence, digital innovation and publishing startups. McIlroy’s latest book is The AI Revolution in Book Publishing: A Concise Guide to Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Writers and Publishers, was published in July, 2024.
A well-established expert in the technology and marketing issues surrounding publishing technology, he has authored a dozen other books and over 400 articles. McIlroy is also a founding partner in Publishing Technology Partners.
Featured Work
The personal letters of a public man: the family letters of John G. Diefenbaker
From the introduction: "Happily, Diefenbaker left a substantial body of private family correspondence. Because he outlived all the members of his family, because he was a lawyer and the executor of his family's estates, and because he wished to preserve the story of his forebears, the family correspondence in the Diefenbaker collection is probably the most extensive of that of any Canadian prime minister.... In other words, the family letters of
John Diefenbaker allow us that rarest and most privileged access of all -
an insight into the private life of a most public man.
