We’re carefully evaluating AI policies in publishing and we’re impressed with Wiley’s new guide for authors and editors

Just this morning, I sent out a link to colleagues at our publishing house to explore a lengthy guide to using AI that the Wiley publishing house has posted online to help writers and editors navigating these powerful new tools. Founded in 1807, Wiley is one of the oldest publishing houses in the U.S. and specializes in fairly technical material like academic texts.

I recommended that our colleagues take a look: “Here’s an excellent example of the way publishers are starting to develop AI guides for their authors.” We’re not endorsing every detail of Wiley’s guide, but there are many very useful pointers in what Wiley has presented. 

Of course, proper usage of AI is a continually “moving target” as AI tools expand by leaps and bounds each season. Front Edge Publishing has been experimenting with AI tools for more than two years. Through some of our weekly Front Edge columns, we also have been cautioning our professional colleagues about ways to use these powerful tools—and to avoid letting these tools sometimes create more problems than they solve. 

Among our 2025 columns related to AI are these headlines:

• Like all publishers, we’re warily watching the latest AI news
• The Chicago Sun-Times fiasco: A good reason that journalists and publishers should not let “AI” speak for us!
• Does AI artwork qualify for a U.S. copyright? And, why are most publishers still careful about using AI art?
• Busting the myth that ’em-dashes’ are a sure sign of an AI text