A concrete industry deal: two well-known names renewing around a named product (Paperpal Preflight) with a specific use case — reducing desk-rejections via AI language feedback. The "hundreds of authors" claim is modest but real. This sits squarely in the pre-submission AI tools space that's heating up across the industry. Not groundbreaking, but a useful data point on how major publishers are embedding AI tools into the author journey. Solid supporting piece — good for a roundup of publisher AI tool announcements or a deeper look at pre-submission services.

Source: STM Publishing News