Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Anthropic has announced a settlement in the massive piracy lawsuit they were losing. Yikes – if your publisher promised to register your copyright, you might want to double check that. The Kobo-Instapaper integration is now live. Jonathan Bailey is right – AI is not democratizing […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Victoria Strauss explains why the bankruptcy contract in book contracts may not protect authors. Many indie publishers are noting that B&N is no longer their second largest customer after Amazon. BookTok has become mired in drama. Using pirated works to train AI has been ruled […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this morning. Amazon has added a new accessibility feature section to KDP. After 5 centuries, it appears use of the semicolon is on the decline. The Chicago Sun Times explains how it come to publish a summer reading list consisting mostly of titles hallucinated by AI. New Jersey […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The Chicago Sun Times published a summer reading list with 10 books on it which did not exist (an AI hallucinated them, LOL). Mozilla is shutting down the bookmarking slash read later service Pocket. Wonder what authors think about AI? Check out Bookbub’s survey. Ariane […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The judge in the Meta AI piracy case has expressed doubt that generative AI could ever be considered fair use. The Onyx Boox Mira is a 25.3″ E-ink monitor which costs nearly $2k. Ewww – The BBC is planning to use AI to create video […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Rakuten launched Kobo plus in Singapore and Malaysia. Michelle Cutler explains how if you don’t define/brand yourself online, others will do it for you. Amazon just added an AI plagiarized music feature to its Alexa speakers. It’s from a company which is already being sued […]| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Blogging is a great way for authors to find readers. Victoria Strauss dives deep on ghostwriting scams. Did you know Saturday, April 26th is Indie Bookstore Day? Jonathan Bailey explains how the DMCA protects you.| Nate Hoffelder
Here are a few stories to read this morning. Bookvault is now offering boxed sets of POD books. Victoria Strauss takes us down a rabbit hole of cheap and worthless book promotion sites. Changes in the 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style include support for the singular they. I congratulate CMS for catching […]| Nate Hoffelder