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Independent Publishers Caucus Marks a Decade of Advocacy
2+ week, 2+ day ago (576+ words) the meaning of the word independent can seem fuzzy to some, the requirements for joining the IPC are straightforward:...and buy them, and getting those two groups talking to each other. Making headway on that first front is...bookstore sales…...
Authors Guild Addresses Anthropic Settlement Concerns
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (514+ words) Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement has led to a fair amount of confusion about how publishers and...there is a reconciliation process that is designed to fix errors that have been made. In the Anthropic...help from members in fixing the…...
An AI Company That Picks Up the Phone: PW Talks with Hannah Johnson
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (174+ words) range of tasks, from proofreading and translation to metadata and accessibility work. The breadth of our clients has given us the experience to build tools people actually need. They range in size from three-person teams up to multinational organizations and…...
AI Invades Religion Books on Amazon
3+ week, 3+ day ago (229+ words) sale on Amazon were flagged as likely written by AI. To arrive at that number, Originality.ai analyzed 2,034...AI-written books averaged $16.84 and 170 pages, compared to likely human-written books, which averaged $18.96...the report say they see AI-written books as a way…...
Publishing’s AI Reckoning
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (713+ words) himself a “hardcore techno-pessimist.” He tells PW, “I do this because you use AI or you die at this point.”...the book elsewhere.” These episodes led directly to Microcosm instituting a new contract clause that...its authors are using AI-generated…...
What Webtoon’s New AI Partnership Could Mean for Translators
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (709+ words) of 2026 and a slowing growth rate, much of it due to a wider downturn in the Japanese digital comics market. That led some to speculate that the company’s new focus on AI was an effort to find new ways to…...
Audible Ramps Up English Translations of European Audiobooks
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (180+ words) being done, the company said in an announcement, to meet demand for genre titles, including crime, thriller,...Audible's most-listened-to English translation to date. "The success of these titles has reinforced...audio becomes increasingly global, we're able to introduce English-speaking listeners…...
Authors Guild, Co-Plaintiffs Seek Summary Judgment in OpenAI Case
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (204+ words) obtaining ‘for free’ something one would ‘ordinarily have to buy’ is not fair use.” ‘Only 0.62% of’ A Game of Thrones As far as harm to the author plaintiffs, the defendants assert that...
OverDrive Appoints Liz Carrasco CTO
2+ week, 4+ day ago (291+ words) told PW that in his new role Sterling will “continue to provide strategic technical guidance while focusing...Sora, and film resource Kanopy have been designed to be user-friendly across various devices. Her immediate plan will be to “build on top…...
Amazon Exec to Head Online Sales at HarperCollins
3+ week, 1+ day ago (168+ words) HarperCollins has turned to Amazon to find its new VP for online and digital sales. Scott Sanders...will join the publisher on September 8 reporting to Stephanie Fryling, who was named president of sales...developing high-performing teams.” Newly reporting to Sanders…...