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News Podcast: Authors Guild Clarifies Anthropic Claims; Spotify Opens AI Audiobooks to All US Authors

On this week's Self-Publishing News podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway sorts through new Authors Guild clarifications on the Anthropic settlement: payments should still begin trickling through from November, but rights-reversion disputes are clouding who gets paid what, and authors whose rights reverted by August 10, 2022 are advised to claim their full 100 percent share. He also covers Spotify taking its ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool out of beta for all US authors — free for five titles, with no exclusivity — and a new Frankfurter Buchmesse report finding that only 15 percent of audiobooks are made with no AI at all.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-authors-guild-clarifies-anthropic-claims/

#Podcast #AIaudiobooks #Anthropicsettlement #AuthorsGuildguidance #Frankfurterbuchmesse

News Summary: Spotify Launches ElevenLabs-Powered Audiobook Creation Tool; Voice Actors Sue AI Companies

Spotify joined up with the AI voice generation platform ElevenLabs last year to allow rights holders who created audiobooks using ElevenLabs to upload those books to Spotify. They have just announced they will be taking this collaboration a step further in a feature that in June will be launched as an invitation-only beta. I'll quote the key sentence from the Investor Day statement on this: "Built directly into Spotify for Authors, and powered by ElevenLabs' digital voice technology, authors can now access seamless audiobook generation and publishing without exclusive contracts."…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/spotify-launches-elevenlabs-powered-audiobook-creation-tool/

#AIaudiobooks #audiobookcreation #BIPAlawsuit #ElevenLabs #selfpublishing

News Summary: ElevenLabs Launches End-to-End Audiobook Production Tool Following London Summit

ElevenLabs is a company I've reported on a lot, but this time they really are in the spotlight following their recent summit. As a reminder, ElevenLabs is the tech giant that specializes in AI-generated voice production. It sells its services into various sectors, but the area of real interest to us is audiobooks, where the company offers various options for voice narration in different accents of different languages. Most significantly, ElevenLabs works with Findaway Voices by Spotify to enable indie authors (and others) to produce audiobooks for the streaming platform.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/elevenlabs-launches-end-to-end-audiobook-production-tool/

#AIaudiobooks #ElevenCreative #ElevenLabs #ElevenReader #FindawayVoices

Audio Interview: Producing Affordable Audiobooks with AI Assistance — Anna Featherstone and Phil Marshall

In this episode of the ALLi Self-Publishing Advice Podcast, Anna Featherstone speaks with Phil Marshall, co-founder of Spoken, about the fast-changing world of audiobook production and how authors can now…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-producing-affordable-audiobooks/

#Podcast #affordableaudiobooks #AIaudiobooks #audiobookproduction #independentauthors

A dystopian future of AI-generated Audiobooks is coming for your ears

The entire publishing industry is obsessed with AI narration for audiobooks. There will come a time when millions of audiobooks will flood the market.
https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/a-dystopia-future-of-ai-generated-audiobooks-is-coming-for-your-ears

#AIAudiobooks #AppleAIaudiobooks #audibleAIaudiobooks #audiobooksmadewithai #KindleAIaudiobooks
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Human: Good. AI: Bad. Perception, Prejudice, and the Creative Landscape in the Age of AI

AI-produced audio slammed for its low quality was actually created by humans. Luddite Fringe, look away now!
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/03/29/human-good-ai-bad-perception-prejudice-and-the-creative-landscape-in-the-age-of-ai/

#AI #Audiobooks #PublishingControversies #AIaudiobooks #AIpublishing
@indieauthors

#IndieAuthorNews #AI #Audiobooks #DigitalAudio #PublishingControversies #AIaudionarration #AIaudiobooks
Beware The Future – It’s Closer Than You Think

“AI can never replace human creativity!” So why are you running about like a headless chicken because your job is at risk? So let’s get this straight. You don’t own a quill or parchment. You haven’t got a typewriter. You’ve probably never been ne...
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2023/01/09/beware-the-future-its-closer-than-you-think/