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Getty Images Fought AI In The Courts, Lost, Then Lucratively Partnered With It: Lessons For Book Publishing

Getty fought AI in court, lost the key ruling, then built OpenAI and Perplexity licensing deals. What book publishers should learn from the pivot.
The post Getty Images Fought AI In The Courts, Lost, Then Lucratively Partnered With It: Lessons For Book Publishing appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/07/04/getty-images-ai-licensing-openai-perplexity-book-publishing-lessons/

#AI #PublishingControversies #AIinpublishing #GettImagesandOpenAIdeal

AI Data Centres and the Green Moral Panic: What Publishing Gets Wrong About AI’s Environmental Impact

The viral claims about AI data centres and water use are real but missing context. TNPS examines what the numbers actually mean, what the regulatory precedents are, and why publishing's green panic is selective to the point of dishonesty.
The post AI Data Centres and the Green Moral Panic: What Publishing Gets Wrong About AI’s Environmental Impact appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/07/03/ai-data-centres-environment-publishing-hypocrisy/

#AI #Amazon #AIdatacentresandenergyuse #AIdatacentreswateruse #AIinpublishing

News Summary: BISG Launches 2026 AI Survey; 250 UK Publishers Join Collective AI Licensing Scheme

It's been a while since there was an opportunity to get involved in a good old survey. This week, we start a mini roundup of AI-related news with an invitation (to some of you, at least) to get involved in a survey from BISG (Book Industry Study Group) and BookNet Canada. The survey is on "AI Use Across the North American Book Industry 2026," and the call is for anyone involved in the publishing industry in North America (by which they mean Canada and the US).
The post News Summary: BISG Launches 2026 AI Survey; 250 UK Publishers Join Collective AI Licensing Scheme appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/bisg-launches-2026-ai-survey/

#AIinPublishing #AIlicensing #ALCS #BISGsurvey #BookNetCanada

The AI Books Panic Chart Is Real. The Panic Isn’t

The chart has been doing the rounds this month, and because it's of the kind that travels well precisely because it needs no caption - a red wave climbing against a pink one, a single dotted line marking the release of ChatGPT-3.5 - it even managed to penetrate the darkness of power-crisis-ridden The Gambia.
The post The AI Books Panic Chart Is Real. The Panic Isn’t appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/06/29/the-ai-books-panic-chart-is-real-the-panic-isnt/

#AI #AIebooksflood #AIinpublishing

Hard Learned Lessons

In Publishing News This Week If you have been anywhere on publishing social media this week you will have seen the news that Hachette employees are attempting to unionise. Publishers Weekly writes why they have taken this step. Book manufacturing is in for a shake up according to a report from The Book Manufacturers Institute. The increasing uncertainty of getting books printed in China into the Northern Hemisphere market in time for release dates have publishers looking at alternatives. Is this the end of offset printing? Has anyone ever looked at small press sales and wondered if they are sitting on quiet goldmines? One HarperCollins exec did, left HC and set up a website dashboard to track sales. Publishers Weekly interviewed Jim Hanas and asked why? The answers are…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2026/04/hard-learned-lessons.html

#AIinpublishing #Bookprintingchanges #scammers

News Summary: Authors Guild Issues AI Contract Clause; Character.AI Launches Interactive Book Platform

We end the week with two AI stories at very different ends of the news spectrum. First up is a statement from Authors Guild on AI in publishing and, as they put it, a "new model contract clause." The statement is an explicit response to the reports I noted previously that publishing professionals are uploading manuscripts to AI models to assist with editing tasks.
The post News Summary: Authors Guild Issues AI Contract Clause; Character.AI Launches Interactive Book Platform appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/authors-guild-issues-ai-contract-clause/

#AIcontractclause #AIinPublishing #AuthorsGuild #CharacterAI #interactivebooks

TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 5: From Understanding to Action – Your Publishing House’s AI Roadmap

Your publishing house's AI roadmap: slush pile triage, translation, metadata, narration. Freemium tools, real ROI examples. Start tomorrow morning.
The post TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 5: From Understanding to Action – Your Publishing House’s AI Roadmap appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/20/from-understanding-to-action-your-publishing-houses-ai-roadmap/

#AI #PublishingBusiness #PublishingControversies #AIinpublishing #HowtouseAIasapublisher

News Summary: Audible Reports Strong Retention with Immersion Reading; Authors Guild Expands Human Authored Certification

A short while ago, I reported on Audible's new immersion reading initiative. Subsequent to that, Publishing Perspectives had an expansion on the subject that makes it worthy of a revisit. You will recall that Audible now allows people who own e-books and audiobooks of the same title to read and listen at the same time, with features such as highlighting the text of the word currently being narrated.
The post News Summary: Audible Reports Strong Retention with Immersion Reading; Authors Guild Expands Human Authored Certification appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/immersion-reading/

#AIinPublishing #Audible #AuthorsGuild #HumanAuthoredcertification #ImmersionReading

The 2025 TNPS Story of the Year Is A Book!

Nadim Sadek's 'Quiver, don't Quake' reframes AI as creative partner, not threat. Essential reading for…
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/12/21/it-was-inevitable-this-years-tnps-story-of-the-year-would-relate-in-some-way-to-ai-2025-marked-three-years-of-publicly-assessible-ai-a-critical-distinction-i-mentioned-ai-in-publishing-back-in-t/

#AI #PublishingControversies #AIinpublishing #NadimSadek #QuiverDontQuake

News Summary: Frankfurt Survey Reveals AI Use Across Publishing; EU Act Draws Criticism

As foreshadowed on Tuesday, I end the week with a round-up that includes news from Frankfurt, where last week’s other major conference took place. One of the things that particularly caught my eye there was the release of a survey by BISG…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/frankfurt-survey/

#AIinPublishing #BISGAIsurvey #EuropeanUnionAIAct #FrankfurtBookFair #JessicaSngerinterview

The Anthropic Settlement: A Pyrrhic Victory That May Have Backfired on Authors

Anthropic was not willing to gamble. And equally, nor was the Luddite Defence. Both sides opted to play safe, and the industry will live with the consequences.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/08/29/anthropic-settlement-copyright-ai-training-authors-pyrrhic-victory/

#AI #USA #AIinpublishing #theAnthropicsettlementwithauthors
@indieauthors

Reimagining Book Publishing in the AI Era: From Resistance to Renaissance

An exploration of how the book publishing industry might embrace AI-driven transformation as an opportunity for renewal and growth…
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/08/03/reimagining-book-publishing-in-the-ai-era-from-resistance-to-renaissance/

#AI #PublishingControversies #AIapocalypse #AIinpublishing #McKinseyAI
@indieauthors

AI as Creative Partner: What Publishing Can Learn from Gaming’s Embrace of Innovation

Discover how publishing can thrive by embracing AI as a creative partner, learning from the Turkish gaming industry’s innovative and collaborative approach.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/07/09/ai-creative-partner-publishing-gaming-innovation/

#AI #Turkey #AIinpublishing #bookpublishingandthegamingindustry
@indieauthors

TikTok Ban Deadline Extended Again; UK Conference Tackles AI and Piracy: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

I had approached filing the end-of-week news with the kind of trepidation that seems to come around on a regular cycle—a cycle that lasts as long as the latest TikTok ban deadline. But sure enough, as I sat down to…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/tiktok-ban-deadline/

#AIinPublishing #copyrightenforcement #Mastodonscrapingban #shadowlibraries #TikTokBan
@indieauthors

AI Dreams Up Fake Book Titles; IBPA Conference Focuses on Publishing and AI: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

I can’t not sneak a breaking story in here. If you have been living under a rock, you may not have seen the incident involving the Chicago Sun-Times and AI-generated fake books titles. If that’s you, go over…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/fake-book-titles/

#AIinPublishing #AIgeneratedcontent #FakeBookTitles #FortniteAppStorereturn #IBPAconference2025
@indieauthors

Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic in the News, but the Existential Threat Looming Over Publishing is the Trump Executive Order

Be careful what we wish for. The possibility of an executive order granting broad exemptions to AI companies from copyright…
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/03/28/meta-openai-and-anthropic-in-the-news-but-the-existential-threat-looming-over-publishing-is-the-trump-executive-order/

#AI #China #USA #AIinpublishing #Anthropiclegalbattle
@indieauthors

Kadrey v. Meta: Meta paused AI-related book licensing in April 2023 after reaching out to publishers, citing ‘slow uptake’ and logistical challenges. #Meta #AI #BookLicensing #TechNews #AIinPublishing #KadreyVsMeta #PublishingIndustry #LogisticalChallenges

https://posivi.com/meta-paused-ai-related-book-licensing/

Even with low expectations, this webinar is even more disappointing than I expected it would be.

A lot of high-level commentary with few specific examples for publishers, but it assumes AI is inevitable while never explicitly addressing its core premise: Why AI is Your Ally.

EDIT: Advertising dead books with ugly ads and analyzing slush piles are two of the most boring use cases I can think of.

#AIInPublishing #cmonson

Shimmr's sales pitch is basically AI-driven advertising pixie dust that will help any book reach its readers by matching "Book DNA" (RIP BookLamp!) and psychological profiles to generate targeted ads.

No examples given, but the examples on their website are as bad as you'd expect.

#AIInPublishing #cmonson

https://shimmr.ai/

"Allied intelligence" vs. "artificial intelligence," per Shimmr's CEO, Nadim Sadek. He makes an argument for "liberating silent creators" — people with ideas but no creativity — but doesn't believe it should be used to write books.

He's focused on the "allied" angle but is basically making the same lazy "productivity" argument that's based on devaluing expertise.

#AIInPublishing #cmonson

Attending "Beyond Publishing: Why AI is Your Ally" on LinkedIn with as open a mind as possible, but I'm skeptical af by its framing and participants.

#AIInPublishing

https://www.linkedin.com/events/beyondpublishing-whyaiisyourall7208928248791994369/theater/

I really enjoyed talking with @jacquiG about #AIinPublishing at the #ReConnect2023 Science Fiction & Fantasy online Conference.

GPT's are not intelligent. And claiming their work without crediting them is immoral. And they ought to be crediting their sources too.

There's still more than a day of material at this free conference:
https://sffanz.wordpress.com/2023/04/25/reconnect-a-new-zealand-sf-convention/