#authorsguild — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #authorsguild, aggregated by home.social.
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Via @victoriastrauss (on Bluesky):
"The Authors Guild has won a default judgment against deadbeat publisher TouchPoint Press, enabling 18 writers to get their rights back:
https://authorsguild.org/news/authors-guild-wins-default-judgment-against-touchpoint-press/"My blog post about the troubles at TouchPoint Press, with many updates. A reminder that a publisher doesn't have to be an intentional fraud to damage writers and their careers."
https://writerbeware.blog/2023/06/30/small-press-storm-warnings-adelaide-books-propertius-press-touchpoint-press/#Writing #Publishing #WriterBeware #AuthorsGuild @bookstodon
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News Podcast: BookCon Returns with a Welcome for Indie Authors; Anthropic Settlement Class Reaches 91%
On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway reports on the return of BookCon to New York after a pandemic-era hiatus, where the Indie Alley proved a genuine hit with readers — a sign that the established book world is increasingly making room for independent authors. He also has an update on the Anthropic copyright settlement, where 91 percent of eligible titles were claimed before the deadline, putting the expected payout per title at around $2,931, with a reminder that traditionally published authors may receive less due to rights splits with their publishers.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-bookcon-returns/#Podcast #AIcopyrightpayout #Anthropicsettlement #AuthorsGuild #BookCon2026
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News Summary: Beehiiv Adds Webinars and Metered Paywalls; Anthropic Settlement Reaches 91% Claim Rate
Beehiiv has been in the news again this past week. I want to report on the latest from the newsletter platform if for no other reason than an irresistible desire to say they have been busy little bees. A facility offering webinar capability will be of interest to some. But more interesting might be the so-called "metered paywall" capability. That's something many will be familiar with as readers, where you get a certain amount of content for free (say, three articles) before you have to pay to unlock more.
The post News Summary: Beehiiv Adds Webinars and Metered Paywalls; Anthropic Settlement Reaches 91% Claim Rate appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/beehiiv-adds-webinars/#Anthropicsettlement #authorpayouts #AuthorsGuild #beehiiv #classaction
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Judge Rejects Government’s Weak Attempt To Memory-Hole DOGE Deposition Videos
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Judge Rejects Government’s Weak Attempt To Memory-Hole DOGE Deposition Videos
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Judge Rejects Government’s Weak Attempt To Memory-Hole DOGE Deposition Videos
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Judge Rejects Government’s Weak Attempt To Memory-Hole DOGE Deposition Videos
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Judge Rejects Government’s Weak Attempt To Memory-Hole DOGE Deposition Videos
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Turns Out The DOGE Bros Who Killed Humanities Grants Are Kinda Sensitive About It
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Turns Out The DOGE Bros Who Killed Humanities Grants Are Kinda Sensitive About It
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Turns Out The DOGE Bros Who Killed Humanities Grants Are Kinda Sensitive About It
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Turns Out The DOGE Bros Who Killed Humanities Grants Are Kinda Sensitive About It
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Turns Out The DOGE Bros Who Killed Humanities Grants Are Kinda Sensitive About It
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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
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DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’
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DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’
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DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’
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DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’
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DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’
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News Summary: Authors Guild Pushes Back on Amazon’s ‘Ask This Book’ AI Feature
The news starts 2026 as it ended 2025, with Amazon's new Ask This Book feature for Kindle books. When I first reported on this, I had yet to see the response from authors. Thanks to a link in Jane Friedman's newsletter, I have now been able to read and digest a very robust…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/ask-this-book/#AIfeatures #AmazonKindle #AskThisBook #authorrights #AuthorsGuild
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Book Reports Potentially Copyright Infringing, Thanks To Court Attacks On LLMs
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Will I get a piece of Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement if my book was used to train AI? - Journalist and author Geof Wheelwright with some of his books, including “A Perso... - https://www.geekwire.com/2025/will-i-get-a-piece-of-anthropics-1-5b-settlement-if-my-book-was-used-to-train-ai/ #classactionlawsuit #aitrainingdata #authorsguild #generativeai #publishing #anthropic #copyright #claudeai #amazon #openai
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News Summary: Judge Rejects $3000 Per Title Settlement Figure in Anthropic Case
As a newbie indie writer in the UK, I remember many forum discussions on what seemed a dry topic back in the innocent days of the late 2000s as we tried to grapple with the logistics of what was still a fairly niche path to pursue. That topic was…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/anthropic-copyright-settlement/#3 #000perbook #Anthropicsettlement #AuthorsGuild #copyrightinfringement
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AAP Endorses the US$1.5 Billion AI Settlement Proposed in the ‘Bartz v. Anthropic’ Case
What's called in court documents 'the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in history' has publishers' and authors' endorsements.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/09/aap-endorses-the-us1-5-billion-ai-settlement-proposed-in-bartz-v-anthropic/#AI #Anthropic #ArtificialIntelligence #AssociationofAmericanPublishers #AuthorsGuild
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Update. Laws like the one in #Connecticut are under consideration in #Hawaii, #Massachusetts, and #NewJersey. Big #publishers and the #AuthorsGuild are lobbying against them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/books/libraries-e-books-licensing.htmlFrom Alan Inouye (@alansinouye), former director of public policy for the American Library Association (@alalibrary): “It’s really sad [that opposition limits libraries] to what we had [in the age of print]. In effect, we’re excluding the possibility of being better in the digital world.”
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The US Supreme Court Supports Parents on LGBTQ Books
Opt-outs for religious objections will chill what is taught in schools,' writes PEN America's Elly Brinkley on 'Mahmoud v. Taylor.'
The post The US Supreme Court Supports Parents on LGBTQ Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/07/on-the-us-supreme-courts-support-of-parents-on-lgbtq-books/#AuthorsGuild #BookBanning #Censorship #DanNovack #FreedomofExpression
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Authors Guild Petitions to Reinstate U.S. Copyright Chief; European Creators Demand AI Transparency: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
It is a week of petitions in the books world. With thanks to Porter Anderson over at Publishing Perspectives for drawing attention to this. Both of them touch on copyright. They may or may not also…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/petitions/#AItransparency #AuthorsGuild #copyrightpetitions #Europeancreators #USCopyrightOffice
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Authors Guild Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights
Tell Congress it must act to reverse this unlawful power grab.
https://authorsguild.org/petition-to-reinstate-register-of-copyrights/
#LibraryOfCongress #CopyrightOffice #AuthorsGuild #Petition #Copyright -
Authors Guild Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights
Tell Congress it must act to reverse this unlawful power grab.
https://authorsguild.org/petition-to-reinstate-register-of-copyrights/
#LibraryOfCongress #CopyrightOffice #AuthorsGuild #Petition #Copyright -
Authors Guild Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights
Tell Congress it must act to reverse this unlawful power grab.
https://authorsguild.org/petition-to-reinstate-register-of-copyrights/
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Authors Guild Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights
Tell Congress it must act to reverse this unlawful power grab.
https://authorsguild.org/petition-to-reinstate-register-of-copyrights/
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Creators for Europe’s 10,000 Signatures: Copyright and AI
Creators for Europe United claims 10,000 signatories in its pro-copyright message aimed at the European Commission.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/creators-for-europe-united-marks-10000-votes-copyright-and-ai/#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AssociationofAmericanPublishers #Authors #AuthorsGuild
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Penguin Random House Leads Amicus Brief in LGBTQ+ Books Case
The US high court hears oral arguments as publishing industry parties file an amicus brief, on school exposure to LGBTQ+ themes.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/penguin-random-house-leads-amicus-brief-in-lgbtq-books-case/#AuthorsGuild #BookBanning #Censorship #FreedomofExpression #FreedomtoRead
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Penguin Random House Leads Amicus Brief in LTGBQ+ Books Case
The US high court hears oral arguments as publishing industry parties file an amicus brief, on school exposure to LGBTQ+ themes.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/penguin-random-house-leads-amicus-brief-in-ltgbq-books-case/#AuthorsGuild #BookBanning #Censorship #FreedomofExpression #FreedomtoRead
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If your books have been stolen by Meta to train their GenAI machine, The Authors Guild has concrete steps for you to take today; also important to know that if your work was stolen, you are automatically part of the Kadrey v Meta class action in California:
ETA: I am told this only applies to U.S. authors/U.S. copyright holders.
@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia #IndieAuthors #GenAI #Meta #IPTheft #AuthorsGuild
https://authorsguild.org/news/meta-libgen-ai-training-book-heist-what-authors-need-to-know/
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Gizmodo: Books Written Without AI Can Now Receive New ‘Human Authored’ Certification. “The Authors Guild, one of the largest associations of writers in America, is launching a new project to certify books that have been written by a human rather than a machine. The new ‘Human Authored’ certification will help authors distinguish their work and let readers know what they are reading—and […]
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The Authors Guild in the US launched a 'Human Authored' book cert for authors, to combat AI-riddled publications. Errmm...
If you take a look at this blog, I'd love to hear what you think on this topic.
https://www.thenoveliststudio.com/blog/human-authored-certification-authors-guild
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📢 Big news for authors! The Authors Guild just launched Human Authored, a certification to protect authentic, human-created literature. Stay ahead in the AI era & support real writers. Learn more & get certified! ✍️📖
🔗https://authorsguild.org/human-authored/
#Authortunities #HumanAuthored #WritersRights #PublishingNews #AuthorsGuild #AuthenticWriting
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Anthropic Founder Dario Amodei Dodges Deposition in OpenAI Copyright Lawsuit #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #Copyright #AuthorsGuild #AITraining #GenAI #ChatGPT AIethics
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5/ See the #AuthorsGuild (@AuthorsGuild) response:
https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-responds-to-department-of-education-dismissal-of-book-ban-cases/"The Authors Guild is deeply dismayed by the current administration’s recent decision to dismiss 11 complaints related to book bans and to eliminate the position of book ban coordinator. The Department of Education’s recent characterization of book bans as a “hoax” goes against the findings of multiple federal courts, which have found that certain of these laws violate the First Amendment rights of authors and students.
The issue here is not the removal of age-inappropriate, sexually explicit or obscene materials from schools; no one objects to that. The problem is the tendency to tar otherwise appropriate works with an accusation of “obscenity” because someone takes issue with the ideas contained in the book—more often than not works that are written by or stories that feature LGBTQ+ or BIPOC individuals. Some books have been removed because of challenges made by one or very few people, who often have not read the book."
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OpenAI, embroiled in a major copyright lawsuit initiated by the Authors Guild, is resisting new demands to review extensive company files, arguing that the proposed scope would overwhelm its resources. #ai #openai #authorsguild
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Watching #RachelMaddow & #TonyKushner at the #AuthorsGuild
Did you know Tony is writing a screenplay w #StevenSpielberg on Rachel’s podcast #Ultra ??!Anyway, I think they’ll offer it, free, AND ITS WORTH IT! They’re talking about the process and fight, one patriot at a time, you and me, for #DEMOCRACY
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AI in Publishing
The Good, the Bad, and the Uglyevent Tuesday May 14th
6 - 8 pm EST
Benefitting #AuthorsGuild
$5, register here: https://jamesriverwriters.org/event/ai-in-publishing/Me: Jane Friedman is knowledgeable and articulate.
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While the tens of billions publishing is making has been at historic highs over the past several years, median author incomes, which frankly were always pathetic, have gone down over 50% since 2007.
This massive dip on the chart of author incomes (thank you #AuthorsGuild for the data!) looks an awful lot like the plunge that record labels took when, their words not ours, someone was “stealing” from them.
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The Case of the Internet Archive vs. Book Publishers - In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scan... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/internet-archive-emergency-lending-library.html #copyrightsandcopyrightviolations #assnofamericanpublishers #booktradeandpublishing #librariesandlibrarians #e-booksandreaders #internetarchive #kahlebrewster #authorsguild