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News Summary: Kobo CEO Reveals 45% of Self-Published Submissions Rejected for Suspected AI Content

I missed this story when it first came out a fortnight ago (I think because the title of the article by Rakuten Kobo's Russ Tamblyn is decidedly oblique, so I just moved on). Fortunately the substantive content has generated several more helpfully titled spinout columns since then, so I'm circling back to the original. A single sentence is at the heart of this piece, and it contains a figure that provides additional context for much of the recent debate over AI-generated content. Tamblyn is speaking in his capacity as president and CEO at Rakuten Kobo.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/suspected-ai-content/

#AIdetection #AIgeneratedbooks #BarnesandNoble #indiepublishing #jamesdaunt

News Summary: Korean Publishers Embrace AI as ‘Reader’; Barnes and Noble Clarifies AI Book Policy

Last week saw a highly controversial statement from Kim Tae-Heon, president of the Korean Publishers Association. In the statement, Kim refers to the emergence of AI as "reader." This has, of course, caused considerable rumblings among those who feel he has not done adequate justice to the rapacious nature of the technology and the companies who control it.
The post News Summary: Korean Publishers Embrace AI as ‘Reader’; Barnes and Noble Clarifies AI Book Policy appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/korean-publishers-embrace-ai/

#AIreader #AIgeneratedbooks #BarnesandNoble #booklabeling #jamesdaunt

News Summary: EU Removes Books from Deforestation Rules, as Daunt Weighs AI-Generated Titles

We start the week with a round-up of stories I originally had slated for Saturday before sadder events overtook us. First up, two of my favourite topics wrapped into one neat story package: print and European law.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/deforestation-rules/

#AIgeneratedbooks #booksellingtrends #EUDRexemption #Europeanpublishing #jamesdaunt

“By the way, much as I love bookstores and booksellers, we sit in the second rung beneath public libraries and public librarians. They’re the true heroes of our industry, and they don’t sell a single book. They’re sitting in there doling them out for free.”
Barnes & Noble CEO #JamesDaunt in a #Decoder interview with #NilayPatel (#TheVerge) in 2023.

Yours truly, for a number of years:
“#Librarians are the superheroines and superheroes of the #InformationAge.”

https://www.theverge.com/23642104/barnes-and-noble-amazon-bookshop-ecommerce-decoder-podcast