#joannapenn — Public Fediverse posts

Re-inventing The Publishing Wheel

In Publishing News this week. Another week another lawsuit. This time it’s the textbook authors who are heading into court over the wholesale copying of their books to feed the AI machine. Meanwhile, second hand book sellers are getting unusual requests for large orders of old books and lo and behold they are ending up in scanning facilities. AI tells me it’s because books written before 2022 haven’t been written with AI so aren’t contaminated with false information. But that was an AI précis. So it could be wrong. Harper Collins is the latest publisher to launch a manga imprint. Publishers Weekly reports they made the announcement in the week of the American Manga Awards. They will be developing stories specifically…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2026/08/re-inventing-publishing-wheel.html

#AIcourtcases #Facebookads #joannapenn #shortstories #writingecosystems

Who Owns Your ideas?

In Publishing News this week. Calling all writers who have been caught up in the Anthropic AI mess. The lawyers in the legal case against Anthropic want your name for a class action. If you have had books pirated, this is your must read article from Publishers Weekly. Act quickly you don’t have…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/08/who-owns-your-ideas.html

#AIcourtcases #GabrielaPereira #jamesscottbell #joannapenn #KMWeiland
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Advice Podcast: How Indie Authors Can Approach Poetry and Short Fiction with Purpose and Freedom

On the Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast, Orna Ross and Joanna Penn talk about the creative process behind poetry and short fiction. They reflect on how they decide what form a piece should take, how emotion and memory shape their work,…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-poetry-and-short-fiction/

#Podcast #indieauthors #JoannaPenn #OrnaRoss #poetryandshortfiction
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Can You Trust The Source?

In Publishing News this week, I’m a day late this week in publishing the blog. As I was putting it together, I heard that Stephen Colbert’s show is being axed. Many in the media are dismayed with the defunding of public journalism PBS and NPR this week. The Colbert show axing coming on the heels…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/07/can-you-trust-source.html

#jamesscottbell #joannapenn #KMWeiland #KathleenSchmidt #NotebookLM
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The Courage To Be Creative

In Publishing News this week, A new press has launched reports The Guardian. Conduit books seek to only publish books by men as they are being “overlooked with the perception that the male voice is problematic.” The founder hopes the press will help to change the narrative that boys and men…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/05/the-courage-to-be-creative.html

#DonaldMaass #Emilyenger #joannapenn #KMWeiland #KathleenSchmidt
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Speaking Up for Reading

In Publishing News This Week Another week, another news story on the Institute of Museum and Library Services, this time it’s an open letter to Harper Collins. Everyone else has made the campaign to save the Institute a priority- why haven’t they? In the UK, a new survey on reading finds…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/04/speaking-up-for-reading.html

#annerallen #audio #beccapuglisi #danblank #joannapenn
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Writers - how's your author mindset going? There's a great online conference this weekend (free if you sign up before it starts). It's run in conjunction with the Alliance of Independent Authors and there will be 24 sessions over 24 hours with speakers including Jane Friedman, Joanna Penn and more. I'll be hosting a panel on global mindset with some authors who just blow my mind with how they are connecting with readers from around the world. More info:
https://annafeatherstone.com/need-an-author-mindset-boost/

#joannapenn #jessicafriedman #authors #authormindset #indieauthor #indieauthors #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingconference #tipsforwriters #writinginspiration #selfpublishing #publishing