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Show Me The Money

In Publishing News this week Publishers Weekly reports on the latest Trump court case. He is suing Penguin Random House and The New York Times for $15 Billion. Penguin Random House published a book by New York Times journalists called Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Fathers Fortune and Created The…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/09/show-me-money.html

#angelaackerman #ColleenStory #DarcyPattison #jamespatterson #KMWeiland
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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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Feeling Besieged?

Just after I published last week’s roundup I read the article from Publishers Weekly about the US Presidents comments on copyright. (Substack subscriber readers got the news early.) Last month the UK voted down a transparency law that would have required tech companies to compensate owners of…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/07/feeling-besieged.html

#AIandcopyrightlaws #dictation #KMWeiland #KathleenSchmidt #rachelthompson
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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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Proclaiming Our Intentions

In Publishing News this week. After nine years in operation and beginning the modern serial publishing format Radish has announced they are closing their doors at the end of the year. Commentators have been noting the quiet demise of serial format sites lately. Many have linked it…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/07/proclaiming-our-intentions.html

#allianceofIndependentauthors #Bologna #KMWeiland #KathleenSchmidt #reedsy
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Who Has The Power?

In Publishing News this week, The first of the AI lawsuits has been decided with a Californian Federal Judge handing down a pre-trial ruling that the Anthropic company was using fair use to train its AI using copyrighted material. However, the fact that they used pirated material was a problem. Read the…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/06/who-has-power.html

#beccapuglisi #JohnnyBTruant #KMWeiland #MarkWilliams #rachelthompson
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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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Is it Good Literature?

In Publishing News this week, If you are a comic book publisher by now you must be suffering severe stress at the uncertainty of the Diamond Comics distributor woes. They have a buyer. They haven’t a buyer. Their potential buyer is now suing them. Publishers Weekly tries to keep everyone up to date.
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/05/is-it-good-literature.html

#AI #beccapuglisi #CSLakin #KMWeiland #Literarysalons
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When The Writing Business Gets You Down

In Publishing News this week, Just after I published last week’s blog, The Atlantic* published an article on the books that Meta used to train their AI as well as the shady practices they used. Substack readers of the blog got the breaking news. Use The…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/03/when-writing-business-gets-you-down.html

#angelaackerman #jamesscottbell #KMWeiland #MarkWilliams #septemberfawkes
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