#publishingindustry — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publishingindustry, aggregated by home.social.
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At B&N the audiobook is 6.5 USD cheaper than the ebook! Make it make sense!
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How can the hardcover possibly be cheaper than the ebook!? Ebooks are a scam, right?
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[Edited, twice, for typos]
[No AI was used in writing this toot — I’d rather not write at all otherwise]The use of #GenAISlop machines to determine whether text was provided by #LLM #TextRegurgitatingMachines is a monster of a cyclical process. Like the integrity of police officers overseen by other police officers in another branch of law enforcement. Lawyer oversighted by a professional lawyer body… and so on. #Credibility and #Transparency are unlikely to prevail in such nepotistic circumstances, corruption is everywhere but a step away.
What are #Authors to do? Build a #TrailOfEvidence and unimpeachable record of #Provenance for every work they wish to publish? How are they to do this? Are there non-AI tools to help? This is a really f*^%#d up world the #TechBros are imposing upon us all with their inane #MarketingHype hitting the mark with many incompetant and gullible executives in charge of the #publishingIndustry. (This is all conjecture on my part based on very little but general observations of what LLM GenAI is doing — or not doing — in every field of endeavour).
“Pangram is not infallible. I’ve used it to run some of my newsletters through it, and they came back as 80% AI when I wrote every word myself. This is one of many reasons why I disagree with Substack’s decision to partner with Pangram. Another reason is that once a tool like Pangram is available to the masses, false accusations start flying around, and careers can be ruined. Whether you admit it or not, there is A LOT of jealousy in the publishing world, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone who disliked author X decided to use Pangram on their work and made the results public. This is not the publishing world I want to live in.” (Read more: AI Accusations and Book Publishing - Kathleen Schmidt, Aug 01, 2026). A blog post on Substack, sry. https://kathleenschmidt.substack.com )
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Publishing #SlefPublishing #AuthorshipProvenance #Author #Writer #Disclosure #ProofOfAuthorship
PS. I wonder how many *airport* books by some of the most successful authors in the *genre* would pass muster if subjected to #Pangram or similar GenAI tool generated analysis? Not many I’d wager. Further, what’s the bet Pangram is itself code produced by a GenAISlop machine. This AI ponzie scheme is just getting wilder and wilder by the day… BOOOMMM !
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ICYMI: Publishers threaten to cut Google off as ad supply falls 40%: Publisher ad supply fell 40% in Q2 while Google Search ads grew 17% to $63.3 billion. Reddit, USA Today and Reuters now weigh cutting the crawler off entirely. https://ppc.land/publishers-threaten-to-cut-google-off-as-ad-supply-falls-40/ #GoogleAds #DigitalMarketing #AdSupply #PublishingIndustry #Advertising
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Nonfiction Publishing, Under Threat, Is More Important
https://newrepublic.com/article/207659/non-fiction-publishing-threat-important-ever
#HackerNews #Nonfiction #Publishing #UnderThreat #Importance #PublishingIndustry #Literature #News
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Constellations: new, decentralised writers' festivals are emerging
"I feel like lots of the local writing community haven't necessarily had a place in (Adelaide) Writers' Week for a while."
"Organisers reckon there are lessons to be learned in the opportunities of "bottom-up", inclusive programming and extending festivals beyond city hubs, including attracting a more diverse audience." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-07/constellations-not-writers-week-adelaide/106420422Only the suppressed word is dangerous. - Ludwig Boerne
#writers #books #PublishingIndustry #events #FreedomOfSpeech #MuzzleWriters #WritersFestivals #Constellations #BRWFest #Bellingen
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How to Read a Royalty Statement
The numbers can be baffling, but if you're an author, you must learn to decipher them — for your own protection Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/how-to-read-a-royalty-statement-b2ab772cb85#bookpublishing #royaltystatements #booksandauthors #gettingpublished #publishingindustry
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Please don't fall for #publishing #scams. If you're an aspiring #author, or know one, read this.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/17/authors-writers-caught-in-global-ai-publishing-scam?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other#PublishingScams #publishingindustry #scam #scammers #VanityPress #SelfPublishing
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🎲 Oh sure, the publishing industry is just a #casino now, where editors bet on which book will bomb the hardest. 📚💥 Next up: Publishers take up #astrology to predict #bestsellers. 🌟🔮
https://thewalrus.ca/the-publishing-industry-has-a-gambling-problem/ #publishingindustry #booktrends #editorsbet #HackerNews #ngated -
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem
https://thewalrus.ca/the-publishing-industry-has-a-gambling-problem/
#HackerNews #PublishingIndustry #GamblingProblem #BookPublishing #MediaTrends #WriterLife
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News Summary: Boundless Books Closes, Leaving Authors Owed Royalties; New Venture Offers Help
Over the past few weeks, I’ve reported a couple of times on the troubles at what was Unbound and has since become Boundless Books. Most recently, the founder of Unbound, John Mitchison, left the new company that had been set up under the…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/boundless-books/#authorroyalties #BoundlessBooksclosure #crowdfundingmodel #publishingindustry #Unbound
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News Summary: White House Unveils AI Action Plan, Sparking Concern from Publishers
Following on from the report of the Senate hearing into AI, a second big piece of news on AI this week is the launch of the White House’s “AI Action Plan.” In essence, this lays out (inter alia) the direction of travel the White House wants the relation…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/ai-action-plan/#AIActionPlan #copyrightconcerns #deregulation #MariaPallante #publishingindustry
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A really interesting analysis of modern day fantasy literature... and why it's not good
This is Why We Never Got Another Lord of the Rings | The Second Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BBrDhgGz1k
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Unbound Struggles Continue, UK Rejects AI Transparency, and PWC Tracks Job Shifts: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
The ongoing Unbound struggles continue to unfold as more troubling news emerges about the transition from Unbound to Boundless Books. Having made it AI-free through the first half of the week, we end with a round-up of…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/unbound-struggles/#AItransparency #BoundlessBooks #publishingindustry #PWCAIreport #UKDataBill
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My Failed Attempts To Stop Writing
What happened all the times I tried Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/my-failed-attempts-to-stop-writing-57d8c89c9c2#stopwriting #failure #publishingindustry #quitting #writing
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🎉 Breaking news: Writers don't make money! 💸 In a shocking turn of events, an author reveals that her advance doesn't cover her avocado toast habit. 📚 Clearly, the publishing industry is in cahoots with the Ramen noodle cartel. 🍜
https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/published-doesnt-mean-paid/ #WritersIncome #PublishingIndustry #AvocadoToast #RamenNoodles #ShockingRevelation #HackerNews #ngated -
"Big 3" science fiction magazines including Asimov's and Analog acquired — https://jasonsanford.substack.com/p/genre-grapevine-for-last-half-of
#HackerNews #Big3ScienceFiction #Asimovs #Analog #MagazineAcquisition #SciFiNews #PublishingIndustry -
Australian authors concerned after being asked by their publisher, Black Inc, to allow the use of their work for ‘training, testing, validation and the deployment of a machine learning’
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PublishingIndustry #publishing -
I have three short story collections that raise money for voting rights on Amazon. What should I do? #writing #PublishingIndustry
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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