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At the Frankfort Book Fair, More AI Deals and Glimpses of Writing’s Future: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
Last week was, as you won’t have failed to notice, a week of conferences. There was the Frankfurt Book Fair, one of the largest trade events of the year, and here at ALLi Towers, we held the regular SelfPubCon to tie in with that calendar. This week, I will reflect on the big highlights from both of those, as well as provide some snippets of the latest news.
ISBNs Made Easy: A Guide for Indie Authors
We always have questions from our members on "ISBNs made easy," so this guide will walk you through everything you need to know. ISBNs may seem like minor details in the publishing process, but they’re crucial for indie authors looking to build credibility and control over their work. An ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is a unique identifier for every edition and format of a book, enabling bookstores, libraries, and online platforms to find, catalog, and distribute books efficiently. It serves as a key to reaching readers and making a book discoverable across retail and library channels worldwide.
Bookwire Offers New Tools to Help Authors Control How AI Uses Their Work: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
How do you stop companies from using your book or other writing to train their large language models? The answer, as I have been reporting a few times, is to apply code or metadata to your files that tells the scraping algorithms to go elsewhere. The latest distributor to allow such metadata to be attached is Bookwire, which has partnered with Liccium to offer the service. Liccium has done a lot of work with the technical and regulatory infrastructure of the literary world to provide an effective and enforceable service.
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