Dan Holloway, Author at Self-Publishing Advice Center from the Alliance of Independent Authors

Self-publishing News: New Version of EPUB Bakes in Reader Accessibility

W3C's new EPUB standard has accessibility baked in. Literary groups bring lawsuit against Arkansas legislators. Naver's NFT move.

UK parliament to debate dropping sales tax on audiobooks. Paper shortage threatens print publishing's supply chains.

Kindle Unlimited raises its subscription rate. Association of American Publishers lays out publishing's questions on AI.

German study shows new adult readers are getting through a book a month.

Bookseller survey of traditionally published debut authors reveals publishing shortcomings. Supreme Court refuses AI patent challenge.

Selfies Awards winners announced at London Book Fair. TikTok ban in Montana and Jaron Lanier calls for everyone to be paid for data used to train AI.

Tree to Me: a new campaign wants authors to ask questions of publishers over their sustainability, carbon footprint, and environmental governance.

Amazon to close Book Depository. IPA welcomes Internet Archive ruling. Twitter takes on Substack, and can AI commit libel?

Senior tech figures sign open letter calling for a pause on AI as London Book Fair goes all in on sustainability.

In this week's Self-Publishing News Special, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway takes a look at the shortlists for this year's Selfies Awards.

US groups launch Protect the Creative Economy coalition to protect copyright from state bills. US Copyright Office issues AI guidance.

Layoffs at Wattpad and technology has a really bad week following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.