Dan Holloway

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News Podcast: Radish Shuts Down, AI Translation Tool Launches

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway discusses allegations that the bestselling memoir The Salt Path misrepresented key facts, reigniting debate over truth in nonfiction. He also examines Globe Scribe, a new AI translation tool claiming human-level results, and reports on the closure of serial fiction platform Radish after struggling to compete with Wattpad.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News July 15, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: Radish to Shut Down by End of 2025 After Nearly a Decade of Serialized Fiction

Before I started this post, I thought I would look back at the things I’ve said about Radish over the years. It turns out that although I’ve covered the serial fiction reading platform quite a few times, most of those were in 2021 and relate to the platform’s acquisition by Korean entertainment giant Kakao for north of $400 million. Aside from that, I’ve tended to use them as one of a list of similar platforms all doing similar things—bringing readers small but regular chunks of serialized fiction.
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Self-Publishing | With ALLi | News Analysis & Commentary | Proudly Sponsored By | Bookvault | Miblart | Dan Holloway | Sel…

News Podcast: Meta Ruling Raises Fair Use Questions, Cloudflare Launches AI Licensing Tool, Author Claims Direct Control of Rights

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway explains how the Meta ruling favors tech companies but leaves the door open for future cases that could benefit authors. He also covers Cloudflare’s new tool to let publishers charge AI firms for content scraping and reports on a bestselling author’s move to take control of her rights outside traditional publishing.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News | July 5, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: Cloudflare Launches Pay Per Crawl for AI Scraping; Amazon Hits One Million Robots

You’ve heard, of course, of pay-per-view. And we are used to streaming revenue on a pay-per basis from the likes of Audible and Spotify. This week has seen the launch (admittedly at the moment in beta) of possibly the most transformative source of pay-per revenue of all. Cloudflare is now offering what it calls Pay Per Crawl, which will enable people to charge AI companies for scraping content from their sites.
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Self-Publishing | With ALLi | News Analysis & Commentary | Proudly Sponsored By | Bookvault | Miblart | Dan Holloway | Sel…

News Podcast: European Accessibility Act Now in Force; US Court Rules AI Outputs Are Fair Use

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway explains how the European Accessibility Act will impact authors selling into the EU, with practical tips on accessible formats and why EPUB matters more than ever. He also covers a major U.S. court ruling against Anthropic for scraping copyrighted books—while still declaring its AI-generated content fair use.
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Alliance Of Independent | Authors | Self-Publishing | News | July 1, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: EU Accessibility Act Takes Effect, Raising the Bar for Digital Publishing Standards

I decided I should probably write this entry while listening, with bleary-eyed nostalgia, to New Order. Because this story quite simply evokes the line, “I used to think that the day would never come.” I have been writing about the European Union’s Accessibility Act for years now. Such is the way with European legislation—its journey into law has more hidden levels than Super Mario Brothers.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News | June 28, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: Booktrovert Launches, New Poetry Prize Announced, and Marginalia Returns via TikTok

A suitable Saturday round-up brings us new opportunities and the oldest of literary trends. First up, news of a new platform that seeks to offer something distinctive in what I’d call the “curated discovery” space. It feels like a crowded space already, but in practical terms it is dominated by BookBub. Its name is Booktrovert, and it is brought to the world by the NetGalley team.
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News Podcast: Audiobook Downloads Surge, TikTok’s 8th Note Press Stalls, and AI Copyright Concerns Rise

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway covers strong UK audio growth, with audiobook downloads up 31 percent in 2024, and rising fiction sales led by romance. He previews a major London conference on copyright, AI, and shadow libraries, and reports that Mastodon has joined other platforms in adopting anti-scraping clauses. Finally, he looks at the apparent collapse of TikTok’s publishing venture, 8th Note Press, leaving some authors without sales or rights to their work.
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