Dan Holloway, Author at The Self-Publishing Advice Center

Self-Publishing News: X to Start Charging A Dollar a Year

Elon Musk has always made a public show of caring about bots on X. Back in the days when the company was called Twitter and he announced he was going to pay an eye watering sum to buy the company, the reason he gave for subsequently trying to back out was that Twitter refused to say how many bots were on the platform. Now Musk is leveraging that performative concern to start charging users of unverified accounts $1 a year.

October 21, 2023
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Self-Publishing News: What Does the Writers and Producers Agreement Say About AI?

The dispute between writers and producers in the US has ended with a resolution. But what does the writers and producers AI agreement say and does it impact indie authors?

October 19, 2023
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Self-Publishing News: StreetLib the Latest Platform to Move Towards a One Stop Shop for Indies

This week there are several fascinating stories around the audio platforms we use as self-publishing authors: Bookrix, Streetlib, & Bookbeat

October 17, 2023
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Self-publishing News: Wattpad Originals Launches as a New Way to Pay the Site’s Authors

Wattpad have announced, Wattpad Originals, a programme they hope will help pay writers for the reads they rack up.

October 14, 2023
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Spotify Deal With Publishers And SoA Demands

Self-Publishing News: Spotify Signs Audiobook Streaming Deals and the Society of Authors Pushes for Clarity

Spotify wants to be a one stop shop for audio including audiobooks. The company has signed deals with major publishers which could be devastating to authors, says the Society of Authors. ALLi's News Editor, Dan Holloway, reports on Spotify's latest move.

October 12, 2023
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Self-publishing News: Authors Guild of America Author Income Survey Seems to confirm ALLi Author Income Findings

A report on the findings of the latest author income survey from the Authors Guild of America which had 5699 responses

October 10, 2023
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Self-publishing News: Amazon faces new antitrust lawsuit

Last week, as you will probably be aware, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought a large antitrust suit against Amazon. The central allegation is that Amazon has a “set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies” which it uses to maintain a monopoly.

October 7, 2023
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Self-publishing News: The Society of Authors – Nicola Solomon Retires

This Wednesday, The Society of Authors announced that Nicola Solomon will be retiring at the end of April 2024. What's next?

October 5, 2023
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Self-publishing News: Music, Art, and Words: a Week in AI

Three stories tied together: the three great creative endeavours currently buckling under the AI strain: art, music, and writing.

October 3, 2023
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Self-publishing News: The Hollywood Writers’ Strike Looks to be Over

Hollywood writers’ strike has had a massive impact on what will be hitting viewers’ screens in the weeks and months to come as show after show has been canned. Now the strike seems to have ended.

September 30, 2023
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Self-publishing News: UK Government Passes Online Safety Act

Anything that starts life under the name “online harms” and comes to maturity by the name “online safety” will always have a shade of the Orwellian about it. Last week, a piece of legislation that could have been born to wear that adjective was finally passed into UK law. ALLi's Self-publishing News Editor reports.

September 28, 2023
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Self-publishing News: George R R Martin Among Latest Batch of Authors to Sue OpenAI

Last week, the Authors’ Guild filed a class action against the tech giant. What makes this lawsuit particularly significant is the number of high profile authors whose names are attached. The name most of the headlines focus their attention on is Song of Ice and Fire author George R R Martin. ALLi's Self-publishing News reports on this latest lawsuit against OpenAI.

September 26, 2023
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