Dan Holloway

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ElevenLabs Launches End-to-End Audiobook Production Tool

News Summary: ElevenLabs Launches End-to-End Audiobook Production Tool Following London Summit

ElevenLabs is a company I've reported on a lot, but this time they really are in the spotlight following their recent summit. As a reminder, ElevenLabs is the tech giant that specializes in AI-generated voice production. It sells its services into various sectors, but the area of real interest to us is audiobooks, where the company offers various options for voice narration in different accents of different languages. Most significantly, ElevenLabs works with Findaway Voices by Spotify to enable indie authors (and others) to produce audiobooks for the streaming platform.
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AI Romance Authors

News Podcast: AI Romance Authors Spark Backlash; Piracy Rates Raise Fresh Alarm

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway examines the controversy surrounding AI-generated romance novels after a New York Times report revealed one author producing hundreds of titles and earning six figures. He also looks at AI’s growing presence in cultural institutions, new legal pressure from UK publishers, and data suggesting piracy remains a major threat to the book market.
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AI Copyright Warning

News Summary: UK Independent Publishers Issue AI Copyright Warning; TikTok Backs National Year of Reading

The first story today brings a real sense of déjà vu. Not just because "another copyright-related legal battle against tech firms" is hardly new. It's hardly déjà vu either: more "here we go again." It's more that the latest action from the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) is strikingly familiar in form to the action we saw from the Society of Authors some time ago.
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Bookshop.org Expands Into E-Books

News Podcast: Bookshop.org Expands Into E-Books, Audio, and Print with Major New Partnerships

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway focuses on a wave of developments around Bookshop.org, including its new partnership with Draft2Digital that makes it far easier for indie authors to sell e-books through the platform. He also looks at expanded audiobook options via Libro.fm’s new annual subscription model and a major new partnership with Spotify that connects audiobooks, physical books, and indie bookstores through seamless format switching.
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Selfies Awards Go Global

News Podcast: Selfies Awards Go Global, New Survey Probes Book Prizes, and Libro.fm Adds Annual Plan

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports on the Selfies Awards opening to indie authors worldwide, marking a major shift for one of the most respected indie-only prizes. He also highlights a new Publishing Perspectives survey asking authors, readers, and publishers what they really want from book prizes, looks at Libro.fm’s new annual audiobook subscription model supporting indie bookstores, and notes developments in artist basic income schemes and fresh details emerging from the Anthropic lawsuit.
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Publishing Perspectives Surveys Book Awards

News Summary: Publishing Perspectives Surveys Book Awards; Anthropic’s Book Purchasing Revealed

It has been some time since I reported on a survey, so maybe people are starting to recover a little from the survey fatigue that can set in sometimes. If that applies to you, then you might want to take a moment to answer some of the questions for Publishing Perspectives on a topic close to many of our hearts: awards. Which is very appropriate as we started the week with an announcement about the Selfies.
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