Penguin Random House has jumped on the bandwagon with its Inklore imprint, which will specialise in seeking out the most successful webcomic titles in this immensely popular format and bringing them to a print audience.
Today I reflect on a challenging AI week. What case law is rapidly showing is that in the long term what we need is less to bring tech firms to heel and more to have new laws.
Audiobooks have been growing in popularity for a decade, without much sign of that growth slowing. And, even if Generation Z loves paper books, they are also used to audio-first as the way to get information. But, while the market for audiobooks has been growing, their share of the overall book market has remained low in absolute terms - an inevitable consequence of starting from a very low base.
It is fantastic to end the week with what is, essentially, two great stories in one. First of all, I am delighted to welcome Bookbrunch as a partner member to ALLi. Bookbrunch offers frequent snack-sized news items relating to the book world. Perfect for reading alongside (not, of course, instead of) this column!
This week, OpenAI briefly went into what has felt like meltdown as it sacked its longstanding CEO, Sam Altman. There is no official word as to the reason for the firing, with cryptic messages about candid communication. But there are several theories around the real reason for the breakdown.
Baillie Gifford study boasts a spectacular headline figure for winners when looking at the four weeks prior to and subsequent to winning from 2016. Catch up on all the details with the Self-Publishing News update.
On today's ALLi Self-Publishing News we ask, how do we get paid for the items we create when the people who enjoy them don’t purchase things item by item? And specifically, how does TikTok pay creators?
Amazon is taking on a group of people and companies exploiting Amazon’s name. And artists against Stability AI lawsuit has hit the rocks. After reporting several times about Amazon’s experience on the receiving end of legal proceedings, it’s good to be able to report on an action that Amazon is bringing.
What happened at the UK's AI Safety Summit, and what are the implications of AI and copyright that authors need to be prepared for? ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway reports on the summit and its effects on copyright.
Last week Amazon announced the launch of virtual voice narration. The tool will enable authors to turn ebooks into audiobooks using a variety of artificially generated voices.