Self-Publishing News: Apple Responds to Spotify’s Lawsuit by Releasing Figures on the Firm’s Relationship
Spotify has claimed that Apple is using anticompetitive behaviour in making competitors pay for more than a basic presence in the app store.
Self-Publishing News: Reddit is Going Public after 18 years
Reddit has announced it's holding an Initial Public Offering while Substackers can curate a “network” to recommend their subscribers. Reddit IPO update from ALLI.
Self-Publishing News: OpenAI’s Sora Stuns the World with its Text to Video Capability
Sora delivers textbooks electronically to libraries. Now OpenAI’s Sora is a text to video platform causing security concerns.
Self-Publishing News: Preparation for the Accessibility Act Underway for Ebook Producers (and the Digital Services Act is Here)
The Digital Services act is aimed at “very large online platforms.” The European Accessibility Act comes into force at the end of June 2025.
Self-Publishing News: Findaway Voices Terms – What’s Really Changed?
On Friday of last week, Findaway Voices by Spotify announced new terms and conditions that some have commented as being “rights grab”. Here is an update on Findaway Voices terms from ALLi's Watchdog Desk.
Self-Publishing News: The Latest Legal Developments in Artists vs. AI Feels Like the Face Off Before a Boxing Match…
This week, the news has centred on lawsuits. Specifically it has centred on the lawsuits brought by creators in respect of copyright.
Self-Publishing News: Kaia Gerber’s Library Science Book Club Provides More Evidence Gen Z Readers Love Books and Libraries
Gen Z readers loving printed books and libraries, whatever the accompanying paraphernalia, is something to celebrate. Self-Publishing News Update with ALLi News Editor, Dan Holloway.
Self-Publishing News: Spotlight on Spotify and the Audiobook Market
Audiobook Market update: 236 million people pay for a Spotify subscription which in theory gives access to up to 15 hours of audiobook content a month.
Self-Publishing News: Europe’s AI Act and UK Parliamentary Report Shows Net Is Closing Around AI’s Use of Copyright Material
Today's news update looks across legislation of AI: The EU's AI Act is in its final stages of passing into law. In the UK, the House of Lords issued a report on large language models.
Self-Publishing News: Amazon Profits, Pro-Tips…and Personal Shoppers
Three interesting snippet-lets that combine to form a story large enough to remind us of Amazon's relevance, newly released profit data, tips for discoverability of your book and their new personal shopper.
Self-Publishing News: Do Children Get Their Parents Reading Rather than the Other Way Around?
The IBPA has elected Tieshena Davis as their chair for 2024-25. And a German competition finds children reading aids generational literacy within families.
Self-publishing News Update: Is Spotify Driving An Overall Increase in the Audiobook Market?
The audiobook market has, as you will all know by now, been growing steadily for a decade. Double digit growth is normal and while in the early days it was de rigueur to point out that this was starting from a very small base, that baseline is now within touching distance of ebooks.