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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
Dan Holloway
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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
Dan Holloway
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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
Dan Holloway
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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
Dan Holloway
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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
Dan Holloway
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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
Dan Holloway
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KDP AI Terms Places Limits on Titles: Self-publishing News

Last week, I reported on Amazon’s changes to KDP terms around AI generated content. Authors are now required to disclose the nature of their use of AI.

September 23, 2023
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: Audiobooks Haven’t Gone Away – News from Spotify and Nextory

Audiobooks are here to stay. This billion-dollar industry has seen double-digital revenue growth especially for platforms like Spotify. Today, ALLi's News Editor, Dan Holloway explores the tactics in the audiobook space particularly about audio platforms like Spotify and Nextory.

September 21, 2023
Dan Holloway
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Text Reads: Self-Publishing News September 19th 2023

Self-Publishing News: New Lawsuit Against LibGen Brings Shadow Libraries into the Light

What exactly are shadow libraries? What role do they play in the lives of readers, writers, and technology companies? And why have four publishers in the US this week taken legal action against Library Genesis (LibGen)?