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News Podcast: Indie Manga Alliance Launches, Libro.fm Adds E-books, and Readers Fail to Spot AI Stories
On this week's Self-Publishing News podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway brings two pieces of good news for indie authors: the launch of the Indie Manga Alliance, a new US-based group representing manga creators and publishers outside the mainstream, and Libro.fm's expansion into e-books, giving readers another way to support indie authors and bookstores at the same time. Then he digs into a new Cambridge University Press study, "Bot or Not?", which found that readers not only struggle to tell human-written stories from AI-generated ones — they may actually prefer the AI versions.
News Summary: AI-Generated Stories Outperform Human Writing in Reader Ratings
A week is, as the saying goes, a long time in politics. In technology, it is positively an aeon. Just last week, we were talking about the study of more than 14,000 self-published titles by Tuhin Chakrabarty that, while suggesting AI was generating commercial pressure on indie authors, found that sales of titles with signs of AI generation were lower than those of their human-authored counterparts.
Audio Interview: How Beta Readers Help Authors See Their Books Through Readers’ Eyes, with Howard Lovy and Elizabeth Gauffreau
On the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, host Howard Lovy talks to novelist, poet, and educator Elizabeth Gauffreau about beta readers — what they actually do, how they differ from developmental editors, and why their real job is reader response, not critique. Drawing on decades of giving and receiving feedback as a writer and teacher, Gauffreau explains how authors can set clear expectations, choose the right readers, sort through conflicting feedback, and know when a reader's gut reaction matters more than being factually right.
Dear Oma Ross:
It was nothing but serendipitous stumbling on ALL I (Indie Authors) for which I thank my good
karma.
I have “self published” the following books with no profit in mind – just for the pure joy of it.
For The Love Of Shakespeare
Your Sense of Humor – Don’t Leave Home Without It
Mining My Own Life – This much I Remember and This Is How I Remember It.
Reminiscing in Tranquility of a Time Long Gone By.
I am presently working on the next.
Glad to make your acquaintance.
Happy Food-filled Fun Thanks Giving Day
Chandra
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