News Podcast: Authors Guild Clarifies Anthropic Claims; Spotify Opens AI Audiobooks to All US Authors

On this week's Self-Publishing News podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway sorts through new Authors Guild clarifications on the Anthropic settlement: payments should still begin trickling through from November, but rights-reversion disputes are clouding who gets paid what, and authors whose rights reverted by August 10, 2022 are advised to claim their full 100 percent share. He also covers Spotify taking its ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool out of beta for all US authors — free for five titles, with no exclusivity — and a new Frankfurter Buchmesse report finding that only 15 percent of audiobooks are made with no AI at all.

September 18, 2026
Dan Holloway
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News Summary: Spotify Opens AI Audiobook Creation Tools to All US Indie Authors; Webtoon Launches AI Translation

The big news of the week is Spotify's announcement that it is opening up its AI narration tools for audiobooks to all indie authors in the US. Audiobook Creation Tools was the ElevenLabs collaboration with Spotify that had been in beta. It allows authors to turn their books into audiobooks within their Spotify for Authors account using a selection of ElevenLabs' AI-generated narration voices.

September 15, 2026
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: When Writing Meets Reality – A Look Back at a Week of Conferences

The end of last week, you won’t have failed to notice, saw conference season in full swing. The 75th Frankfurt Book Fair is one of the big events of the literary calendar. And capping it off was ALLi’s Self-publishing Advice Conference.

October 24, 2023
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Peter Gibbons Wins £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award

Peter Gibbons wins Kindle Storyteller Award with King of War. Amazon faces $1bn buy box lawsuit. SelfPubCon preview.

October 26, 2022
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: $59m investment in Inkitt to take self-published stories to the screen

Inkitt raises $59m to take successful self-published stories from its platform to the screen. Publishing tackles climate change.

October 6, 2021
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Selfies Awards Extend Eligibility

The Selfies Awards expand their eligibility to British writers living in Europe and what the Brexit deal means.

December 30, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Literary Prizes Still Not Open to Indies

On the even of the Nobel Prize For Literature, a new prize for young adult fiction shows literary prizes still exclude indies.

October 7, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Book Clubs Go Digital

BookClub seeks to take book clubs online and let readers aske questions direct to authors, and bookstores need book sales.

September 30, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-Publishing News: How Covid-19 Changed Sales, Supply, and Events

Covid hasn't lowered book sales but people have bought from Amazon not bookstores; Amazon in Sweden; Audio white paper at Frankfurt.

August 5, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Netgalley Adds Audio

Netgalley adds audio offering, Gardners buy Bertrams warehouse, Frankfurt Book Fair announce digital events, Amazon join lawsuit against Kiss Library

July 15, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
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Self-publishing News: Frankfurt wants to Hear From You

Frankfurt Book Fair wants to hear from you, the latest insights on audiobooks, and Amazon makes a move in Sweden and India.

July 1, 2020
Dan Holloway
News
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