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News Podcast: Shopify Bot Attack Hits Authors, UK and EU Enforce AI and Safety Laws, US Plans Pro-Tech AI Policy

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway reports on a coordinated bot attack that hit indie authors using Shopify, leaving some with unexpected fees and limited recourse. He also covers new and proposed legislation across the UK, EU, and US, including the UK’s Online Safety Act, concerns over enforcement of the EU AI Act, and the US White House's pro-tech AI action plan—all with implications for author rights and content access.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News | August 5, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: Online Safety Act and EU AI Laws Raise Concerns for Writers and Publishers

The Online Safety Act is a piece of U.K. legislation, but as I have been reporting for some years, it affects all of us. And that’s because, as is the way with national legislation, it doesn’t just impact the citizens of a country—its reach extends to everyone who wants to deal with that country. And that includes those who want to sell into its market, which is a lot of us who write in, or translate into, English.
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Alliance Of Independent | Authors | Self-Publishing | News July 19, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: The Novelry’s $100K Prize Nears Deadline; Google and UK Age Laws Raise Concerns for Writers

I have already reported on The Novelry’s new $100,000 prize, The Next Big Story. But as the prize closes this month (on July 31) and as Publishers Weekly thinks it worthy of a reminder, I thought it worth doing likewise. After all, $100,000 is not to be sniffed at. And the prize, which has a $15 entry fee, has some other ticks in its favor.
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US Authors and Publishers Challenge Texas Bill Over Content Restrictions: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

A whole host of organizations (Association of American Publishers, American Booksellers for Free Expression, Authors Guild, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Freedom to Read Foundation, and Independent Book Publishers Association) representing authors and publishers in the United States has filed a brief challenging new laws on content for minors.
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Online Safety Act

Self-Publishing News: UK Online Safety Act’s Impact on Content and ByteDance’s Challenge to US Legislation

So far this month, we have seen developments in two stories I’ve covered before that sit together under the heading, “Laying Down the Law for Tech Platforms.” I’ll start close to home here in the UK with the latest in the ongoing saga of the Online Safety Act. This is the UK’s legislation that seeks to protect vulnerable people, especially children, while they are online, by stopping them from encountering material that is “legal but harmful.” The recently implemented act required technology firms to take steps to ensure children were better protected online than adults.
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