Category: Publishing Controversies
Human: Good. AI: Bad. Perception, Prejudice, and the Creative Landscape in the Age of AI
AI-produced audio slammed for its low quality was actually created by humans. Luddite Fringe, look away now!
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Taylor & Francis To Use AI For Translation. Society of Authors Gets Self-Righteous Again. Philip Pullam Was Spot On
Needless to say the SoA was like a lamb with two tails as it gleefully revelled in the Meta piracy site news.
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The Publishing Industry’s Divergent Reactions to Amazon and AI Companies: A Study in Hypocrisy and Dependency
Joke of the Month: “The Trump-Vance FTC will never back down from taking on Big Tech” – US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson.
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USA – Bowker and IndieCommerce Boost Independent Bookstore Digital Sales With Book2look. A Global Perspective
Book2look has already generated over 250 million views, demonstrating its effectiveness.
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Consumers Prefer AI-Generated Images To The Real Thing: Implications for the Publishing Industry
To those on the Luddite Fringe, you have my sympathies. Keep standing on the beach, watching the tide come in all around you. King Canute would be proud!
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The Guardian Partners With OpenAI While Simultaneously Fuelling The Luddite Fringe Fire
Memo to Microsoft – I’ve got some backlist titles and a struggling school where kids cannot imagine what £20 looks like, let alone £2,000, if you’d like to get in touch!
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India’s Bollywood Music Labels Jump On The ‘Let’s Sue The F*** Out Of OpenAI’ Bandwagon. The NYT Has A Lot To Answer For
With the right deal on the table, most publishers will jump into bed with any and every AI company that can meet their price.
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AI: A Powerful Tool for Uncovering Ancient Texts (When It’s Not Stealing Our Souls and Devouring Our Children)
For fiction writers, this opens up huge new areas of fictional speculation and storytelling, and savvy authors will be wanting to know more and do more, not hide behind the Luddite Fringe’s efforts to keep publishing in twentieth century chains.
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Multinational Acquisitions of Indie Presses: Implications for Australian Publishing
Most of what happens in Australia stays in Australia, especially publishing news. But when PRH makes an acquisition down under, this is apparently important for us up top to know about.
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The Guardian is at it again. No, writers do not need financial support. This victim mentality does us no favours
Writers don’t need victim support and government handouts as The Guardian seems to think. They need positive thinking and a willingness to adapt. Success is earned, not handed out.
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USA – Authors Guild Federal Court Victory: Arkansas Book Ban Declared Unconstitutional
“When we allow broad restrictions like Act 372, we don’t just silence authors – we deny readers, particularly young people, the opportunity to see themselves and understand others through literature” – Mary Rasenberger.
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Fantastic news (unless you’re an AI Luddite): Harvard Uni and 1 million public domain books for AI training
Harvard University has unveiled an extensive dataset of nearly one million public domain books, making it freely available for AI training purposes.”
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