News Summary: Authors Guild Pushes Back on Amazon’s ‘Ask This Book’ AI Feature
The news starts 2026 as it ended 2025, with Amazon's new Ask This Book feature for Kindle books. When I first reported on this, I had yet to see the response from authors. Thanks to a link in Jane Friedman's newsletter, I have now been able to read and digest a very robust…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/ask-this-book/
#AIfeatures #AmazonKindle #AskThisBook #authorrights #AuthorsGuild
News Summary: Authors Guild Pushes Back on Amazon’s ‘Ask This Book’ AI Feature https://selfpublishingadvice.org/ask-this-book/ #booklicensing #AmazonKindle #authorrights #AuthorsGuild #AskThisBook #AIfeatures #News
Book Reports Potentially Copyright Infringing, Thanks To Court Attacks On LLMs
News Summary: Judge Rejects $3000 Per Title Settlement Figure in Anthropic Case
As a newbie indie writer in the UK, I remember many forum discussions on what seemed a dry topic back in the innocent days of the late 2000s as we tried to grapple with the logistics of what was still a fairly niche path to pursue. That topic was…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/anthropic-copyright-settlement/
#3 #000perbook #Anthropicsettlement #AuthorsGuild #copyrightinfringement
@indieauthors
News Summary: Judge Rejects $3000 Per Title Settlement Figure in Anthropic Case https://selfpublishingadvice.org/anthropic-copyright-settlement/ #copyrightinfringement #Anthropicsettlement #USCopyrightOffice #AuthorsGuild #000perbook #FairUse #News #$3
AAP Endorses the US$1.5 Billion AI Settlement Proposed in the ‘Bartz v. Anthropic’ Case
What's called in court documents 'the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in history' has publishers' and authors' endorsements.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/09/aap-endorses-the-us1-5-billion-ai-settlement-proposed-in-bartz-v-anthropic/
#AI #Anthropic #ArtificialIntelligence #AssociationofAmericanPublishers #AuthorsGuild
@indieauthors
Update. Laws like the one in #Connecticut are under consideration in #Hawaii, #Massachusetts, and #NewJersey. Big #publishers and the #AuthorsGuild are lobbying against them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/books/libraries-e-books-licensing.html
From Alan Inouye (@alansinouye), former director of public policy for the American Library Association (@alalibrary): “It’s really sad [that opposition limits libraries] to what we had [in the age of print]. In effect, we’re excluding the possibility of being better in the digital world.”
The US Supreme Court Supports Parents on LGBTQ Books
Opt-outs for religious objections will chill what is taught in schools,' writes PEN America's Elly Brinkley on 'Mahmoud v. Taylor.'
The post The US Supreme Court Supports Parents on LGBTQ Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/07/on-the-us-supreme-courts-support-of-parents-on-lgbtq-books/
#AuthorsGuild #BookBanning #Censorship #DanNovack #FreedomofExpression
@indieauthors
I think we might be asking the wrong questions and being too shortsighted about AI. Let's look the long term, shall we?
https://www.noahchinnbooks.com/2025/05/27/sleeping-beauty-awoke/
#books #fantasy #noahchinnbooks #authorsguild #authorssupportingauthors #scifi #sf #writingcommunity #authorsagainstai #writersagainstai #writerscommunity
Authors Guild Petitions to Reinstate U.S. Copyright Chief; European Creators Demand AI Transparency: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
It is a week of petitions in the books world. With thanks to Porter Anderson over at Publishing Perspectives for drawing attention to this. Both of them touch on copyright. They may or may not also…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/petitions/
#AItransparency #AuthorsGuild #copyrightpetitions #Europeancreators #USCopyrightOffice
@indieauthors
Authors Guild Petitions to Reinstate U.S. Copyright Chief; European Creators Demand AI Transparency: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway https://selfpublishingadvice.org/petitions/ #U.S.CopyrightOffice #copyrightpetitions #Europeancreators #AItransparency #publishingnews #AuthorsGuild #News
Authors Guild Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights
Tell Congress it must act to reverse this unlawful power grab.
https://authorsguild.org/petition-to-reinstate-register-of-copyrights/
#LibraryOfCongress #CopyrightOffice #AuthorsGuild #Petition #Copyright
Creators for Europe’s 10,000 Signatures: Copyright and AI
Creators for Europe United claims 10,000 signatories in its pro-copyright message aimed at the European Commission.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/creators-for-europe-united-marks-10000-votes-copyright-and-ai/
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AssociationofAmericanPublishers #Authors #AuthorsGuild
@indieauthors
Penguin Random House Leads Amicus Brief in LGBTQ+ Books Case
The US high court hears oral arguments as publishing industry parties file an amicus brief, on school exposure to LGBTQ+ themes.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/penguin-random-house-leads-amicus-brief-in-lgbtq-books-case/
#AuthorsGuild #BookBanning #Censorship #FreedomofExpression #FreedomtoRead
@indieauthors
Penguin Random House Leads Amicus Brief in LTGBQ+ Books Case
The US high court hears oral arguments as publishing industry parties file an amicus brief, on school exposure to LGBTQ+ themes.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/penguin-random-house-leads-amicus-brief-in-ltgbq-books-case/
#AuthorsGuild #BookBanning #Censorship #FreedomofExpression #FreedomtoRead
@indieauthors
I just sent a letter demanding Meta removes my works from the company's AI training data. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/authors-guild-author-letters-to-ai-companies?source=direct_link& #AuthorsGuild #artificialintelligence #copyrightinfringement #Meta
If your books have been stolen by Meta to train their GenAI machine, The Authors Guild has concrete steps for you to take today; also important to know that if your work was stolen, you are automatically part of the Kadrey v Meta class action in California:
ETA: I am told this only applies to U.S. authors/U.S. copyright holders.
@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia #IndieAuthors #GenAI #Meta #IPTheft #AuthorsGuild
https://authorsguild.org/news/meta-libgen-ai-training-book-heist-what-authors-need-to-know/
Gizmodo: Books Written Without AI Can Now Receive New ‘Human Authored’ Certification. “The Authors Guild, one of the largest associations of writers in America, is launching a new project to certify books that have been written by a human rather than a machine. The new ‘Human Authored’ certification will help authors distinguish their work and let readers know what they are reading—and […]
The Authors Guild in the US launched a 'Human Authored' book cert for authors, to combat AI-riddled publications. Errmm...
If you take a look at this blog, I'd love to hear what you think on this topic.
https://www.thenoveliststudio.com/blog/human-authored-certification-authors-guild
