News Podcast: Audible Retires Legacy Royalty Model; Oscars Rule on AI; Publishing Industry AI Survey

On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway breaks down Audible's decision to retire its legacy royalty model by the end of 2026, explaining what the new model means for audiobook authors and the separate decision about whether to enter the All You Can Listen pool. He also reports on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new Oscar eligibility rules requiring human actors and writers, and examines a Book Industry Study Group survey showing that concern about AI-generated books in the marketplace has now entered the top four worries for publishing industry professionals.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-audible-retires-legacy-royalty-model/

#Podcast #ACXaudiobookdistribution #AIgeneratedbooks #AllYouCanListen #Audibleroyaltymodel

News Summary: Oscars Require Human Actors and Authors; Canadian Publishing Survey Reveals AI Concerns

From time to time in the past few years, major, globally recognized red carpet events in the creative sphere have issued policies on AI and its eligibility for entry into their sanctum sanctorum. Most notable among them was the Grammys. Until now. The Motion Picture Academy of America has updated the rules governing eligibility for the Oscars.
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https://selfpublishingadvice.org/oscars-require-human-actors-and-authors/

#AIeligibility #AIgeneratedbooks #BISGsurvey #Canadianpublishing #copyrightconcerns

News Podcast: ‘Shy Girl’ Controversy Raises AI Editing Questions; Self-Publishing Surge Sparks Debate

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway examines the fallout from the “Shy Girl” controversy, where allegations of AI-assisted writing led to a withdrawn book deal and raised new questions about author responsibility and editorial use of AI. He also highlights Jane Friedman’s new AI-in-publishing guide, reports on a surge in self-published titles linked to AI tools, and looks at the growing use of Substack as a platform for fiction.
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https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-ai-editing/

#Podcast #AIeditingethics #AIgeneratedbooks #JaneFriedmanAIFAQ #selfpublishinggrowth

News Summary: EU Removes Books from Deforestation Rules, as Daunt Weighs AI-Generated Titles

We start the week with a round-up of stories I originally had slated for Saturday before sadder events overtook us. First up, two of my favourite topics wrapped into one neat story package: print and European law.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/deforestation-rules/

#AIgeneratedbooks #booksellingtrends #EUDRexemption #Europeanpublishing #jamesdaunt

Apple Loosens App Store Rules; EU Publishers Call for AI Transparency: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

We end the week with a round-up of several small but nonetheless important stories. The biggest of those relates to the recent legal developments in the Epic Games and Apple case. The US courts have ruled that Apple must…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/app-store/

#AIgeneratedbooks #appstorechanges #EUpublishersstatement #KindleiOSupdate #Patreonpayments
@indieauthors

#Google Books Is Indexing #AI-Generated Books

👉 #GoogleBooks is indexing low quality, AI-generated books that will turn up in search results, and could possibly impact Google #Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track #language use throughout history. 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-books-important-source-for-academics-may-have-a-bot-problem/articleshow/109089043.cms

#GoogleNgram #NgramViewer #linguistics #diachrony #diachroniclinguistics #research #languages #aigeneratedcontent #AIgeneratedBooks

🍄 "There are hundreds of poisonous fungi in North America and several that are deadly," Sigrid Jakob
Experts Worry That AI-Generated Books About Mushroom Foraging Will Get Someone Killed
by Maggie Harrison at @futurism
#fungi #AI #AIgeneratedBooks

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-generated-books-mushroom-foraging