It’s All In The Algorithm

In Publishing News this week, Over the years when Summer hits the Northern Hemisphere and the publishing world goes on holiday, I have noticed that’s when publishing companies start buying each other. First up this month, Wiley have bought UK based Emerald Publishing group. Ho Hum you might say but close reading of the Publishing Perspectives article points out why they did this deal. Content, and Archive. What would need access to trusted scholarly information across the world? Dan Holloway reports on the recent post from Writer Beware about Indie authors being cut out of AI copyright class actions. The new META case specifically excludes ASIN’s. It’s worth reading the full post from Writer Beware as well as Dan’s commentary. After recently celebrating a win for the US…
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It’s All In The Algorithm

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TwitterChat: Are Pre-Orders a Good Idea? — Alliance of Independent Authors: Self-Publishing Advice Center

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