“Can you publish my public domain line of books?”
Public domain books have become the pariahs in the industry.
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Should journalists stand by and take pictures while a massacre occurs? – In The News – 11/10/2023
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One Writer Using Substack Has Made Over $1M – In The News – 10/14/2023
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Copyright Board Says You Can’t Copyright Something Made by AI – In The News – 09/30/2023
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“Is $2,140 a reasonable price for an ISBN, copyright registration, and an LCCN?” HECK NO!!!
One company. Three huge red flags!
Hospital Threatens to Sue Mom Over 14-Year-Old Son’s Published Article – In The News – 09/07/2023
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Library Asks Speaker to Leave DURING Her Presentation, and MUCH MORE! – In The News – 08/25/2023
MORE: Op-ed sexual harassment allegation leads to lawsuit; Man gets physically removed from school board meeting for reading aloud a book with strong s*xual content made available to children; School board members not allowed unannounced school visits? What are they hiding??; As writers’ strike continues, studios are posting jobs for AI experts paying up to $1M/year; Bloomsbury Publishing exec, 45, dies in boating accident; Teacher fired for reading inappropriate book to fifth graders; Judge rules AI-created art isn’t copyrightable; Kansas reporter accused of breaking law before controversial Marion County newspaper raid; Nursery pulls book shown to four-year-olds that depicts men kissing in bondage; AI to binge LAPD bodycam footage to weed out rude tone, aggressive language; and Amazon Prime show allegedly used woman’s story, but did not credit her.
Author Says Amazon Was Selling Fake AI-Generated Books Under Her Name – In The News – 08/11/2023
MORE: Woman sues after AI results in her arrest; State pulls funding from the American Library Association (ALA) after they elect an openly Marxist president; Shame on College Board!; and Obama biographer probably won’t be getting any new biography jobs after he spilled the beans.
FTC Wants to Break Up Amazon – In The News – 07/28/2023
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“My book was on Amazon last week and now I can’t find it?”
“When I search for the title of the book now, I don’t see it. What do you think is going on?”