When Hachette pulled Mia Ballard’s Shy Girl from publication due to suspected AI usage, the initial evidence arose from readers’ analyses.

Some believe we’re in for a decade or more of uncertainty surrounding this issue—and lots of litigation to keep lawyers busy.

Apparently OpenAI wants to devote its time to other areas, and the app required too many computational resources.

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Author and educator Lavaille Lavette is partnering on Joyful Pen Books, focusing on inclusive stories that promote empowerment.

IDW Publishing, already enjoyed success with its horror imprint, is launching IDW Crime due to demand for “true crime and cult stories”.

Hachette canceled Shy Girl after suspected AI use, raising questions about editorial oversight, industry standards, and the future of AI detection in publishing.

Attorneys’ fees have dropped from $300 million (20% of the award) to $187.5 million (12.5% of the award), leaving more for authors.

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Notorious is a new true crime imprint from Storm Publishing, spearheaded by author Gregg Olsen and publishing industry vet Claire Bord.

The list, a partnership between NielsenIQ and Media Control, will combine verified retail sales data and engagement from the BookTok community.

Bernet, who lives and works in Dallas, Texas, said her debut novel took ten years and six manuscripts to get published.

Dave Hansen, the executive director of the Authors Alliance and an expert on issues of copyright and fair use, offers clarity on the case.

Longtime readers may recall my concerns that the list isn’t assembled with the same quality data and oversight as it once was.

The figure, based on ISBNs, represents an increase of 32.5 percent over 2024—but many ebooks have no ISBNs so the true number is even higher.

To reach this conclusion, the judge read six drafts of the plaintiff’s work and the four Crave novels, and found no more than common tropes.

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Applying genre labels to creative work can be vexing, but understanding each genre’s core concerns can also be inspiring and instructional.

The Authors Guild has expanded its human-authorship certification program to all authors. It verifies author identity, but not whether the author used AI in the work.

When a scene shifts to a new setting, time, or POV without clearly bridging that gap, we risk losing readers’ trust and goodwill.

A Spanish author has created a database to answer a simple question: Has this book been translated into my language?

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