Amazon KDP is finally getting some competition by way of this NEW self-publishing company, Bookvault. Draft2Digital rolls out distribution to massive new UK-based retailer. An indie author exposes new scam on Kindle Unlimited. And, OpenAI is in hot water AGAIN with news that they sourced content from pirated ebook sites. All that and more in the self-publishing news!
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- OpenAI is being sued for training its AI with pirated books - https://www.gearrice.com/update/openai-is-being-sued-for-training-its-ai-with-pirated-books/
- TikTok Sells a Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/books/tiktok-book-publishing-bytedance.html
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