Authors- sign up and do your part!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Authors- sign up and do your part!
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
“.. The guardrails are off,” Harold Triedman, one of the paper’s co-authors ..
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November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“.. The guardrails are off,” Harold Triedman, one of the paper’s co-authors ..
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Isn't it about time the other authors of the Cass Report were also named...?
1. Trump's Anti-Trans HHS Report authors have been unmasked, and as someone said, "Now we know why they were previously kept anonymous."
It's a who's who of hate groups and billionaire-funded anti-trans activists.
We detail the names in our latest report.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It's a who's who of hate groups and billionaire-funded anti-trans activists.
We detail the names in our latest report.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump's Anti-Trans Report Authors Revealed: Hate Groups and Billionaire-Funded Anti-Trans Activists
The majority of the “expert” comments cited in the “peer review” seem to be just as ignorant as the authors about the reality of trans people’s care.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Isn't it about time the other authors of the Cass Report were also named...?
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
It's a very bad time to be a legitimate book club or reading group hoping to get authors to pop in for a Zoom call or other appearance. The absolute flood of predatory email spam targeting authors means it all goes into the bin.
book PR scam copy has gotten just better enough in the last year that it drives me insane. I can't handle the extra five seconds of sleuthing before sending to spam!
www.thechatner.com/p/the-worst-...
www.thechatner.com/p/the-worst-...
The Worst Part About Publishing a Book in 2025 Is The New Kind of Spam
I don’t like getting spam emails as a general rule, but they’re usually pretty easy to filter and don’t cause more than a momentary spasm of irritation:
www.thechatner.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's a very bad time to be a legitimate book club or reading group hoping to get authors to pop in for a Zoom call or other appearance. The absolute flood of predatory email spam targeting authors means it all goes into the bin.
Stags are fierce defenders of authors’ rights
a deer with antlers laying in a field
ALT: a deer with antlers laying in a field
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Stags are fierce defenders of authors’ rights
Authors! Here’s your reminder to file your claims in the Anthropic settlement. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
Anthropic’s real estate moves suggest the company is creating a corporate campus near San Francisco’s Salesforce Park.
Tech titan Anthropic in discussions to take over entire building in downtown S.F.
Anthropic’s real estate moves suggest the company is creating a corporate campus near San Francisco’s Salesforce Park.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Authors! Here’s your reminder to file your claims in the Anthropic settlement. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
What? You can buy books from indie authors from bookstores
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What? You can buy books from indie authors from bookstores
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.
We can debate all day about who got cancelled and whether or not they deserved it, but one thing I have noticed is that a lot of queer YA written from ~2019-2022 has a kind of sterile after-school-special vibe where you can just tell they sanitized the fuck out of it to appease the Twitter hivemind
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.
What an appalling choice by the publisher to submit gen AI covers for their authors' books to a CONTEST, and I'm glad the awards pushed back against the use of gen AI and disqualified them. Heartbroken for the authors who didn't know, though.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
These Books Were Judged by Their A.I. Covers, and Disqualified
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
What an appalling choice by the publisher to submit gen AI covers for their authors' books to a CONTEST, and I'm glad the awards pushed back against the use of gen AI and disqualified them. Heartbroken for the authors who didn't know, though.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
“Why do authors always—“
I’m gonna stop you right there. Because it sells books. Because it sells books! If a large group of authors is consistently doing something, it’s because it works. You can hate whatever it is, but don’t shit on authors for making business decisions.
I’m gonna stop you right there. Because it sells books. Because it sells books! If a large group of authors is consistently doing something, it’s because it works. You can hate whatever it is, but don’t shit on authors for making business decisions.
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“Why do authors always—“
I’m gonna stop you right there. Because it sells books. Because it sells books! If a large group of authors is consistently doing something, it’s because it works. You can hate whatever it is, but don’t shit on authors for making business decisions.
I’m gonna stop you right there. Because it sells books. Because it sells books! If a large group of authors is consistently doing something, it’s because it works. You can hate whatever it is, but don’t shit on authors for making business decisions.
Shout out to authors and the written word!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Shout out to authors and the written word!
1. Trump's Anti-Trans HHS Report authors have been unmasked, and as someone said, "Now we know why they were previously kept anonymous."
It's a who's who of hate groups and billionaire-funded anti-trans activists.
We detail the names in our latest report.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It's a who's who of hate groups and billionaire-funded anti-trans activists.
We detail the names in our latest report.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump's Anti-Trans Report Authors Revealed: Hate Groups and Billionaire-Funded Anti-Trans Activists
The majority of the “expert” comments cited in the “peer review” seem to be just as ignorant as the authors about the reality of trans people’s care.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
1. Trump's Anti-Trans HHS Report authors have been unmasked, and as someone said, "Now we know why they were previously kept anonymous."
It's a who's who of hate groups and billionaire-funded anti-trans activists.
We detail the names in our latest report.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It's a who's who of hate groups and billionaire-funded anti-trans activists.
We detail the names in our latest report.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is a great appreciation of one of my absolute favorite authors @fotoole.bsky.social
I think I understand, deeply, what goes into this kind of sentence. Research, analysis, craft — this is a sentence where it all meets. This is just masterful.
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is a great appreciation of one of my absolute favorite authors @fotoole.bsky.social
As a librarian, this makes me very sad. We love inviting authors to our annual community read, but it's become impossible to get in touch with authors thanks to all the spam/scams out there.
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
As a librarian, this makes me very sad. We love inviting authors to our annual community read, but it's become impossible to get in touch with authors thanks to all the spam/scams out there.
I think it's absolutely hilarious that Ben Ryan made me the lede in his story trying to preempt criticism of the wild reveal the HHS report's authors.
More on that later.
But this is absolutely hilarious.
More on that later.
But this is absolutely hilarious.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I think it's absolutely hilarious that Ben Ryan made me the lede in his story trying to preempt criticism of the wild reveal the HHS report's authors.
More on that later.
But this is absolutely hilarious.
More on that later.
But this is absolutely hilarious.
We finally know the identities of the 9 anonymous authors of the May HHS report on pediatric gender-affirming care. Surprise! It's stacked with people who make money advocating against pediatric gender-affirming care.
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We finally know the identities of the 9 anonymous authors of the May HHS report on pediatric gender-affirming care. Surprise! It's stacked with people who make money advocating against pediatric gender-affirming care.
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here's our writeup from May: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
🚨 beware, authors!
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🚨 beware, authors!
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Bloodthirsty Savages
Authors of the Buybull
Authors of the Buybull
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Bloodthirsty Savages
Authors of the Buybull
Authors of the Buybull
STAT rounded up on what is known about the authors and reviewers.
The key point: "many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people."
The key point: "many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people."
HHS names authors and releases peer-review comments for gender dysphoria report
The new report reveals that many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care and belong to anti-LGBTQ+ groups
www.statnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
STAT rounded up on what is known about the authors and reviewers.
The key point: "many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people."
The key point: "many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people."
There is a book club organization out there emailing authors telling them the club will feature their work for a "modest fee" for "branded materials" etc. Do not fall for this nonsense. You should never, as a writer, have to pay for such things.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
There is a book club organization out there emailing authors telling them the club will feature their work for a "modest fee" for "branded materials" etc. Do not fall for this nonsense. You should never, as a writer, have to pay for such things.
Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs
Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs
Ockham Book Awards dropped two titles from contention after new guidelines introduced on artificial intelligence use
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs