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They argue that unlicensed training injures existing licensing markets and facilitates substitutive AI-generated books; the filing even cites an internal Microsoft assessment acknowledging possible harm to authors.

Publishers’ AI experimentation is creating an author-trust problem
29 October 2026 (Wired)
A Wired investigation reports confused and uneven AI adoption inside major publishers: experiments with submission assessment, publicity copy and other workflows coexist with litigation against AI companies. Several bestselling authors say they cannot secure contractual promises limiting AI use, while one reported receiving promotional copy containing fabricated quotations.

AAP Calls on Meta to Drop Its ‘Onerous’ Terms of Service
29 October 2026 (Publishers Weekly)
The terms would let Meta use “web scrapers, bots, robots, spiders, crawlers, and user agents” to “access, index, cache, analyze, collect, retrieve, or crawl” websites associated with business accounts on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads. Opting out would mean giving up Meta’s platforms for business.

Australian book publishing in 'crisis' over rise of AI
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"It's like asking the bad guys that have robbed you of everything to then give you a little bit of money back to try and make you feel better about it."

Readwise is launching its own ebookstore
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E-reader Readwise has launched Readwise Books, an initially invite-only reading app combining a US ebook store with social discovery, reading tracking and synchronised highlights. The free iOS and Android app also supports imported EPUBs and offers AI assistance for uploaded books and purchases whose publishers have explicitly authorised it.

Digital Publishing Summit 2027 is now bi-annual
27 October 2026 (EDR Lab)
Bologna June 8-9.
Toronto October 21-22
Both events gather publishers, librarians, developers and accessibility specialists around open standards, interoperability and accessible digital reading.

PRH to Improve Backlist Accessibility
27 October 2026 (Publishers Weekly)
Frontlist e-books from PRH’s core publishers are already equipped with assistive technologies such as text-to-speech, structured navigation, image descriptions, and tagging. This new initiative will upgrade PRH’s deep backlist.

Storytel’s AI reading tool usage grows
27 October 2026 (Publishing Perspectives)
Storytel says its Genie conversational companion has handled more than 800,000 interactions, while AI-generated Recaps are used monthly by over 400,000 customers in ten markets. The company says Genie’s topic recommendations are also encouraging users to add more titles to their digital shelves.

BookBeat grows 13%
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European book streamer BookBeat's more than 1.2 million paying users spend close to 1 million hours listening to and reading books every day. Their largest markets are Sweden, Finland, Germany, and Poland.

Swiss giant Galaxus is joining the e-book market
26 October 2026 (DigiTec)
Swiss e-commerce marketplace Galaxus: The decision to introduce e-books to the Galaxus range was made a few days ago.

The new “Kindle+” brand blurs the remaining boundary between Kindle and Audible
22 October 2026 (ZDnet)
Amazon is officially rebranding Kindle Unlimited as Kindle+. Audiobooks are becoming a bigger part of the Kindle+ subscription. The list of audiobooks will include titles narrated by AI.

RBmedia to Expand through European Publisher Acquisitions
23 October 2026 (Publishing Perspectives)
The world’s largest audiobook publisher looks to broaden its non-English language market activity. The key way that they are looking to expand is by acquiring or partnering with local publishers in non-English language markets, such as Germany, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark, with a look toward Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America further down the line.

Kindle Android App Now Allows Handwritten Notes
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Amazon has rolled out handwritten notes to the Kindle Android app. The feature allows readers to mark up their ebooks with handwritten notes. Support appears to be exclusive to Android tablets and phones, for now. This update follows the addition of two other recently added features. Days ago, users noticed the emergence of options for underlining and outlining ebook text on Android.

Hundreds of authors abandon the class-action route and sue Meta individually
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Approximately 300 authors filed individual copyright complaints against Meta on 19 October, alleging that their books were obtained from shadow libraries and used for AI training. Their lawyers reportedly plan cases for nearly 1,000 additional authors; the claims seek statutory damages that could reach US$150,000 per infringed work, although no damages have yet been awarded.

UK Report: Physical books are massively more energy-intensive than ebooks
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Japan drafts guidelines favoring mix of paper, digital textbooks
19 October 2026 (Kyodo News)
School textbooks will be allowed in three formats: paper, fully digital and a "hybrid" combination of paper and digital content. The new framework covers elementary, junior high and high school textbooks.

Spotify offers authors 1,000 free audiobook redemption codes per title
20 September 2026 (Spotify Blog)
These enable authors to give away complimentary copies to reviewers, book influencers, newsletter subscribers, book clubs and potential fans.

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