cj Sez: I really like this graphic for a proposed twenty-day
reading schedule for a children’s book. I’m reproducing it here with permission
from Author Chris Grabenstein and also giving credit to Read to Them (they did
the actual schedule) and St Patrick Catholic School, Grande Prairie, Alberta,
Canada, for the art.
Maybe a children’s author or a library, public or school,
might consider adopting/adapting a similar schedule to pique youngsters’ reading
interests. Hmmm?
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Here’s a follow-up on the publishing problem for the print
copy of my latest novel, A Time to Die.
Seems that some AI bot scraped the internet, picked up my
cover and ISBN, either through my ordering proof copies to approve or through my
registering the ISBN, and then sent the data to a company in Australia who
advertised it, cover picture and all, on their online sales site as
"available for preorder."
When I reviewed the KDP proof I had ordered, I realized I
needed to submit a revised manuscript, and then I could approve it for
publication. When KDP’s bot was verifying my approval to publish, it misinterpreted
the "available for preorder” as my print book had been already published
by some other company. I tried a phone call to the Aussie company with no
response. No amount of texting telling they needed to take down the ad, that
they were advertising a pirated and as-yet unapproved, unpublished book could
get past the Aussie’s AI responses.
I ended up having to abandon the original ISBN and attaching
a new one to the manuscript before KDP would accept it for publishing...which
they did.
The “real” print version of "A Time to Die" is now
available for preorder as is the ebook.
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Anthropic News
Any authors remember the suit filed by Simon & Schuster
against Anthropic for pirating their authors’ books for AI training? I had
forgotten about it until a few days ago when a fellow S&S author reminded
me to check to see if any of my books were in the Anthropic Copyright
Settlement. Yep, I found one. The last day to file a claim was March 31, and I
filed my form March 18, claiming sole ownership because I had gotten my rights
back.
On March 25, I got an email that my claim had been received.
Still wondering what that means.
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Top-of-the-mind topic for readers and writers:
“If you primarily
learn about generative AI and large language models from social media, or from
the opinions of average people, then it’s likely you are misinformed about it,”
says publishing guru Jane Friedman. She also says, “Even agents and editors get
basic things wrong about the law surrounding AI.” You can read the rest of her
article here: https://janefriedman.com/ai-and-publishing-faq-for-writers/
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That’s it for today’s post. You-all guys keep on keeping on,
and I’ll try to do the same.
cj Sez: Raising prayers for a Blessed and Happy Easter and Passover.
Just a reminder: Lyrical Pens blog for readers and writers
is now a monthly issue, kind of like a newsletter. I’ll be aiming for the first
of the month, whatever day that is, so watch for it please. That said, thank
you for stopping by Lyrical Pens today. I really do appreciate each and every
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