Mike Leadley
@mikeleadley.bsky.social
IT bod. SFF writer & reader. Anime fan. Lefty liberal. metalhead. Owned by a greyhound. He/Him
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Please, if you want to self-pub your book, then use your monies for an editor, a proofreader and a cover artist.
Real people, with real talent, who'll work with you to make your book the best book it can be.
Not these talentless, techbro, vanity press grifters.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
Real people, with real talent, who'll work with you to make your book the best book it can be.
Not these talentless, techbro, vanity press grifters.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
Writers condemn startup’s plans to publish 8,000 books next year using AI
Publisher Spines will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books edited and distributed with the help of artificial intelligence
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Please, if you want to self-pub your book, then use your monies for an editor, a proofreader and a cover artist.
Real people, with real talent, who'll work with you to make your book the best book it can be.
Not these talentless, techbro, vanity press grifters.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
Real people, with real talent, who'll work with you to make your book the best book it can be.
Not these talentless, techbro, vanity press grifters.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
More bullshit AI stealing peoples work: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
It's beyond time all the AI crooks got thrown in jail for mass copyright theft
It's beyond time all the AI crooks got thrown in jail for mass copyright theft
There’s No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI
Dialogue from these movies and TV shows has been used by companies such as Apple and Anthropic to train AI systems.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:56 PM
More bullshit AI stealing peoples work: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
It's beyond time all the AI crooks got thrown in jail for mass copyright theft
It's beyond time all the AI crooks got thrown in jail for mass copyright theft
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What, you want me to sell you the right to have AI scrape my work?
What's the offer?
$2,500 a book?
Okay, here's my counteroffer: Go fuck yourself
lithub.com/harpercollin...
What's the offer?
$2,500 a book?
Okay, here's my counteroffer: Go fuck yourself
lithub.com/harpercollin...
HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…
lithub.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:58 PM
What, you want me to sell you the right to have AI scrape my work?
What's the offer?
$2,500 a book?
Okay, here's my counteroffer: Go fuck yourself
lithub.com/harpercollin...
What's the offer?
$2,500 a book?
Okay, here's my counteroffer: Go fuck yourself
lithub.com/harpercollin...
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Authors/publishers, go check a website called Oceanofpdf for your books.
They have 9 of mine that they are giving away for free and I've seen many belonging to people I know. Their email address is on the website.
They also have the gall to ask for donations...
@britfantasysoc.bsky.social
They have 9 of mine that they are giving away for free and I've seen many belonging to people I know. Their email address is on the website.
They also have the gall to ask for donations...
@britfantasysoc.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Authors/publishers, go check a website called Oceanofpdf for your books.
They have 9 of mine that they are giving away for free and I've seen many belonging to people I know. Their email address is on the website.
They also have the gall to ask for donations...
@britfantasysoc.bsky.social
They have 9 of mine that they are giving away for free and I've seen many belonging to people I know. Their email address is on the website.
They also have the gall to ask for donations...
@britfantasysoc.bsky.social