Adventures in Publishing-land: Why Spotify's ElevenLabs Deal is Bad For Authors. Plus, Book Piracy, and Publishers Playing Fair?
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Marco is in a bad mood this week, and doesn’t hold back when discussing the march of AI into audiobooks…! Plus, we chat about the depressing reaction to a book piracy site being taken down, and wonder if Canongate’s new approach to paying authors more regularly will catch on (we aren’t optimistic…)
00:00 Intro 00:54 Here Come The Robots - AI voices taking over? 20:21 A Pirate’s Life For You? How Piracy Hurts Authors 29:38 Opening the (Canon)Gates - Will The Big 5 Follow? 35:50 Stranger Than Fiction - Nadine's Idea Factory
Links: Bolinda creates AI cloned voice of Barbara Cartland [Not linking to the Piracy story as it names the site] Canongate moves to quarterly royalty payments
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