July 2024

Why Now Is the Best Time to Be an Indie Fiction Writer

/ Futurism, Publishing & Production / 3 minutes of reading / 2 Comments

Jane Freidman, at her blog just a few days ago, wrote a post, “Like It or Not, Publishers Are Licensing Books for AI Training—And Using AI Themselves.”

The post is a refreshingly blunt take on how AI is settling into the publishing industry. I will leave it to Jane to explain how, even for indie authors, there is new money to made from the AI phenomenon, if you’re smart and wrangle your contracts.

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Here’s an offer worth snatching up.

/ Technology, Tools & AI / 3 minutes of reading

I very much resent SAAS (Software as a Service) products, these days, even though I’m chained to using two of them.

Microsoft 365 and Adobe Acrobat, since you ask. I just can’t get away from them. Similar products (Open Office, Google Office, and many PDF makers) just don’t offer the same features that I consider essential and use on a regular basis.

But I keep a watchful eye on potential contenders, all the same.

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