Publishing Standards Brief
Edition 004 connects the Authors Guild AI guidance and EPUB 3.4 with practical manuscript review, disclosure, validation, and rights-record workflows.
Distribution & Metadata
Understand the EPUB 3.4 draft, test new features, validate with EPUBCheck 5.4.0, and decide what to change or preserve in existing ebooks.
Publishing Standards Brief
Issue 003 covers Google Search profiles, Anthropic rightsholder allocations, KDP 18-month preorders, and EPUB Annotations 1.0 with four practical publisher records.
Distribution & Metadata
W3C published a new EPUB Annotations 1.0 Working Draft on September 24, 2026. Publishers should preserve stable structure, identifiers, privacy expectations, and edition relationships before annotations become portable across reading systems.
Distribution & Metadata
Google expanded Search profiles to more U.S. publishers and added multi-account management. Use this claiming, evidence, and governance standard before rolling it across a publishing network.
Publishing Standards Brief
The September 19 Publishing Standards Brief covers Google AI Search controls, AI-era rights provenance, AI disclosure, and EPUB Accessibility 1.2.
AI & Publishing
EU AI transparency rules are now applicable. Adopt a practical classification, review, labeling, and recordkeeping standard for AI-assisted publishing.
Distribution & Metadata
Google has rolled out worldwide controls and reporting for publisher visibility in AI Search. Use this framework to decide, test, document, and review participation.
AI & Publishing
Discover what a modern AI publishing standard should include, from transparency and human accountability to copyright protection and responsible technology use.
Distribution & Metadata
AI search traffic is still emerging, but publishers should prepare now by building authority, structured content, and trusted information sources for the future of discovery.
Copyright & Rights
Learn why copyright registration matters for authors, how publisher responsibilities work, and what every writer should verify before signing a publishing agreement.
AI & Publishing
Explore the difference between AI-assisted and AI-generated publishing, why transparency matters, and why the publishing industry needs clear standards for responsible artificial intelligence use.
