Publishing
The Publishers' Guide: What Every Publisher Should Review Before 2027
An October 31, 2026 audit of ISBNs, Crossref DOI fees, metadata, accessibility, AI policy, print production, and rights records.
Publishing Standards Brief
The Publishing Standards Brief - Edition 004: AI Review and EPUB Production
Edition 004 connects the Authors Guild AI guidance and EPUB 3.4 with practical manuscript review, disclosure, validation, and rights-record workflows.
Copyright & Rights
Anthropic Settlement Claims: The Publisher Rightsholder Allocation Standard
Anthropic settlement allocation disputes show why publishers need a title-level record for legal owners, beneficial owners, reversions, contracts, claim percentages, and payment decisions.
Copyright & Rights
AI Training, Piracy, and the Publisher Rights-Provenance Standard
The Anthropic litigation separates AI training questions from pirated acquisition. Build the rights-provenance record authors and publishers need now.
Publishing
Publishing Rights and the Publisher of Record
Understand publishing rights, publisher-of-record status, ISBN publisher prefixes, outside-service ISBNs, copyright ownership, imprints, and the written agreements required before releasing a book.