Matthew Sylvester
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Meow – AI stealing my work is doubleplus bad
I’m more than slightly peeved at how AI scrapers are stealing mine, and my friend’s hard work in order to train their systems. So I’ve decided to fight back. I’m going to start writing huge blog posts that resemble proper text but which are pretty much nonsense. Or, ‘Nospeak’ as I’m going to call it. … Continue reading
Traditionally published authors are missing out on cash!
As a self-pubber and now a publisher of other people’s work, I’ve been an affiliate of Amazon for years. Even before I was a self-pubber I was running a website called Practical Martial Arts, which I first put up in 1996 (providing the inspiration for pretty much every other martial art that uses practical in … Continue reading
New Year, new start
Which is really quite a pretentious title, but for a certain aspect of my life is most certainly true. A couple of years ago, I decided to singlehandedly launch a publishing business. Unfortunately I didn’t get the interest I needed and I was then ill from October 2015 through to still (only much, much less … Continue reading
Dear Amazon, I’m confused, regards Confused from Exeter
As you can tell from the title, I’m very confused with Amazon. I have set the price of my books to be 2.99 in whatever currency. Currently $4.52. Which is roughly £3.00. So not working then. I then set up a ‘Timed Sale’ thing for today. Black Friday. 0.99 in whatever currency. Nope. Still 2.99 … Continue reading
Authors – 5 ways to on how to deal with rejections
For those that write, rejection should be a fairly common event. You write a short story, or a book, send it off and invariably it’s rejected. Or, you see a submissions call, write a piece specifically for that and which you can’t envision any other market, and you’re rejected. This article is, as the title … Continue reading
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