If you are a claimant in the Bartz v Anthropic copyright infringement settlement, you may have received an email this week updating you on the status of your claims. For undisputed claims, you can simply review the email and claim update but do not need to take further steps. “Disputed claims” are ones in which different claimants to a work – usually authors and publishers – are claiming different percentage splits of the payout for that work. When you log in with the claim number and pin they provide to you in the email, you can see what each claimant has put down as to how the payout should be split.
Industry News Round-Up Week of 8/31/26
Stay updated on the latest news, advancements, and changes that are shaping the textbook and academic authoring industry with our bi-weekly Industry News Round-Up. Have an item to share? Email Sierra.Pawlak@TAAonline.net.
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Submit a Proposal for the 2027 Textbook & Academic Authoring Conference
There have been some exceptional session proposals coming through so far, but we know there are still plenty of writing tips and strategies out there waiting to be shared to help inspire other textbook and/or academic authors at any stage of their career.
