Coral Wire archive — October 2026

Every Coral Wire edition from October 2026, each with the stories it carried and the Coral Index reading for the day.

• Thu, Oct 22 2026Catapult group sold, all operations end October 3011 stories Index 52
• Wed, Oct 21 2026231 authors sue Meta solo instead of joining a class8 stories Index 79
• Tue, Oct 20 2026New French literary prize is open only to books written with AI5 stories Index 57
• Mon, Oct 19 2026Ex-publisher insider describes contracts built to take every right3 stories Index 55
• Sun, Oct 18 2026Audible data shows narrators still matter as AI splits ghostwriting9 stories Index 58
• Sat, Oct 17 2026Faber pulls Sally Rooney titles from UK sale over terrorism law8 stories Index 62
• Fri, Oct 16 2026Faber pulls Sally Rooney's books from UK sale over terror law12 stories Index 42
• Thu, Oct 15 2026ACX and Audible’s New Payment Model: What You Need to Decide Before 31 December12 stories Index 45
• Wed, Oct 14 2026Three Things Creators Should Know About the Upcoming Increase in U.S. Copyright Office Registration Fees11 stories Index 52
• Tue, Oct 13 2026Publishers use AI in-house while authors get scrutinized for it4 stories Index 62
• Mon, Oct 12 2026Three major publishers use AI while cancelling authors for it6 stories Index 62
• Sun, Oct 11 2026Appeals court rules Thomson Reuters headnotes beat fair use defense5 stories Index 55
• Sat, Oct 10 2026Amazon caps new KDP titles and raises the 70% ceiling to $12.9912 stories Index 55
• Fri, Oct 9 2026Third Circuit says curated text keeps its copyright against AI11 stories Index 68
• Thu, Oct 8 2026Terminated KDP author got reinstated by threatening arbitration11 stories Index 58
• Wed, Oct 7 2026Audible lets listeners talk back to characters mid-book11 stories Index 42
• Tue, Oct 6 2026Authors accuse Starfish Bay Publishing of failing to deliver books10 stories Index 52
• Mon, Oct 5 2026Third Circuit upholds ruling that Ross's AI training was not fair use3 stories Index 42
• Sun, Oct 4 2026Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske suits against Google AI Overviews4 stories Index 58
• Sat, Oct 3 2026Amazon slashes KDP upload limit from ten titles to two11 stories Index 62
• Fri, Oct 2 2026State lawmakers move to fix library e-book pricing gap8 stories Index 58
• Thu, Oct 1 2026Anthropic's $1.5B settlement hinges on who kept the paperwork10 stories Index 62