AI upends book publishing rights, contracts, market disruption

Authors face urgent contract negotiations as AI training and rights questions reshape the industry.

This story ran in the Coral Wire edition of Tue, Aug 18 2026, when the Coral Index stood at 71/100 (Tailwinds building).

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