Coral Wire — Mon, Oct 19 2026

The Coral Index closed at 55/100 — Mixed signals. 16 graded stories fed that reading.

Ex-publisher insider describes contracts built to take every rightLegal — A former publisher's account details seven-to-twelve-year licenses, automatic renewals, and first-claim options on an author's next book
Google buys Korean books for AI as price standards go missingLegal — Industry officials warn Anthropic's $3,000-per-title piracy settlement is being mistaken for an AI training price tag
Allende leaves Penguin Random House for Planeta's million-euro prizeMarket — The 32-book bestseller's exit follows a pattern going back to 1978 of literary prizes pulling authors across publishers

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