Coral Wire — Wed, Nov 4 2026
The Coral Index closed at 66/100 — Tailwinds building. 8 graded stories fed that reading.
Copycat AO3 site scraping fanfic for AI audiobooks shuts in a dayAI — AO3.life promised authors 91% of revenue but folded about 24 hours after launch following backlash
OpenAI case draws 51 amicus briefs, 26 back authorsLegal — Judge Stein now has 51 outside filings to read before oral arguments, with 26 supporting the plaintiffs, 18 backing OpenAI, and 8 neutral, Publishing Perspectives reported.
Wendy Webb's novels become one expanding TV worldMarket — Impossible Dream and Wall to Wall are developing The Invited, a series that weaves Webb's books into one haunted universe starting with The End of Temperance Dare
Paul W.S. Anderson to direct two Kevin J. Anderson adaptationsMarket — Nether Station and Nether Vortex follow neurodivergent scientist Cammie Skoura into deep space, with the Resident Evil director attached to both.
NYT drops romance columnist Olivia Waite over a repostCommunity — Waite had written the paper's romance column for over six years before the contract ended following a Bluesky repost
NZ booksellers sign delivery agreement as Manuka Books launchesMarket — More than 40 booksellers joined Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand in signing the agreement on delivery terms
Speculative Literature Foundation opens $1,000 travel grantCommunity — Proposals for the Gulliver Travel Research Grant are due November 30, 2026.
Barrett Law Group files second Mississippi suit against OpenAILegal — Boone Newsmedia v. Microsoft follows Emmerich Newspapers v. Microsoft, now before Judge Wingate in the same district
EU court adviser says Gemini may infringe on news publishersLegal — Advocate General Maciej Szpunar's opinion came in a case brought by Hungarian site Like Company against Google.