And it’s also a gift. 🎁

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement Updated February 18, 2026 IMPORTANT: The Claims Deadline Is March 30 Background  Bartz v. Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books with...

Heads-up for published authors:

The deadline to join the Anthropic class-action copyright settlement is March 30.

If you have published a book, you may be eligible to receive ~$1,500 per book, so it’s worth your time to check it out.

Learn more: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...

A.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared.

Hachette says it's scrapping plans to release the novel "Shy Girl" in the U.S. over suspicions that parts of it may have been written by A.I. This is the first I've heard of a major publisher pulling a book over alleged AI usage. (NYT 🎁 link)

Looking forward to attending!

Update on Angwin v. Superhuman Litigation Since Julia Angwin filed a class action lawsuit over Grammarly’s Expert Review tool on March 11, 2026, Angwin v. Superhuman Platform, Inc., No. 26 Civ. 02005-JGK (S.D.N.Y.), Julia and her counsel at Peter Romer-Friedman Law PLLC have heard from many people who are rightly concerned that their names and identities were used by Grammarly or may have been used for commercial purposes without their consent. We appreciate all the interest and enthusiasm that this case has generated. We want to underscore that the case was filed as a class action lawsuit so that Julia and her lawyers can seek relief for all of the people in the United States whose names or identities used by Grammarly’s Expert Review tool (the Class Members), and in this litigation we plan to ask the Court to certify a nationwide class that includes all of those Class Members. Typically, when a court certifies a class action under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the class members do not need to do anything to remain in the class, but they are allowed to “opt out” of the class if they don’t want to be a part of it.In the discovery process in this litigation, we will ask Grammarly’s owner, Superhuman, to identify all the people who were included in its Expert Review Tool so that, at the appropriate time, those people can be notified that they are members of the Class. Anyone who thinks they may be a class member of the proposed Class can contact Peter Romer-Friedman Law at info@prf-law.com to make sure we have your contact information, and we are happy to answer any questions that you may have about the case. At this time, however, you do not need to take any action to join the Angwin case to be included as a member of the proposed Class. (At the same time, we recommend against entering into any agreement with Grammarly, as Grammarly might claim that by doing so you’ve waived your rights in this case).

Small update from my attorneys -- you don't need to do anything to be added to the class action. Anyone who was included as an expert in Grammarly Pro will automatically be a member of the class once it is certified by the court.

Updates on the case will be posted here prf-law.com/current-case...

Opinion | Me, Myself and My A.I. Sloppelgänger

Grammarly's AI-fueled edits -- using my name - suggested making up sources and writing vague insinuations.

In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link) I describe Grammarly's terrible edits in my name -- and call for a federal right of publicity.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...

'Strategy Implementation': Why So Much Professional Writing Sounds Like This — Arnold Editorial Service This bureaucratic writing habit may sound official, but it’s bogging down your prose.

Stop writing like a bureaucrat!

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Read The Fine Print, the official newsletter of Arnold Editorial Service! Subscribe for writing hacks and fresh insights into the crazy world of publishing. We'll also be giving away free stuff.

A Wake for The Washington Post’s Books Section

"It is heartbreaking and infuriating, not only a blow to the literary world, but it leaves a further cultural void in our alarmingly eroding democracy." (🎁 link via NYT)

We Put Four Free Grammar Checkers to the Test. They Flunked. — Arnold Editorial Service Popular proofreading apps like Grammarly still struggle with complex grammar.

For my latest blog post, I wanted to see what four popular online grammar checkers would recommend for this problematic sentence: "Running down the street, the backpack fell off my shoulders."

Spoiler: The backpack kept on running ...

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he's stepping down, days after big layoffs at the paper Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff.

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis is stepping down. The union representing Post staffers say his exit was "long overdue."

So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket

When was the last time you bought a paperback? (via NYT 🎁 link)

Part 2 - Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) do About It - The Scholarly Kitchen Current AI disclosure guidelines are failing and driving AI use underground rather than making it transparent. In this follow-up post, I turn to the more challenging question: what publishers should d...

A practical framework for editors and publishers offers a way forward on AI disclosure in academic publishing. (🔗 via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social, part II in series)

​Book cover for Place-Keepers: Latina/x Art, Performance, and Organizing in the Twin Cities by Jessica Lopez Lyman. Color graphic blending musical bars behind two people smiling and gesturing toward the Taco Taxi restaurant’s marquee over a spray-painted facade.

Book cover for We Miss You, George Floyd by Shannon Gibney. Illustrated cover showing a young black woman in a green shirt holding a sign displaying the title of the book against a purple background.

Book cover for We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World, edited by Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura. Title in large sans-serif black font against blue-sky background; in lower third, orange ground serves as backdrop for an upside-down Minneapolis skyline.

Book cover for The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives by David Mura. Image of an extremely thick book that displays the title and author name in black text on white cover. Background is a glaring, solid red.

Books for Understanding ICE in Minnesota: a curated list of titles to aid in understanding the profound and disturbing events that have so deeply affected our communities. www.upress.umn.edu/books-for-un...

Inside one company’s secret plan to ‘destructively scan every book in the world’ Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

Court filing: Tech companies used large-scale shadow libraries of pirated book downloads to teach their AI models "how to write well." wapo.st/4rjXAMQ (🎁 link via Washington Post)

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Guide: Do you know what type of edit you need? YouTube video by Arnold Editorial Service

We get asked this a lot: “What kind of edit do I need?” So we made a video to walk writers through the process.

▶️ Watch here: youtu.be/zbSGuAQZysw

#WritingCommunity #FirstTimeWriter #EditingTips #ProfessionalEditor #AmWriting #WritingAdvice

Technically, ‘should of’ is ‘should have,’ but we’re all about showing grace in the new year.

A square version of the book cover, which is navy blue, with the handwritten word Conscious inserted via a red caret into the title, which reads The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers.

Need a last-minute gift for the writers, editors, teachers, or college students in your life? Give them the #ConsciousStyleGuide audiobook—a friendly guide to language that promotes equity!

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Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department? (Gift Article) Type designers weigh in on the recent decision to replace Calibri with Times New Roman in official documents.

A great explainer from @nytimes.com on the nuance of typeface following the State Department's decision to bring back Times New Roman (🎁 link).

#editorsandediting #amediting #typeface #design #editing #amwriting

"You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page." —Jodi Picoult

Four types of edits, each with a different purpose. Which one do you need? www.arnoldeditorialservice.com/services

Bottom line: Knowing the different levels of editing—and where your manuscript falls in that hierarchy—can save you time, money, and frustration. #amwriting #editors #amediting

4) Proofreading = publication readiness. Focuses on typos, preproduction-related formatting, and any small details that slipped through earlier rounds. #amwriting #editors #amediting #proofreading

3) Copyediting = word nerding. Addresses grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and style guide adherence. #amwriting #editors #amediting #copyedit

2) Line editing = sentence-level readability. Think, “Does this sound natural and compelling?” #amwriting #editors #amediting #lineedit

1) Developmental editing = the big picture. Focuses on structure, whether the manuscript’s ideas make sense, organization, pacing, and plot. This is typically the first edit. #amwriting #editors #amediting #devedit

Each level of editing serves a different purpose. Here’s a simple guide to help determine what kind of editing your writing needs:

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Is this the first time an outside person has reviewed the material? Is the manuscript farther along the pipeline, headed to a production team to meet an imminent publishing deadline? #amwriting #editors #amediting

So, you’ve finally finished your manuscript and are at the stage where you want outside eyes to review it. But it’s not as simple as reaching out to a professional “for an edit.” #amwriting #editors #amediting