Author Update 17 Days Left to Claim Anthropic Payout
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Mar 13, 2026 A countdown to claim a major Anthropic settlement and how authors can act. Debate over indie contest removals and what contest drama means for writers. Amazon killing its book clubs and excluding books from AI ad prompts. Cloudflare’s new crawl/pay-per-crawl model and what site owners can charge. A provocative Zeitgeist segment linking hormones, cultural change, and shifting reader tastes.
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File Your Anthropic Claim Now
- Do file an Anthropic settlement claim immediately if your book appears on the works list.
- Use anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com, search by name/title/ISBN/ASIN, submit the online form before March 30th 2026 to avoid losing eligibility and rights to sue.
Amazon Killed Its Book Club Feature
- Insight: Amazon removed its native book club feature and redirects users to Goodreads, shrinking one direct-reader engagement channel on Amazon.
- Club admins lost groups built over years, illustrating the risk of 'sharecropping' audience access on platform-owned features.
Don't Expect Amazon AI Prompts For Books
- Avoid relying solely on Amazon's new AI ad prompts because books and publishers are explicitly excluded at launch.
- Continue using current sponsored product campaigns and diversify marketing channels since the AI prompts roll out only to non-book US advertisers.
