BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Alliance Independent Authors - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Alliance Independent Authors X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Alliance Independent Authors REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T200000 DTSTAMP:20260610T021426 CREATED:20260529T124033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T124450Z UID:[email protected] SUMMARY:LIVE MEMBER WEBINAR: The End of Open Access? Draft2Digital\, AI\, and a New Era for Indie Authors DESCRIPTION:The End of Open Access? Draft2Digital\, AI\, and a New Era for Indie Authors \nWhen Draft2Digital announced activation and maintenance fees this month\, the indie community erupted. Now Orna Ross\, founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors\, sits down with D2D’s Kris Austin for a frank conversation about what these fees really mean\, whether they will actually deter content farms or simply burden legitimate authors–and whether indie authors deserve better communications and consultation processes from their publishing services. \nWith changes on other platforms also\, the open-access era of indie publishing looks to be giving way to one of fees\, floors\, and compliance layers. Change are being framed as a response to AI but each lands on authors without warning\, never mind consultation. What lies ahead for indie authors who stay with Draft2Digital? And what does the new era ask of indie authors and the platforms that serve them? URL:https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/calendar/live-member-webinar-the-end-of-open-access-draft2digital-ai-and-a-new-era-for-indie-authors/ LOCATION:SelfPubConnect CATEGORIES:Live Partner Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SelfPublishingAdvice.org-15.53.53.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR