VIKKI PATIS

  • Open letter in response to Meta’s use of pirated material to train its AI (signatures)

    This is the collection of signatures on an open letter in response to Meta’s alleged use of pirated material to train its AI. The open letter is now closed to signatures. Please sign the petition organised by the Society of Authors here. In light of the recent revelation that Meta allegedly used millions of pirated…

  • Where to buy my books (anti-billionaire edition)

    Like many others recently, I’ve been working on shifting my buying habits away from making the rich even richer and towards supporting smaller businesses. It isn’t easy to avoid Amazon as an author, whether you’re traditionally or self-published, but what I can do is make sure I promote the alternative links for those seeking them.…

  • 2024 reading wrap-up

    I can’t believe it’s the end of 2024! It was a year of huge change for me, all of which I believe will be for the better, and I enjoyed so many fantastic books. These were books I’ve read in 2024, not that necessarily came out this year, and I’ve got a separate post here…

  • The publishing world and GPSR

    Lately there’s been a lot of discussion within the publishing industry about the General Product Safety Regulation (2023/988), which came into force in the EU on 13th December. The GPSR is intended to bring in more consumer protection and better safety measures for products across industries (that are not otherwise regulated). For the publishing industry,…

  • Books to look forward to in 2025

    Okay, this might be cheating, because I’ve already read some of these books, but I’ve specifically kept them out of my 2024 round-up (coming soon!) because I wanted to write about them here. So I hope you’ll forgive me, and put some of these books on your radar for 2025! BAT EATER by Kylie Lee…