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The Decoder, Microsoft offers authors $5,000 to train AI on their books

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Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
Author's half of HarperCollins' per-title AI training fee (select nonfiction backlist, three-year licence, buyer reported as Microsoft)	Price observation	$2,500 per book per book (author's share of $5,000)	8 Feb 2025

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