A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

So I want to preface this by saying I am not a lawyer, none of this is legal advise, my opinions are my own and they are just opinions, and I'm not pointing fingers at any specific people.
I write fiction, and I occasionally blog. That is the extent of my expertise....

I began this blog post in February, 2025. It is now January, 2026.
Let's go back in time 11 months...
Joe from Feb 17, 2025: I woke up this morning to dive into my work in progress and saw that Microsoft 365 had added (without asking me for permission) something called Copilot to MS Word....

Over two years ago I wrote a blog post about AI. Specifically about Large Language Models that have been trained on pirated novels, and the resulting class action lawsuit, Bartz v Anthropic.
Since writing that post my views have changed.
Part of my argument can be summed up as: If AI isn't stealing verbatim, and ideas cannot be copyrighted, where is the copyright infringement?...

Get all of my ebook box sets on Amazon Kindle for 99 cents each, November 23 - 28.
THAT'S 33¢ PER BOOK!
Almost my entire backlist of fifty books--a normal retail value of $250--for less than $17! Or if you have Kindle Unlimited, read them all for free! I'm so excited by this sale that I'm using exclamation marks!...