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EPISODE · Jul 8, 2026 · 19 MIN

S4 Ep85: AI Stole My Bestselling Books. Now I’m Helping Authors Fight Back

from Igniting Souls Podcast with Kary Oberbrunner · host Kary Oberbrunner

AI is changing the publishing world forever.Books, manuscripts, chapters, outlines, frameworks, titles, stories, characters, courses, articles, and author brands can now be copied, scraped, trained on, and repurposed faster than ever before.For authors, writers, publishers, speakers, coaches, and creators, this is no longer a future concern. It is happening now.Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Kary Oberbrunner knows this personally. After discovering that his books had been used without permission in AI training data, he launched Protect the Bookᴵᴾ, a worldwide movement designed to help authors protect their work before it is stolen, scraped, or used as training data.In this episode, Kary explains why authors must begin thinking like intellectual property owners in the age of AI. Your book is not just content. Your manuscript, message, framework, story, title, and methodology are valuable creative assets.Instant IP® is offering a free IP credit to help authors begin protecting work such as:BooksManuscriptsChaptersOutlinesBook titlesFrameworksCharactersStoriesCoursesArticlesTeaching modelsAuthor brandsMarketing copyPublishing strategiesAI did not just change how fast books can be written. AI changed how fast books can be copied.Protect the Bookᴵᴾ helps authors document, timestamp, and protect their original work with blockchain-backed evidence before someone else profits from it.Your book is more than words.Your message is more than content.Your ideas are intellectual property.Protect your first idea free with Instant IP®.https://www.instantip.today/writer/

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