Posted on September 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of business and marketing advice and news to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Meet Spotify’s new “Big on BookTok” audiobook hub: Spotify's pilot project running until November will feature the most popular BookTok titles, refreshing every two weeks, in a variety of categories (Book Riot).
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Judge rejects Anthropic copyright settlement: The judge overseeing a group of authors' copyright-violation lawsuit against artificial-intelligence company Anthropic vetoed a $1.5 billion settlement, expressing doubts over its fairness to authors (Engadget).
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The path to real book marketing results: Penny Sansevieri and Amy Cornell explain the difference between productive goal-setting and unproductive brainstorming and how authors can put deadlines on these dreams (Author Marketing Experts).
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Business models and ethics for indie authors: Orna Ross and Joanna Penn discuss both business strategy and issues of reader trust, from handling memoir content to using pen names, ghostwriters, and artificial intelligence (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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