Business and marketing updates for authors: October 1, 2025

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:

• Five in-person networking tips for authors: Author and podcaster Debra Eckerling shares her favorite ways to make networking feel more like relationship developing — which it is — than saleslike (Writer's Digest).

• News summary: Dan Holloway reports on Spotify's clarification of its new terms and conditions, as well as Storytel's new features (Alliance of Independent Authors).