Posted on February 17, 2026 at 12:00 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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How creatives can thrive in a saturated world: Joanna Penn interviews Lara Bianca Pilcher about how to design your life around your art, no matter where your artistic career is at this point, and how to ensure your work stands out (The Creative Penn).
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Bookshop.org's expansion: Dan Holloway dedicates an episode of the ALLi news podcast to the ebook, audio, and print partnerships that will broaden Bookshop.org's reach (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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AI updates: Holloway calls attention to publishers' bid to join a copyright lawsuit against Google's Gemini and the reaction to the New York Times piece on the romance author who uses AI to produce prolifically (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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AI content marketplaces emerge: A separate Holloway post introduces us to the idea of "content marketplaces," where rights holders can upload their content and license it to tech companies for AI training (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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