Posted on April 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of advice to offer, spanning a variety of topics.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Get your protagonist to realize they're the problem: You know from real life that it's tough for people to see how their own behaviors cause their issues, but fortunately authors have a lot more agency when it comes to nudging their characters along that path (Writers Helping Writers).
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A report from the US Copyright Office: Victoria Strauss summarizes and explains the second installment of a federal report that concludes that there are limits to a creator's ability to copyright a work that generative AI contributed to (Writer Beware).
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AI-powered Kindle Recaps launch for series readers: Dan Holloway reports on Amazon's addition of a feature that summarizes previous books in a series for readers (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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To blurb or not to blurb: Jillian Forsberg offers her perspective on seeking blurbs from her fellow authors even as trad pub begins to move away from the practice (Writer Unboxed).
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The future of short-form audio: Howard Lovy talks with Phil Marshall and Andrew Wallner of Spoken Press about how their platform enables authors to turn their stories into streamable content (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Increase your profits with translation sales: Listen in on this discussion from SelfPubCon on the world of book translation sales, which does feature a company that connects authors with foreign rights buyers (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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