Posted on December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM 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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Last week’s AI news: Dan Holloway’s news podcast includes pieces on companies using AI-generated staff profiles to sell services and the use of AI art that disqualified several books from a major award (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Last week's audiobook news: Holloway also reported on expected price increases for Spotify, which has been moving into the audiobook market, and on the UK's new awards for audiobooks (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Do QR codes expire?: Robin Phillips had to recently explain to a client that while QR codes themselves don't expire, there are tech reasons that one might not work like it used to (Author Help).
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What Author Nation reveals about the future of indie publishing: Joe Solari and Orna Ross unpack the key industry takeaways from a recent conference (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Is getting published the hardest it's ever been?: Greer Macallister answers her question in three different ways (Writer Unboxed).
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