Posted on December 16, 2025 at 11:00 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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Navigating new trends in self-publishing: Hear one attendee's five key takeaways on what indie authors must manage (and how to do so skillfully) from a SelfPubCon session (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Audible partners with BookTok: Dan Holloway explores some of the questions about influence and reach that a partnership between Audible and BookTok has raised (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Amazon shifts DRM rules for KDP ebooks: Holloway also reports on an upcoming major policy change that will allow more ebook file downloads and what it means for indie authors (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Kindle's new "Ask This Book" feature raises rights concerns: Victoria Strauss also has news of a new feature at Amazon — one that is AI-powered, that is essentially an in-book chatbot, and that doesn't appear to be opt-out-able (Writer Beware).
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