Posted on May 29, 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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Amazon book marketing tips that improve sales: Penny Sansevieri says authors should treat their Kindle book listings more like a search engine and frequently fine-tune them, and offers suggestions on what they should be checking for (Author Marketing Experts).
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Why you should make a game to build your author platform: Heather Rose Walters, who founded a free, no-code platform for publishing interactive text-based games, explains what her service provides for authors and, in turn, their readers (Jane Friedman).
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Cracking the kids' graphic novel market: ALLi's Anna Featherstone interviews indie author-illustrator Mike Barry about his successful creation and sale of his children's graphic novel trilogy Action Tank (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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On the "AI reader": Mark Williams analyzes how the Korean Publishers Association’s new president referred to AI as a "reader" — as in, why he would say it and what it shows about the disparate approaches to AI in varying markets (The New Publishing Standard).
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Writing and publishing awards have difficult decisions to make regarding AI: Jane Friedman considers the question of what policies the literary world has taken, should take, and likely will take regarding the use of generative AI in writing.
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