Posted on July 20, 2026 at 2:00 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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Why genre-bonding is the indie author's best move: Learn why forming a community with authors of books similar to yours — dubbed “genre-bonding” — will actually lift all of you up, whether or not you do it through ALLi membership (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Google's being sued over AI copyright infringement: Dan Holloway breaks down a new lawsuit from three publishers and one author regarding use of their works in training Google Gemini (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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The opt-outs strike back: Victoria Strauss provides updates on various claimants who opted out of the Anthropic AI class-action settlement and chose alternative paths for redress (Writer Beware).
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