Posted on August 25, 2026 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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Know your rights as an author and don’t get scammed: Nathan Bransford outlines some of the major ways that excited authors make, at best, a poor choice in business partners and, at worst, become the victims of scams, so that they can better protect themselves (Nathan Bransford).
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Updates from Ingram and Amazon: Dan Holloway provides a primer on Ingram's new Covered platform — which lets authors offer advance copies of books — and some updates from and about Amazon sales stats (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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News summary: Holloway also has information about a Lit Circle — a new platform aimed at connecting readers with author events — and Kobo e-reader availability in US stores (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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ALLi member Q&A podcast: This week's topics include IngramSpark business strategies, the balance between human and AI editors, and various marketing decisions (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Don't let your short stories gather digital dust: Author Tracy Cooper-Posey explains the varying types of publication rights so that you can make smart decisions about the various places to share your short stories ... and make them keep bringing in some money (Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris).
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