Posted on August 27, 2026 at 12:06 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of advice to offer, spanning a variety of topics.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Today's artificial intelligence news: Dan Holloway reports on another lawsuit against OpenAI, this time from its use of textbooks to train its AI models, and on the news of AI companies buying and destroying books, including rare ones, for training purposes (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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How Amazon AI is changing book discoverability: Amy Cornell shares not how to game an algorithm, but, rather, how to better communicate with both Amazon's AI assistant and your readers about who your book is best suited for (Author Marketing Experts).
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Stop making your creative brain do two jobs at once: Jenny Hansen explains that her brain often tries to both create ideas and decide which ones to pursue (and how to do it) at the same time, and that's why she has developed a strategy called "harvest first, process later" to help her triage the flood of thoughts (Writers Helping Writers).
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Satire and mocking and laughter: Author Kristin Hacken South continues her reflection on how to ensure that satire lands effectively — and even kindly — rather than mocking or punching down on a different group (Writer Unboxed).
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