Posted on September 8, 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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How to partner with a bookstore for a preorder campaign: In this excerpt from It Depends: An Author’s Practical Guide to Debut Year, M. Stevenson shares her best tips for setting up preorders with an independent bookstore (Jane Friedman).
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KDP adds flexibility for ebook preorders: Starting September 2, Kindle Direct Publishing authors can set up ebook release dates up to eighteen months into the future (KDP Community).
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Publishers are making incorrect claims on authors' Anthropic payouts: Victoria Strauss reports that a number of authors receiving a check from the Anthropic copyright class action settlement may need to take action to ensure they receive what they are rightfully owed (Writer Beware).
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Submitting your debut for book awards: Hannah Jacobson encourages first-time authors not to assume they can't submit their work to competitions and provides advice on how to do so (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Self-publishing news summary: Dan Holloway reports on a purchase in the audiobook company world as well as a Goodreads scam targeting authors (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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