Posted on November 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of business advice and news to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Some things we've learned about the Anthropic settlement: Among Victoria Strauss's updates on this massive copyright-infringement case is a countering to social media doom-and-gloom about the possibility that payouts won't happen (Writer Beware).
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How to spot fraudulent publishing websites: Amazon has published its own guide to protecting yourself from scams that falsely claim to be affiliated with its companies (KDP forum).
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Amazon rebrands Kindle Unlimited: Dan Holloway reports on what the new Kindle Plus system means for authors, along with commentary on the response to the latest Sarah J. Maas release (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Reedsy Discovery relaunches: Holloway also notes that a rival to Kirkus Reviews, a paid-review service, is back up and running in the form of Reedsy Discovery (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Unpaid by Barnes & Noble Press?: ALLi's Watchdog Desk wants to hear from any authors missing their payments from Barnes & Noble Press, so that they can document the extent of the problem and pursue a resolution for them (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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