Business and marketing updates for authors: November 4, 2025

Posted on November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best business and marketing news and advice for writers that that we came across Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Artificial intelligence (AI), Kindle Unlimited, Lawsuit, Social media and websites, The business of writing, Writer Beware / scams

Business news and tips for authors: April 29, 2025

Posted on April 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of business news and advice to offer. Here are the ones that we...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Audiobook, Author events, Kindle Unlimited, Social media and websites, The business of writing, Writer Beware / scams

ALLi's business reflections: October 30, 2024

Posted on October 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Alliance of Independent Authors had three posts this week about the business side of authorship. Two are longer and...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Kindle Unlimited, Survey, The business of writing

Business news and tips for authors: September 9, 2024

Posted on September 9, 2024 at 1:59 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of business news and advice to offer. Here are the ones that we...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Marketing / promotion, The business of writing

ALLi's business analyses: October 23, 2023

Posted on October 23, 2023 at 8:41 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Alliance of Independent Authors took several deep dives into publishing and business issues for self-published writers in recent days:...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Amazon, Artificial intelligence (AI), Audiobook, Kindle Unlimited, Social media and websites

Understand Kindle versus Kindle Unlimited and how to market with each

Posted on August 19, 2021 at 10:57 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A trend we’re seeing on many publishing blogs is the benefits of selling your books widely. That isn’t to say,...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle Unlimited, Penny Sansevieri

Why these two authors have chosen to go wide with their books

Posted on September 17, 2020 at 10:23 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors Erin Wright and Joanna Penn understand how overwhelmed a new writer might feel and how that might influence them...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Kindle Unlimited, The business of writing

Joanna Penn: What does the future of publishing look like?

Posted on September 1, 2020 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The present, for many of us, is at least a little spooky, and the thought of the future can be...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Joanna Penn, Kindle Unlimited

Joanna Penn and Lindsay Buroker on whether to be Amazon exclusive

Posted on May 13, 2019 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of the questions that Joanna Penn hears most often is whether authors should be Amazon exclusive or should publish...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Kindle Unlimited, The business of writing

Save on your first two months of Kindle Unlimited

Posted on April 5, 2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon really wants you to try Kindle Unlimited, apparently. New subscribers can enjoy the subscription service for just 99 cents...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Kindle Unlimited, Nate Hoffelder (fka The Digital Reader)