Author Update

By Thomas Umstattd Jr.News News Commentary

Author Update episodes

June 06 Is Libby Bankrupting the Libraries?
Plus, declining Pride month sales, Audible fires back at Spotify, and exactly what is afflicting Gen Z men?
1 hr 51 min
May 30 No ISBN Means No Copyright Protection for Indie Authors
Plus, Amazon debuts a new paper option for paper books, and Thomas unpacks the pope's latest encyclical and how it relates to AI.
1 hr 54 min
May 23 The Publishing Echo Chamber Nobody Will Admit Exists
Plus trad publishing numbers, AI news out the whazoo and the zeitgeist on baby names.
1 hr 12 min
May 15 The Amazon Review Purge - The Author Survival Guide
Plus NewsCorps's new business model, ChatGPT's religious bias, and the zeitgeist take on Christopher Nolan's Odyssey.
1 hr 38 min
May 08 Draft2Digital Confirms Amazon's Sales Reporting Is Off
Plus the numbers on AI slop in the Amazon market, a whole new set of Author Alerts and a lengthy zeitgeist segment on the nationalism vs. globalism movements across the world.
1 hr 29 min
May 01 Audible Forces Every Title into New Royalty Model
Plus, FTC penalizes Publishing.com for deceptive practices, and Jonathan and Thomas argue Star Wars turnings.
1 hr 45 min
April 24 Price Fixing at Amazon
Plus ChatGPT updates, Copyright Office increasing its prices, and what the SPLC indictment means for your business.
1 hr 26 min
April 18 Amazon Kills Store Access for Two Million Kindles
Plus Kindle for PC is going away, Spotify rises to take on the giant, and is the new Claude Opus really any good? Find out here on Author Update!
1 hr 42 min
April 11 Huge Legal Wins for Authors
Copyright cases, Project Hail Mary and more.
1 hr 34 min
April 04 The Week Romance Died - And Other Dramas
NY Times bestseller list shake-up, AI studies on productivity and the psycho-thriller K-lytics report.
57 min

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