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Author Update

Thomas Umstattd Jr.

Here’s what you can expect from Author Update: Publishing News: Stay in the loop on what’s happening in the industry. Advice That Matters: Learn how to make your book irresistible to readers. Live Q&A: Bring your questions and get answers from Thomas Umstattd and Jonathan Shuerger.

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82 épisodes

  1. The Murk Makes Us Human 1:49:15
  2. K+ Cutting Authors' Royalties? 2:00:23
  3. Kindle Unlimited is Dead. Long Live Kindle+ 1:50:04
  4. Barnes and Noble Numbers Soar... And So Do Cars 1:58:50
  5. Audible Ads Are Finally Here 1:41:50
  6. Is Amazon Ending Permafree Books? 1:40:30
  7. Amazon Cracks Down on AI Authors 1:22:05
  8. KU Payout Falls 1:25:41
  9. The US Copyright Office Is Flagging Human-Written Books as AI 1:56:57
  10. Amazon Caught Stealing Authors' Ad Dollars 2:03:25
  11. Facebook Advertising Changed Forever... Again 2:08:09
  12. AI Reads Aristotle - That's Why It Writes Better 1:40:40
  13. Barnes & Noble Just Banned the Front Table Author Signing Nationwide 2:02:53
  14. AI Fiction Seizes Almost 30% of Kindle's Catalog 1:56:45
  15. Fauci's Diary and the Magic Boom in Fiction 2:09:50
  16. The Digital Vs. Physical War - AI Companies Pulping Books By The Pallet 1:54:53
  17. The Atlantic Just Declared the Age of Reading Is Over 1:35:00
  18. The Week That Changed Indie Publishing 1:52:02
  19. America's 250th Birthday - Will It Survive 1:52:18
  20. The Pope Says To Finish Thy Book 2:00:15
  21. Record Breaking KU Fund! 1:17:54
  22. Men Buy Books and Women Borrow Them 1:22:22
  23. Is Libby Bankrupting the Libraries? 1:50:21
  24. No ISBN Means No Copyright Protection for Indie Authors 1:53:10
  25. The Publishing Echo Chamber Nobody Will Admit Exists 1:11:37
  26. The Amazon Review Purge - The Author Survival Guide 1:37:37
  27. Draft2Digital Confirms Amazon's Sales Reporting Is Off 1:28:49
  28. Audible Forces Every Title into New Royalty Model 1:44:50
  29. Price Fixing at Amazon 1:25:46
  30. Amazon Kills Store Access for Two Million Kindles 1:41:09
  31. Huge Legal Wins for Authors 1:33:45
  32. The Week Romance Died - And Other Dramas 56:12
  33. Scientists Prove AI Is Rewriting Your Book When You're Not Looking 1:39:09
  34. Long Live the Writers! Publisher Drops AI Written Book 1:29:41
  35. 17 Days Left to Claim Anthropic Payout 1:10:59
  36. Iran Just Destroyed Your Book Sales This Weekend -- Here's What Happened 1:16:00
  37. The Indie Whale Reader - 100 Books a Year and How To Reach Them 1:38:57
  38. Indies Win! Harlequin to Close Historical Romance Line 57:11
  39. Substack Breach! Author Information Compromised 1:30:57
  40. Could OpenAI Own Your Book? 1:14:27
  41. Ingram Goes To War With AI 1:18:43
  42. Federal Court Just Changed Copyright Law Globally for Authors 1:13:02
  43. AI Threats, Platform Changes and Cultural Shifts Authors Can't Ignore 1:11:05
  44. Author Update's Predictions for 2026! 1:19:57
  45. Reports Say That The Majority of Paranormal Romance Is AI Generated! 1:16:55
  46. The Demonetized Episode 1:11:34
  47. Author Update Has A New Home! 1:20:47
  48. The Amazon Associate Crackdown and Black Friday Deals! 1:22:46
  49. Did Google's Gemini Train on Your Manuscript? 1:10:55
  50. The Algorithm War: AI vs. Human Writing 1:19:13