Author Update
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.
Episodes
Plus, numbers on trad vs. Indie publishing, OpenAI's hesitancy to release a new version of ChatGPT after Fable's cancellation, and an hour long zeitgeist session of vigilante justice. This is Author Update.
Plus, the US government bans Anthropic's Fable 5, and we talk the unrest in the UK.
Plus, tech news on Meta and Anthropic, and we go over the fun in each country's culture.
Plus, declining Pride month sales, Audible fires back at Spotify, and exactly what is afflicting Gen Z men?
Plus, Amazon debuts a new paper option for paper books, and Thomas unpacks the pope's latest encyclical and how it relates to AI.
Plus trad publishing numbers, AI news out the whazoo and the zeitgeist on baby names.
Plus NewsCorps's new business model, ChatGPT's religious bias, and the zeitgeist take on Christopher Nolan's Odyssey.
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.
Plus, FTC penalizes Publishing.com for deceptive practices, and Jonathan and Thomas argue Star Wars turnings.
Plus ChatGPT updates, Copyright Office increasing its prices, and what the SPLC indictment means for your business.
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!
Copyright cases, Project Hail Mary and more.
NY Times bestseller list shake-up, AI studies on productivity and the psycho-thriller K-lytics report.
And other various and sundry.
Plus AI news, the secret behind the 4 million books uploaded to Amazon last year, and a deep dive into K-lytics' recent Mystery, Thriller and Suspense report.
Plus, Cloudflare news, Amazon book clubs ending and a spicy zeitgeist segment. Welcome to Author Update.
Plus AI news, Medieval English language and how glory is the new market for selling to young men. Welcome to Author Update.
Trad publishing news, AI causing job losses and the K-lytics romance report!
Plus, new AI models, a new method for your website to be discovered, new tools to use to promote your book and how the Battle of Agincourt affects your publishing career. All this and more, on Author Update!
Plus the Super Bowl halftime show, Harper Collins quarterly report and how the Roman Empire somehow again influences publishing.
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