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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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Episodi

81 episodi

  1. K+ Cutting Authors' Royalties? 2:00:23
  2. Kindle Unlimited is Dead. Long Live Kindle+ 1:50:04
  3. Barnes and Noble Numbers Soar... And So Do Cars 1:58:50
  4. Audible Ads Are Finally Here 1:41:50
  5. Is Amazon Ending Permafree Books? 1:40:30
  6. Amazon Cracks Down on AI Authors 1:22:05
  7. KU Payout Falls 1:25:41
  8. The US Copyright Office Is Flagging Human-Written Books as AI 1:56:57
  9. Amazon Caught Stealing Authors' Ad Dollars 2:03:25
  10. Facebook Advertising Changed Forever... Again 2:08:09
  11. AI Reads Aristotle - That's Why It Writes Better 1:40:40
  12. Barnes & Noble Just Banned the Front Table Author Signing Nationwide 2:02:53
  13. AI Fiction Seizes Almost 30% of Kindle's Catalog 1:56:45
  14. Fauci's Diary and the Magic Boom in Fiction 2:09:50
  15. The Digital Vs. Physical War - AI Companies Pulping Books By The Pallet 1:54:53
  16. The Atlantic Just Declared the Age of Reading Is Over 1:35:00
  17. The Week That Changed Indie Publishing 1:52:02
  18. America's 250th Birthday - Will It Survive 1:52:18
  19. The Pope Says To Finish Thy Book 2:00:15
  20. Record Breaking KU Fund! 1:17:54
  21. Men Buy Books and Women Borrow Them 1:22:22
  22. Is Libby Bankrupting the Libraries? 1:50:21
  23. No ISBN Means No Copyright Protection for Indie Authors 1:53:10
  24. The Publishing Echo Chamber Nobody Will Admit Exists 1:11:37
  25. The Amazon Review Purge - The Author Survival Guide 1:37:37
  26. Draft2Digital Confirms Amazon's Sales Reporting Is Off 1:28:49
  27. Audible Forces Every Title into New Royalty Model 1:44:50
  28. Price Fixing at Amazon 1:25:46
  29. Amazon Kills Store Access for Two Million Kindles 1:41:09
  30. Huge Legal Wins for Authors 1:33:45
  31. The Week Romance Died - And Other Dramas 56:12
  32. Scientists Prove AI Is Rewriting Your Book When You're Not Looking 1:39:09
  33. Long Live the Writers! Publisher Drops AI Written Book 1:29:41
  34. 17 Days Left to Claim Anthropic Payout 1:10:59
  35. Iran Just Destroyed Your Book Sales This Weekend -- Here's What Happened 1:16:00
  36. The Indie Whale Reader - 100 Books a Year and How To Reach Them 1:38:57
  37. Indies Win! Harlequin to Close Historical Romance Line 57:11
  38. Substack Breach! Author Information Compromised 1:30:57
  39. Could OpenAI Own Your Book? 1:14:27
  40. Ingram Goes To War With AI 1:18:43
  41. Federal Court Just Changed Copyright Law Globally for Authors 1:13:02
  42. AI Threats, Platform Changes and Cultural Shifts Authors Can't Ignore 1:11:05
  43. Author Update's Predictions for 2026! 1:19:57
  44. Reports Say That The Majority of Paranormal Romance Is AI Generated! 1:16:55
  45. The Demonetized Episode 1:11:34
  46. Author Update Has A New Home! 1:20:47
  47. The Amazon Associate Crackdown and Black Friday Deals! 1:22:46
  48. Did Google's Gemini Train on Your Manuscript? 1:10:55
  49. The Algorithm War: AI vs. Human Writing 1:19:13
  50. The Holiday Marketing Guide 1:07:07