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When AI Speaks | When Authors Lie About Income
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On this episode of Author News Weekly, we discuss the challenges indie authors face when it comes to reporting sales and income. We explore the trustworthiness of self-reported income and how it can affect financial integrity. Additionally, we touch on the concerns surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and how it impacts the job market. We also …
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The Sanderson Saga | Audio Is Here, But the Stores Are Closing
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[00:00:22] "Join us for Author News Weekly's Updates" [00:03:31] Hit piece on Brandon Sanderson sparks discussion. [00:09:40] "Sanderson's Forgiveness: A Lesson in Grace" [00:13:15] "Audiobook Listeners Beware: Advertisements Mid-Read" [00:19:51] "Tech giants explore new audiobook subscription models" [00:22:26] "Advertising in books: a potential r…
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It Makes No Censorship! | Censortivity Readers
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Find Me On Blowhole | Amazon's (Terrible) Plagiarism Policy
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Hugh Howey's Got A TV Series! | Bookshop.org Does Nothing... Again
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The Accidental Delay Edition | Get Your Algorithm On
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Nick Still Hates Book Signings | The Top Trends for 2023
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That Sanderson's So Hot Right Now | Surprise! I'm Not Dead!
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The Writing Advice You Know You Need | How to Hate Social Media
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Book Signing Blues & Twitter Tears | Amazon's Latest Author Page Shake-Up
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USA Today Bestseller List: RIP (For Now) | The Evolving Door of Authorship
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Your Book Sucks and it's Your Fault | Dean Wesley Smith Just Doesn't Care
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Penguin-Random-Simon-Schuster-House Is Not to Be | Love of Labor or Labor of Love?
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Jim "The Poet" Heskett | Writer, Should You Quit?
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We're Proud of You, Robot | France is Doing... What?
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Spotify, Hear Ye, Hear Ye | "Hybrid" Is Finally Defined!
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(We're Back!) B&N Facing Backlash | We're the Random House!
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This AI is Cringe | Good Morning, 'Murica
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Turns Out No One Likes Hybrid | Dead Books and Dead Twitter
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Jim Doesn’t Like Tiki Masala | Just Don’t Write About Doctors!
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Even More Reasons to Hate Social Media | True Sci-Fi Crime
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Traditional Publishers Run Out of Excuses || Don’t Kill Someone Then Write About It
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10 Myths of Writing || Best Practices for Best Editing
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How to Be A Dictator | Giving Away 1,000,000 Books
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Should We Hate Brandon Sanderson? | Big and Useless Words
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Scammers, Cheats, and Chandler Bolts | Fighting The Inner Critic
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The Book Was Better | The Adaptation Game
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How to Break Rules | Turns Out Kindle is Rich
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Publishing Trends for 2022 | The Real-Life Book Thief
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How (Not) to Use Social Media to Sell Books | Book Credits — Yay or Nay?
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The NEW New (Totally New) Facebook… for Authors | Nick Hates Surveys
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Are You In the Club(house)? | The Mysterious Vague Mystery of Vagaries
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Another Day, Another Lawsuit | Three Authors in a Large Trenchcoat
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How to Write a Book in 100 Years | The Next Chapter In Marketing
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The Most Obvious News Ever | All About the Lists
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The Fall of an Erotic Hero | Think Like A Horror Writer
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Hardcover Options Through KDP | AI Audiobooks: Not If, But When
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The Annual ANW Spelling Bee | The $1.5M First Edition
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Should We Feel Bad for Agents? | QueryShark Doo Doo Doo
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Jimterview! - An Interview with Thriller Author Jim Heskett
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