In Publishing News this week…
Amazon is raising their subscription price for Kindle Unlimited by $2. This comes on the heels of the lowest page read payout to date. Today writers using Amazon Print were informed that the cost to print would be going up.
Recently The Association of American Publishers had their AGM and the big event of the night was the CEO Maria Pallente addressing the issue of AI and publishing. Porter Anderson has a full report of her speech. If you are keeping an eye on AI you will know that this week the CEO of Open AI has been asking for a regulatory framework from US lawmakers to control AI going into the future.
Pearson Textbooks has taken issue with the use of their IP content to train AI’s. They have started sending cease and desist letters and taking legal action. This is because they have plans to train their own AI on their own content so they can expand their business.
Scholastic are finally embracing digital publishing. Apparently paper mills see no extra value in making book pages. Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard has some pithy words for the publishing industry as the head of Scholastic points out just how shaky the print arm of publishing is.
Mark also shines a spotlight on HarperCollins India and their search for a realistic AI Indian voice to change the face of audio narration in India.
Bookriot reports on PEN America and Penguin Random House taking a school district to court over book banning. This is a warning shot in the battle for freedom to read. How many school districts can take on these giants and win?
If you live with anyone whose profession is the subject of TV dramas you will be used to the constant comments about unrealistic work portrayals. Melodie Campbell takes a look at unrealistic portrayals of crime scenes.
Katie Weiland has a great article on Why There Is No Such Thing As ‘Just A Story.’
Suzanne Bennett has a great article on what to do with abandoned manuscripts… you don’t have to junk them.
In The Craft Section,
How to write organic themes- K M Weiland- Bookmark
Setting and sense of place- Joanna Penn
Does your story make sense-Susan DeFreitas
5 ways to avoid white room syndrome- Linnea Gradin- Bookmark
Ignite with the inciting incident- Lynette Burrows- Bookmark
In The Marketing Section,
Infographic 7 tips to grow your social media platform- Barb Drozowich
Get reader reviews- Sandra Beckwith
Data on author newsletters- Written Word Media- Bookmark
Booklinker article on Bookmarketing- Bookmark
Tips to improve newsletter design- Sue Coletta – Bookmark
The Rebel Author Podcast -advanced marketing strategies (great episode)
To Finish,
What are you doing to fill your creative well? This is a question I often asked my teaching colleagues. You can’t keep giving out creatively to others if you don’t fill your well. Kris Rusch has been musing on the nature of cross training for your brain. This is a good article to mull over at the change of seasons. Are you stretching your writing brain by doing something else?
Maureen
@craicer
Do you want the best of my bookmarked links in a handy monthly newsletter? You can subscribe here to join our happy band.
If you like the blog and want to shout me a coffee, hit the coffee button up top or here. I appreciate the virtual coffee love. Thanks.
Pic: Photo by Amritanshu Sikdar on Unsplash
No comments:
Post a Comment