Are We Thinking Of The Children Yet?

  This Week In Publishing News

 

In a sector desperate for some good news, there was a ray of sunshine.  The Authors Guild successfully showed a federal judge in America that the canceling of grants for libraries was a direct violation of the constitution. As a result, the judge has issued a permanent injunction against National Endowment of Humanities and Department of Government Efficiency reports Publishers Weekly.

 

Hachette is partnering with Studiocanal to launch a Book to Screen venture. Mark Williams takes a look at the advantages. This is where publishing companies realise all the IP they have and think we can make films of our books and become huge multimedia companies. 

 

An author with experience in the film and TV world has decided that what that sector needs is a platform to tell them what books to adapt into film or TV. It’s a monthly subscription. But how is she going to choose what to include? Publishers Weekly asked her some pointed questions.

 

I always keep one eye on academic publishing, so I was interested and dismayed at the new report launched at the 9^th World Congress on Research Integrity. The report documented instances of research manipulation from institutions and governments showing a real attack on scientific integrity that is measurable. Lack of trust erodes confidence which has a flow on effect, leading to situations like increasing measles cases. Promote Scientific Truth, people.

 

Children’s Non fiction is the preferred target of Book Banners says a new PEN America report. Publishing Perspectives takes a look at the political and cultural attack underway in United States Schools.

 

Mac Barnett, children’s literature ambassador in the US caused a literary riot with his essay on the amount of bad writing in children’s literature, reported Publishers Weekly. 

Nobody is denying what he said. It’s the made up statistics he used to illustrate it and their implication to the wider world. It could have been reverse psychology… at least we are talking about children’s books.

 

Recently Vicky Weber wrote an interesting essay – Middle Grade Is Dead And I Think That’s Good News. Provocative title. It is a great essay which explains a lot about how we writers in the middle grade trenches are feeling. Vicky writes there is hope! 

 

The fabulous Claire Taylor is an expert in the Enneagram, a personality test which helps understand your way of working. She has done a lot of work on how it applies to writers. Recently she did an excellent series of webinars on how writers can identify and use their Enneagram strengths in their writing. When she got to my number I thought she was right inside my head. (Highly recommend checking this out)

 

Randy Susan Myers asks What Kind Of Writer Are You? This is the horrible question that tongue ties you at parties. Uhhh. Do you have an answer? Great essay.

 

Diana Stout has been looking at the science of habits and she has some advice for creating a writing habit.

 

Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi’s new Fear Thesaurus is available everywhere now. Check out their links for extra goodies.

 

Alexa Bigwharfe has a great article on Marketing in 2026. AI Is Now A Discovery Engine. Marketing is changing because of AI search. She offers advice that will help you get found by the new search engines.

 

Gabriela Pereira has an interesting article on DIYMFA on the FLOW framework. This framework is helpful to get the most out of your creative life. If you need to reset or sharpen skills, this is the article for you. 

 

In The Craft Section,

Heroines Journey - Susan Watts– Bookmark

Verb your enthusiasm- Podcast Sarah Kaufman and Joanna Penn- Bookmark

Micro tension in writing – CS Lakin- Excellent

Nailing omniscient POV- Heather Garbo- Bookmark

Subtext- September Fawkes- Excellent.

 

In The Marketing Section,

Book launch timelines- Sandra Beckwith

Do you want extra fries?- Mark Lefebvre- Bookmark!

Query Letters- Jane Friedman- Bookmark

Please disappoint your fans- Becca Syme- Bookmark

25 ways to find middle grade readers- J J Johnson

 

To Finish

Writing is a very personal activity. *Paul Gallico wrote in 1946 “It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader.” 

Rachel Toalson wrote a great essay -How Much Of Myself Should I put In A Book on Writer Unboxed this week. Sometimes that bleeding is too much. Rachel has some ideas on how to control how much of yourself you are giving to the world.

 

(*Paul Gallico wrote The Snow Goose which regularly held me enthralled on Radio Storytime when I was a child. Here is Sir Laurence Olivier performing the story. Get Tissues.)

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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Shopping for Knowledge

 

In Publishing News this week.

In a surprise move, as everyone thought the Baker and Taylor Distributors had a buyer, B and T shut the door and fired everyone. Publishers Weekly reports that this leaves B and T workers, small publishers and libraries completely in the cold with no sign of redress.

 

Fox Entertainment and HarperCollins have decided to work together. They have signed a first look deal. Fox gets to develop Avon romances and HarperCollins gets to write books on Fox studio properties. If you can’t beat Netflix – Do what Netflix does… all the way to the bank.

 

If you are a subscriber to the Substack version of the blog you will have already seen the breaking news about the new searchable database for the Anthropic settlement last week. Darcy Pattison has a great article on what all the important dates around filing for the $3000 per book payout means. This is a must read. You can be sure that the other AI companies are looking at this judgement and will be taking notes. Anthropic saved themselves a $75 Billion fine by settling out of court and if you look at the numbers they come out of it pretty well. The kick in the teeth for some writers is discovering their publishers in America didn’t file a copyright claim within 5 years of publication which leaves them out in the cold.

 

On Writer Beware Victoria Strauss writes about the return of the Nigerian Prince scam and includes the new book club feature scam. With AI doing all the research work the email scams can be pretty convincing.  

 

Penguin Random House has sent its banned books wagon to Washington DC for Banned Books Week. Insert your own pithy comment on the juxtaposition of these two entities meeting in the seat of American government. The banned books on this year’s list, that they are handing out, will make you weep. 

 

Last week I mentioned an article - Publishing has a Gambling Problem and the responses from many people in publishing to its truths.

This week to add to the discourse, Karen Gillespie writes about The Case of the Disappearing Author and Why You Don’t Want a 6 or 7 Figure Deal.

 

 Agent Richard Curtis turns the spotlight onto Moral Clauses this week. He argues that the moral clause is immoral. Publishers are seeing the moral clause as a potential weapon to disassociate themselves from a high risk client. High risk? That could be a writer who disagrees with the latest edict from a political leader. Have you read your contracts morals clause?

 

Next month you can join Novel November. This is the replacement for NaNoWriMo. The list of sponsors for this free event is gathering momentum. If you want to test yourself and write a novel in November check out the site and sign up for free. There are lots of goodies on offer, including a charity donation from Pro Writing aid for every writer who succeeds in writing 50,000 words in November. This could be the month to try dictation and smash those words out.

 

Dan Blank has an interesting article on cycles of learning. What stops you from doing or learning about book marketing and connecting with readers. It can be as easy as committing to a short daily challenge. 

 

Susan Watts has one of those articles that you file away and think I must do that. It’s all about body position and health. If you have felt the strain of sitting at your keyboard Susan has some ideas for you to fix your workspace. (Stretch your body now!)

 

The Dream Team of Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi are celebrating 10 years of their website One Stop for Authors. This is their comprehensive website with articles and planners and all good things. They have some great deals to say thank you.

 

The Art Of Keeping Your Readers Hooked is what every writer wants. Elizabeth Craig has boiled it down to five important things to nail to keep your readers nailed to the page.

 

In The Craft Section,

Writer Igniter Story prompts- DIYMFA- Bookmark

How long should a series go- James Scott Bell

First draft words of wisdom- Dale Ivan Smith-Bookmark

10 dialogue tips – C S Lakin- Bookmark

What is a compelling voice-Tiffany Yates Martin

 

In The Marketing Section,

Booktok for Book Marketing- Sandra Beckwith - Bookmark

Social media strategies for authors- Rachel Thompson- Bookmark

Creating Buzz- Terry Odell- Bookmark

When your imaginary world becomes real- R J Redden

10 proven strategies to own the Amazon Algorithm- Penny Sansevieri- Bookmark

 

To Finish,

October was usually called NaNoWriMo prep month. Now with Novel November prep month continues, with lots of resources around for writers to access. Kevin Anderson has put together a collection of writing craft eBooks for Storybundle with great bonus books if you buy the whole set. It’s a win win win, writers get money, you get great books for not much, and a charity gets a dollop of cash. 

To make the most of writing resources you should read Gabriela Pereira’s article on Double Take learning. It is especially interesting if you are thinking about stretching yourself into new writing directions in November.

Don’t forget to sign up for The Alliance of Independent Authors free online 24 hour conference. This year’s theme is New Trends and the agenda is up. 

Go out there and soak up the knowledge.

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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Who Owns Your ideas?

 

 

In Publishing News this week.

 

Calling all writers who have been caught up in the Anthropic AI mess. The lawyers in the legal case against Anthropic want your name for a class action. If you have had books pirated, this is your must read article from Publishers Weekly. Act quickly you don’t have much time.

 

Mark Williams is also highlighting the case against Open AI in India. They are in the Indian courts trying to prove fair use. These big court cases are being watched by countries around the world. Copyright and AI use, every country has to make a decision over their meaning.

 

I try to have balanced viewpoints on AI in the blog. This is an interesting post from Mythcreants about not falling for AI. There are some good points here. Be very sure why you might use AI. It can be a useful tool but it shouldn’t do the creative work.

 

Publishers and educators advocating for freedom to read are cheering. They have received a positive judgement on the book banning that has been happening in Florida schools. The judge agrees with them. Hopefully this will start the ball rolling the right way in other states. Meanwhile Book Riot have some resources for people trying to navigate the supreme court decision on allowing parents to opt out of school programmes. 

 

The Diamond Comic Distributors case is taking another twist. At issue, the assets. Liquidators want a fire sale of the comics, but Diamond doesn’t own them and a Judge made that ruling. Bankruptcy law, if the item is sitting in your warehouse, then it’s an asset regardless of who actually owns it.

 

The Nordic countries are often held up as the model everyone should follow for happiness and lifestyle. Denmark is suffering a literacy crisis just like everyone else. They have a great way to promote book reading. Make it cheaper!

 

Agent Richard Curtis has an interesting article on Clout. When agents have it and what it actually means. 

 

James Scott Bell responds to an email saying that his book deserves to reach a larger audience. I got one just like it last week. The AI scams are alive and well. He discusses the difference between the terms writer and author. Apparently, they mean different things.

 

Barbara Linn Probst has an interesting post on Writer Unboxed. Are you a planned writer or a summoned writer? Just where do your ideas come from? 

 

Lesley Krueger has an interesting article on her response to a viral post of hers. Why I won’t chase the post that went viral. This is about authentic writing and figuring how to engage with readers without selling your soul.

 

How do you manage your Zone of Proximal Development? Jenny Hansen has a great post on the magic zone where all your learning takes place. This is where seeking the right kind of help in your writing can accelerate your craft learning.

 

In The Craft Section,

Character healing from an emotional wound- Angela Ackerman

5 conflict management styles- K M Weiland- Bookmark

5 tips to enhance your story atmosphere- Nick Bailey- Bookmark

The power of dialogue- C S Lakin

How to use iteration in your writing- Gabriela Pereira-Bookmark

 

In the Marketing Section 

How to maximize the return on your newsletter- Linda Dunn

Book Marketing tips- Mindset Joanna Penn – Podcast excerpt- Bookmark

How net galley makes your book more visible- Rachel Thompson- Bookmark

How to get more of the right readers- Sandra Beckwith

How to build a reader funnel- Written Word Media – Bookmark

 

To Finish

Roger Hyttinen has a great post on the 16 things that writers love. I laughed when I read number seven as I had just done it. One of the things he didn’t have on his list was the new video game Tiny Bookstore. Instead of heading to a remote island to manage one you can stay at home and play bookstores from your couch. You can even recommend real books.

A writer must have thought of the game idea, while procrastinating.

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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Who Owns Your Rights?

 

 

In Publishing News this week,

 

The EU accessibility act came into force this week. This is aimed at publishers who are selling into the European Union. All books need to be accessible. This doesn’t mean that they have to be widely available although that might help. They have to be accessible to the disabled community. Dan Holloway has a quick rundown on what that means for authors and publishers.

 

Publishing Perspectives reports on the recent court decision over book banning in favour of the parents and how this might impact the freedom to read going forward in the United States of America.

 

Publishers Weekly reports on the American Library Association conference and what the main topics of conversation were. AI and its biases. There was a lot of chat about the impact of new tech trends on libraries and on hand were child sized robots that helped children with finding and checking out books. (It is almost the age of the Jetsons- where is my flying car?)

 

This week Mark Williams looked at two news items that expose the current publishing models shortcomings. First was the news that the Bond franchise had been bought by Amazon who are bringing out modern James Bond books to tie in with their new game. So where does that leave the original publisher? Following right on the heels of this is the Romantasy juggernaut Sarah J Maass who has licensed her brand into a global marketplace and left her traditional publishers out of the mix. 

When I am asked what is the most important subject to learn in publishing, I always answer intellectual property and contracts. These two articles highlight the importance of intellectual property and who owns it. For decades publishers have been asking for sweeping contract rights and then not doing anything with them. Savvy agents and authors keeping these rights back have discovered other entertainment companies value these licenses. Will Publishers double down on rights demands? Remember authors, you can put time limits on rights in the contract and always put a rights reversal time clause in. 

 

Victoria Strauss has a great article for Writer Unboxed on bankruptcies and why the bankruptcy clause in your contract might not protect you. This is a timely article after recent publisher bankruptcies.

 

Richard Charkin muses on globalization and the publishing trade. Printers are now global, as are Newspapers. I wonder when rights by country will fall by the wayside. 

 

John Green has a nifty little video which breaks down What the #1 New York Times Bestseller List Actually Means. Sometimes it doesn’t take much for a book to make the list.

 

Gabriela Pereira has a great article on How to deal with Failure and Rejection. You need a writer angst jar. This is a great tool to get you over the hump.

 

Joanna Penn has an interesting interview with Betsy Lerner this week. Betsy has decades of experience in the publishing world doing pretty much every job in it. She talks about finding your voice across the medium and loving book marketing.

 

Writer Unboxed has a new contributor (Gen Z ) Kit Aldridge who has an article on AI – The Big Bad Wolf or Quiet Assistant for Writers. All the comments are interesting, especially from the big names in the community. The article is generally not in favour.

If you are on the fence about this technology. You are not alone. However, the changes are so rapid that you may find that some knowledge is better than none at all. Joanna Penn’s recent Interview with Thomas Umstattd on Book Discoverability in the age of AI shows another side of this technology.  

 

It’s July and you may be looking at your goals for the year and wondering what happened. Robin Blakely has a great article on redirecting yourself and your goals.

If it is all too much check out the Frustrated Writers Colouring In Book

 

In the Craft Section,

Building believable alternate histories- Daniel Ottalini

When your draft is a mess- Stuart Wakefield- Bookmark

The playbook for antagonists- Becca Puglisi

The secret to writing witty characters- K M Weiland- Bookmark

Ending apostrophe abuse- Debbie Burke- Bookmark

 

In The Marketing Section,

TikTok marketing demographics for authors- Sandra Beckwith- Bookmark

Writing an author bio (with AI)- Kindlepreneur

How to publish a children’s book- Reedsy and Karen Inglis- Bookmark

Creative hooks drive more ad clicks- Bookbub- Bookmark

Joanna Penn interviewed Simon Patrick about Eleven labs and Producing AI narrated audiobooks. This is an interesting insight into how Eleven labs works, and how authors can use them. 

 

To Finish,

Do you remember the Readers Digest books? Condensed versions of four novels bound in hardback and available mail order on a monthly subscription. Loads of homes had them. Folio Editions borrowed a similar concept but went the opposite way into high end productions. Publishers Weekly looks at how they have reinvented themselves starting with Public Domain books and are now into licensing Folio editions of in print books. It is all about Intellectual Property and what you do with it.

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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Standing Up

 

In Publishing News this week,

 

Striking a blow for librarians, a Rhode Island judge has ordered a halt to the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Publishers Weekly has updates on the legal challenges and efforts to save these and other important services.

 

This week the U S government fired the Librarian of Congress and the Director of the Copyright office. This comes at the moment when the U S government must make a stand on how the law will treat AI. There are many lawsuits over the illegal use of copyrighted material used by tech companies to train their AI’s. Publishers Weekly looks at the potential outcome of this move, open season on copyright material by AI.

Mark Williams also takes a look at the potential disaster for copyright holders if the US government allows tech companies free rein.

Publishing Perspectives talks with the head of the American Publishers Association about their recent annual meeting. They had a panel discussion over the threat of AI to the fundamental protection of copyright. What do they think of this latest news?

In Europe people are heading in the opposite direction with petitions in support of creative workers being circulated and handed in to various parliaments. Every government has to make a decision on the ethical and legal use of AI. Does copyright count anymore?

 

Ingram has appointed an AI chief according to Publishers Weekly. They will be in charge of implementing Ai across the whole group. This is quite wide ranging and so PW asked him a few questions.

 

Audible has finally moved on using AI voices, joining Spotify in making AI narration available to authors. The Guardian reports this as a worrying trend. (A bit late) Audible are almost the last audiobook company to openly admit they are using AI voices for narration.

 

Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware writes on two new scams doing the rounds internationally. The Book Order scam and the fake review scam. Remember keep yourself up to date on what new lows the scammers are going to, if not for you, for writer friends or newbies. They crush dreams. 

 

BookVault are expanding to Australia and they are moving to be truly global in their Print on Demand technology. BookVault specialise in integrating their services with direct shipping and shopping off your own website. Check out the podcast transcript from a recent interview with The Alliance of Independent Authors.

 

Ruth Harris writes about the clip file being the writer’s secret weapon.

 

Rachel Toalson has an interesting article on Writer Unboxed on what she has learned writing for children. For those of us out there who write for our inner child this will be familiar. If you want to do one of the hardest writing jobs, check out the article.

 

Sally Hamer has a great article on what to do if you have a great short story that you want to expand into a full length novel. First … don’t pad it with fluff.

 

In The Craft Section,

2 great posts from Gabriela Pereira using the Hunger Games- three act analysis and Organising your manuscript.- Bookmark

Is your book a romance?- Selene Grace Silver

How to write a 5 star sequel- Suzy Vadori- Bookmark

Working with relationship driven scenes- September Fawkes- Bookmark

 

In The Marketing Section

How to write a powerful About page- Sonya Matejko

Insider tips to make Goodreads work for you- Rachel Thompson- Bookmark

The Bookstore of You- Jonny B Truant- Interesting

The authors edge- not knowing any better- Mathew Holmes- Bookmark

Book Marketing Plan- Kindlepreneur- Bookmark

 

To Finish,

Recently a librarian thanked me for writing about the ongoing saga of the US Institute of Library and Museum Services that I highlighted in every week of April’s blog posts. It was not a pleasure to have to write about the death of an institution dedicated to funding libraries. It was pain and a feeling of helplessness. 

So why did I highlight this news story? I don’t live in America. Why should I care? 

Libraries provide information. It costs nothing to walk into a library and open a book. They even let you read right there in the building. 

Information educates people. This a fundamental right. An informed educated population can make up their own minds about whether governments are uplifting their people or not. 

When fundamental rights to information are taken away the world notices. They speak up, highlight the problem, witness the injustice on behalf of the people affected. Because if we don’t who will speak when it happens to us. 

Randy Susan Meyers has an interesting post on Writer Unboxed this week on writing to save democracy. Writers can imagine futures without democracy. They can inform and educate through their work. Throughout history writers have witnessed what happens to a population denied freedom to think for themselves.

I am a witness.

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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Pic from Vox article on the 10^th anniversary of The Hunger Games.

It Used To Be So Simple…

 

 

In Publishing News This Week,

 

In the continuing saga of the disestablishment of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, Publishers Weekly reports that there are only 12 people left doing the work of 75. Questions have been raised as to the ability of some of these people who seem to have been picked because of who they know and not what they know. And where is all the money going? 

 

In the Meta Lawsuit, many organisations aren’t waiting to be called but are submitting briefs to the court in support of the lawsuit, Publishing Perspectives reports. At issue is Meta claiming fair use. An argument that is supposed to be for the purposes of review in journals, not wholesale scraping.

Meanwhile, Vanity Fair has a chilling article on how Meta employees came to think that scraping a pirate site was a good idea. There was horrible little paragraph where they thought it was ok because the works themselves were valueless. Tell that to authors who have had their entire life’s work stolen.

 

Malaysia has been having a super book giveaway in an effort to promote reading. Mark Williams looks at the parent company of Big Bad Wolf and how they can lay their hands on all remaindered English language books to be able to do these big events.

 

Spotify is extending their reach in audio books and is opening up to French and Dutch language translations. They are throwing some money at it too. In their latest stats the audio listeners are primarily from the younger age bracket. Spotify is keen to promote human voices, but they are open to digital voices as well.

 

If you are still trying to make sense of tariffs in the book industry – do you pay them- do you not, The Alliance of Independent Authors has a good article to help you figure out what to do. Make sure you diversify where you get your books printed, so you can manage production costs.

 

Publisher’s Weekly reports on a panel discussion with creative industry people on how to manage AI technologies. This was interesting as there were music industry people who have been dealing with AI for longer than book people. Their advice- get involved in policing it.

 

Rachel Thompson has an article on PR scams that are targeting writers. It’s like playing whack-a-mole with scammers. All you can do is stay abreast of the ones doing the rounds and make sure newbies know about them.

 

Jane Friedman has a guest article from Anne Carley about how difficult it is to help publish other people in the self publishing space. This is because of the hoops you have to go through to establish who you are. When publishing companies are trying to weed out the scammers and pirates it can be hard to be a genuine helper for other people.

 

Joanna Penn has a super interview with Tara Cremin from Kobo. Tara gives an overview of all the great things Kobo offers and then gets into detail on subscriptions and marketing. If you already publish on Kobo are you taking advantage of all that they offer now?

 

Jennifer Dorsey writes about how to lay the groundwork for a successful nonfiction book launch. Have you mined who you know as well as what you know?

 

James Scott Bell has a post dedicated to the thesaurus and how useful it is. When was the last time you opened one specifically to find the right word.

 

Barbara Linn Probst has a great article on person and tense. Whoever tells the story is not the same as the protagonist unless you are very careful. Does the protagonist really know the inner life of all the other characters? This is a must read article.

 

In The Craft Section,

A peek inside the mind of a developmental editor- Jenn Windrow- Bookmark

Conflict is not tension- Sally Hamer

Understanding genre conventions- Gabriela Pereira- Bookmark

Cinematic technique for authors- C S Lakin

How to prepare eBooks in Word.- Diane Wolfe

 

In the Marketing Section,

How long does publicity take- Kathleen Schmidt

How to make time to market your book- Sandra Beckwith- Bookmark

How you should price your book- Matthew Holmes- Bookmark

Best Email services for authors- Dave Chesson

Getting more value from the backlist- Carlyn Robertson- Bookmark

 

To Finish,

It is the 17^th anniversary of the blog today. That’s 17 years of watching the publishing industry change in front of me. The eBook, the Kindle, Amazon, Print on Demand, the rise and fall of publishing houses, the amalgamations, the rise of niche indie brands, the rise and fall of booksellers, graphic novels, audio books, translations, the rise and fall of distributors, selling direct, authorpreneurs, and now AI. The publishing world looks very different from when I started learning about it 17 years ago. I continue to learn every day. For everyone who is still reading and learning along with me, sharing little notes, the occasional coffee, the meet in person times, Thank you for still being here. It has been a wild ride. 

 

Happy Easter.

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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