Publishing: Change is the only Constant

 In Publishing News This Week,

 

Just as I published last week’s blog, Amazon changed their eBook pricing tiers. Previously the 70% royalty model was capped at $9.99 but it has been increased to $12.99. Box sets, your hour has come!

 

The new lawsuit against Google is underway. At issue whether Google used books enrolled in Google Play and as part of search to train its AI, Gemini. Among the claims against Google is that they also used Google Scholar to download articles to make Gemini more responsive, weakening the market for research books and journals. This is a class action so expect more people to join in.

 

Publishers Weekly reports on the Careless People author taking Meta to court. At issue is whether the alleged gag order that stops the author from discussing her book, which highlighted abuse at the Meta offices, is justified or a violation of the first amendment rights. Publishers are watching this one as it will impact how much risk they might be up for. Macmillian, Sarah Wynn-Williams publisher, is doing a great job in supporting their author through this. The publicity over the case and book have helped sales as well. 

 

Everybody dreams of winning the big prize. Multi millions in your pocket to do whatever you like. Fund a non profit literary endeavor, perhaps? A new fund is set up to do just that in the US, but how should the money really be spent? One publisher has opinions about fairness across the sector and what would be the best use of $50 million dollars.

We can but dream in NZ with all our funding slashed here.

 

One of the benefits in managing your own backlist is that you can re-release books that your traditional publisher has given up on. It doesn’t matter when a book is published. Every reader is a new reader. Doubleday has decided that they want to republish out of print books that are hard to find, in order to bring a new audience to the book. 

 

Last week I wrote about the American Library Association’s conference. In the Alliance of Independent Authors ,news section Dan Holloway commented this week on the librarian’s plea to make metadata relevant. This is how they select books. Who knew metadata was so important to search?

 

Amy Chan spent $44.000 launching her book and only $3.00 was worth it. She wrote an article about it. Every author who read that article winced and so did the publicists. Kathleen Schmidt followed up with an article on meaningful exposure. These two articles show the expectations and reality divide in marketing books now. The marketing landscape has changed. What used to work does not anymore.

 

Dean Wesley Smith has been around the publishing world for decades and has a long view of the industry. Publishing is always changing, he says. Here he dives into the numbers and why authors and publishers must keep thinking of a wider discoverability model. 

 

Julie Artz has a great primer on manuscript formats for writers. If you don’t know the standard presentation Julie shows you with examples across Scrivener, Word, Google Docs, and more.

 

Joanna Penn has an interesting interview with Jamie Ferguson on creating bundles and anthologies. How do you choose writers to join in anthologies? How do you keep track of submissions? If you are interested in dipping your toe in to boxsets, make sure you read the transcript. 

 

Over on the Killzone blog Dale Ivan Smith is writing about Risk. Writers risk rejection with every submission but they submit anyway. They risk failure with every book launch, but they do it anyway. He has gathered different answers on what risk means to a creative. Are your characters risking anything?

 

 

In The Craft Section,

Point of View is a promise -Sarah Hamer- Bookmark

Why readers love flawed characters- Jenn Windrow

Why your story feels choppy- Tiffany Yates Martin

The Wow factor-James Scott Bell- Bookmark

Multiple POV’s and character empathy-K M Weiland - Bookmark

 

In The Marketing Section,

Ten tips for creating special editions- Indie Author Magazine- Bookmark

How to make your book irresistible- Video – Alliance of Independent Authors

How to optimize metadata- IngramSpark- Bookmark

10 ways authors can help each other with marketing- Sandra Beckwith- Bookmark

Lessons learned running a bookshop- Alliance of Independent Authors

 

To Finish,

Do you have the courage to switch things up? It is easy to just do same old same old in your writing and marketing. You know the drill. You know how much energy you need. Switching things up is a venture into the unknown. What if it doesn’t work?

Joanna Penn has written another of her deep dive articles. 7 tips for sustainable creativity. Here she pulls great advice from interviews with her guests about staying creative. She is switching things up by moving her podcast days. Change can unlock another outlook on your writing. It sparks new ideas, new directions. You never know what interesting opportunities await around the change corner.

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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Choosing Your Own Path

 In Publishing News This week,

 

James Daunt, CEO of the biggest Bookstore chains in the UK and USA ruffled everyone’s feathers when he stated that Barnes and Noble would sell AI generated books. Then he quickly walked that back. “What he meant to say was much more nuanced”- Publishers Weekly interviewed him to find out how nuanced.

 

Remember Fan Fiction on Amazon? The fan writers got to play in the author worlds and Amazon paid the original author a cut. It got dropped because the trade publishers wouldn’t join in. Music publishers have just done this deal with Spotify. Does it open the way to a whole new world in copyright? Mark Williams examines how it could work for authors.

 

The numbers are out and audiobooks are hot. Spotify are rubbing their hands as revenue is soaring. Publishers Weekly interviewed Spotify to find out all the new goodies that are coming to ears near you. Translation, narration, and curated playlists are in the mix for authors.

 

Eleven labs are introducing seamless audiobook creation inside their Spotify partnership reports Dan Holloway of The Alliance of Independent Authors. Meanwhile, the voice actors have launched a court case over scraped voice prints. If you are thinking about narration, consider cloning your own voice to avoid this problem.

 

Accessibility issues were the topic this week on Joanna Penns’s podcast.  She chatted with Jeff Adams on how AI tools are helping authors with disability issues.

 

Mark Lefebvre wrote an interesting essay on choosing the harder path this week that got me thinking. How often do we just pick the first idea that comes off the rank? Sure, it’s a shiny new idea, but have we looked deeper? Are we really stretching our writing chops?  This year’s Pulitzer Prize fiction winner is Danial Kraus for Angel Down written in one sentence. Mark’s essay is a timely reminder to push further, reach deeper. It’s a great read!

 

Rachel Thompson continues her series on Author Visibility. This week she talks about creating trust for your readers before they buy. Have you put yourself in your readers shoes? This is another great essay from Rachel. Check out the whole essay series.

 

Nuria Corbi has a great little article on the ten things that she wished someone had told her when she started self-publishing. One of the important lessons is Don’t Rush. Take your time. Do it right. After 18 years watching this business, I can agree. If you rush you burn out. 

 

In The Craft Section,

Why research is important for fiction- Ellen Buikema

Hone your focus sentence- Joshua Dolezal- Bookmark

8 ways to show fear- Amgela Ackerman- Bookmark

How to create stronger scenes- Gabriela Pereira- Bookmark

When revisions feel flat- Lisa Hall Wilson- Bookmark

 

In The Marketing Section,

Your audience might not be who you think- Ines Johnson -Bookmark

Typesetting rules every author needs to know- Alliance of independent authors- Bookmark

When to think about publicity-Cassie Manners Murray- Bookmark

Being a cheerleader for others- Sandra Beckwith- Bookmark

Author Bios when you can’t write about yourself- Rebecca Forster

 

To Finish

This is a skinny blog because I’m traveling again, literally, as I type this. 

Back to normal next week. 

In the meantime, there are some juicy articles to contemplate, especially the trade off on disability help and AI and Mark Lefebvre's article on choosing the harder writing path. It's nearly time for the monthly newsletter so if you want to get a roundup of the best bookmarked articles from the last month you are welcome to subscribe here.

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The More Things Change…

18 years...  

In Publishing News this week,

 

Publisher’s Weekly reports on The Authors Guild statement condemning publishers indiscriminate use of AI. Editors have been loading manuscripts and author personal information into AI with no security guardrails and compromising authors. Hopefully they will address the concerns. (I won’t hold my breath.) This issue highlights something I have been thinking about. Writers and Illustrators work has been scraped to train AI so when a publisher checks whether AI has been used and the answer comes back yes how can you trust the answer? Kathleen Schmidt has written about this - Can We Trust Book Publishing To Tell Us The Truth?

 

Meanwhile, there is an update on the Anthropic Court Case for people following this. The payout numbers are fluctuating, and everyone is waiting on the hearing in May.

 

Penguin Random House likes to get spot new talent and every year they have a competition for cover designers to reimagine a couple of their classic titles. They have just announced their 2026 winners. An interesting view of changing styles in cover design.

 

Mark Williams has an eye on publishing news across the world. He reports on the first Indigenous Literary Congress and Book Fair. It is about to get underway in May run by the Dayak People of Indonesia. 

 

Publisher’s Weekly reports on the findings from the 150 page report, Books in Translation: Trends and Transformations in the European Publishing Market. With the rise in adoption of AI translation what does it mean for translators today? This is an interesting article and a guide on what will separate out the best from the rest.

 

The case of the new fees at Draft2Digital continues to rage and now Barnes and Noble have instituted a minimum low price on print books being sold on their platform. These are all ways to combat an onslaught of AI written sludge from scammers. Rachel Morton offers another perspective of why you should be happy with the new fees. Food for thought here.

 

Richard Curtis explains the role of Royalty Managers in Publishing and how this role developed. This is also the area where the biggest frauds against authors happen and once you read how royalties work you will understand why. It all has to do with Book Returns. (This is a contentious subject. Publishers created this system in the depression to keep bookstores open. So do we need a 100 year old model which encourages unsustainable printing practices in 2026?)

 

Jane Friedman has an interesting essay on Librarians and how they may be seen as ‘arbiters of reality’ in the future. Already they are the most trusted humans. In this age of fake and AI, we need these important people. Share this essay around!

 

Joanna Penn has been mining her vast collection of author interviews and has another deep dive information article, this time on Kickstarters. If you have been wondering how to go about planning a Kickstarter campaign, check out this comprehensive article.

 

Tasmina Perry has an interesting blog on creativity. This week she was looking at lessons from the past and how we can reframe them to boost our creativity now.

Emilie Noelle Provost has an essay on Writer Unboxed on four ways you can recharge your creativity. 

 

In The Craft Section,

Why your story is important- Jenny Hansen- Bookmark

Fear or the fatal flaw- Becca Puglisi- Bookmark

Give your characters serious challenges- Jonelle Patrick- Bookmark

How to write when it feels hard- Jill Boehme- Bookmark

Turning point vs Plot Point- September Fawkes- Bookmark

 

In The Marketing Section

The sales conundrum- Kathleen Schmidt- Great Essay

The introverts guide to quiet marketing- Kristina God

Substack vs Blogs- Rachel Thompson- Bookmark

2 great articles from Penny Sansevieri- Updated Goodreads for Authors and Book Promotion ideas–- Bookmark

 

To Finish

Today is World Book Day and if you want a quick history of the book check out Kay DiBianca from the Killzone blog who has a great list article on the evolution of the book.

 

Kristine Rusch has curated a new Writing Craft Book Bundle. She contacted all the authors and asked if they wanted to produce updated versions of their writing craft books based on the challenges facing writers today. An excellent collection and exclusive to Storybundle so grab the bargains and feel good about paying the authors directly and supporting a great charity as well.

 

This week The Craicer Blog turns 18. That's 18 years of watching this crazy industry and trying to understand it. The view from my desk is that the more you can show that you are human and worth listening to, or reading, the more you will appear authentic in this age of AI. 

I would like to thank all the people who have been reading the weekly blog from the beginning- yes that’s my Kidlit people in New Zealand, who know me in person, but also readers from around the world who have only met me through the blog or by email. In the beginning publishing news and ideas took 18 months to filter down as change in the New Zealand publishing scene. Now it’s less than a month and change is felt everywhere. But my corner remains unchanged over here in the publishing blogosphere. 

Thank you for continuing to drop into the blog and sharing it with your friends. I’ll continue to shine a light into the jungle of publishing, older and greyer but still interested in this crazy industry.

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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Is AI Text Destroying Our Characters Humanity?

 

In Publishing News This Week

 

The end of March saw the closing date for authors to claim compensation from Anthropic in the Bartz vs Anthropic class action. However, this doesn’t mean that Anthropic is off the hook. This week the Association of American Publishers, along with the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical publishers joined a class action taken by the Concord Music Group publishers. Yes, song lyrics were ripped off as well as scientific, technical, and medical information. So Anthropic might have to delve into their $300 billion wallet and find some loose change.

Over on Lit Hub, Mary Childs has an article on feeling left out of the Bartz claim…her book was in the original theft, how come It wasn’t chosen to be in the compensation?

 

The Guardian reports that Penguin Random House is taking Open AI to court because their Chat GPT bot plagiarized their German children’s book. This court case is being taken in Europe. This is a specific case involving a chat bot. The case is compelling and Open Ai don’t really have a leg to stand on here.

 

Are animated micro dramas the next big thing? Harlequin thinks so. They have partnered with Dashverse, an AI entertainment company, to produce animated micro dramas inspired by their romance titles. They have a huge back list to mine if the first forty animations do well. 

 

Publishers Weekly interviewed agents and publishers about the Shy Girl controversy which I reported on last week. There was skepticism about Hachette’s claims that they didn’t know anything about the problem before it was brought to their attention. 

There are some telling comments about the disparity of power between what publishers demand of authors and what use of AI they make themselves. 

Mark Williams has been looking at the audiobook industry and finding the gaps that publishers are missing. Mark is a teacher in The Gambia, one of the poorest nations on Earth and he shares insights into a world where everyone has a smart phone but not a book or a credit card. There is a distribution model ripe for disruption. A fascinating article.

 

Jane Friedman has a great article about how the Bookstore Market has changed and what publishers should be doing to support them. The article is based on the recent Book Industry Study Group candid discussions at their recent event. If you know a bookseller pass it on. (I will be) Jane also has some author takeaways to think about.

 

Joanna Penn recently interviewed Anne Lamott and her husband Neal Allen on their new book Good Writing. Many writers will know Anne Lamotts book Bird by Bird which is one of those books on writing that every writer should read. Anne and Neal’s new book for writers is on crafting sentences. Read the transcript or listen to the interview it is fascinating.

This month Richard Charkin is reflecting on those strategy retreats that he attended when he was a publishing CEO and how quickly the high ideas and plans fell by the wayside to corporate bottom lines. This year will the strategy retreats focus on AI and will they change anything in publishing land?

 

Sara Hildeth writes this week about the rise of AI text generated newsletters. Her response is to question why writers would even bother to use an AI to generate text. The act of writing demands so much more from the writer. This is a thought provoking article on what it means to be a writer.

 

Written Word Media has an interesting deep dive article into what moves the needle as you go from Author to Authorpreneur. The transition to a business takes a different mindset and a willingness to look at marketing strategies.

 

Donald Maass has an interesting article on the writers toolbox of questions to make your characters and plot stronger. The important takeaway here is you can read loads of craft books but do you put the ideas into practice?

 

Mark Leslie Lefebvre is also looking at characters this week, specifically how your characters look at the world differently. Are you thinking about your characters world view and how they move through your story? 

In The Craft Section,

15 actionable tips for writing deep characters- Joanna Penn- BOOKMARK

Ego driven vs Soul driven character arcs- K M Weiland – Bookmark

Using contradiction to create micro tension- C S Lakin

How does fear play into Character arcs- Becca Puglisi- Bookmark

Types of backstory – Gabriela Pereira

 

In The Marketing Section,

How to beat your newsletter competition- Jane Friedman- Bookmark

How to build a powerful email list- Sandra Beckwith- Bookmark

AI systems can rescue you from difficult marketing tasks- R J Redden

Marketing myths – Rachel Thompson- Bookmark!

Amazon A content can upgrade your sales page- Penny Sansevieri

 

To Finish

Recently Tessa Barbosa wrote an interesting article on Writer Unboxed about the value of craft in the art of writing. “Creativity is a practice, just like meditation. It is about noticing things, making connections and asking questions." 

An AI can’t replicate your voice or point of view. Go out there and be human!

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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The Spirit of The Gift

 

In Publishing News this week

 

The closure of Baker and Taylor book distributors has ongoing ripple effects throughout the book publishing industry. As the biggest book distributor to libraries, publishers are scrambling to put together dedicated sites. Small publishers are left hanging and now the implications are being felt with other book distributors. Publishers Weekly reports on Lectorum Publishing’s closure. Lectorum, the largest independent distributor of Spanish language books explains that the hits kept coming and they couldn’t overcome them. 

 

Spotify is expanding its reach again. This time into the Nordic countries home of Storytel. Storytel have just posted a third quarter profit. Europe and the American continent have been the preferred audiences to chase. I wonder which one will get to Asia or Africa first. Spotify reports that more than half of its listeners are under 35. With the younger demographic of Africa’s population, the struggle for the worlds ears between these two companies is just getting started.

 

November had three big conferences for the publishing community, Sharjah, Shanghai, and Author Nation and all of them addressed the AI conundrum. Do we? Don’t we? and How much is too much?

 

One of the keynotes of Sharjah was an address by Keith Riegert about AI tools. Publishers Weekly reports on this with the title When It Comes To AI, Adapt or Die. This is stark look at the AI tech disruption in publishing. Keith Riegert says we should treat AI as “a very intelligent but inexperienced assistant.”

 

Adding his ten cents into the mix is Mark Williams explaining that book sellers did embrace AI tools back in 2023 then walked back from it. 

 

So where does that leave us at the end of 2025. Publishing Perspectives has an article on using AI for marketing, including the recording of a panel discussion at Frankfurt. Not using it is not an option, according to the panel discussion. 

 

In my opinion, if you pass lots of junior publishing jobs to AI, how will the juniors know when AI gets it wrong or how to do the job without AI? We could lose a lot of knowledge if we let a computer do the thinking. In the publishing office it should be what is the best use of my assistant’s time? Do they understand enough about my business to use AI to my best advantage? The value of AI is speed in marketing, analysis, and productivity tools. But it is a very poor replacement for creativity. It’s the doubling down on being human that distinguishes us from a machine.

 

Publishers Weekly has an article on what’s happening in children’s publishing in China.

They are not having a fantastic year. The stats are reflected throughout the world as everybody is struggling to find children’s audiences. Where are they all and who is the competition? When I was talking to children at a recent market, they all said they read graphic novels. Producing a graphic novel is time consuming and expensive. A conundrum for the children’s publishers.

 

Joanna Penn is back from Author Nation the world’s biggest indie author conference. They had over 80 presentations and every major vendor was in attendance. Joanna gives a run down on the big topics of conversation. 

 

Richard Curtis has an excellent post on the profit and loss statement. For many in the publishing world this is the most important piece of paper in the office. And one that is not talked about. Understanding this document is key to every publishing decision.

 

Rachel Thompson has an excellent article on subscribers and their importance in marketing. I was recently talking to a publisher about owning your audience and Rachel’s article explains how your free newsletter subscribers are just as valuable as your paid ones. 

 

Michelle Barker (writing on the dream teams blog) has an excellent article on the qualities of a successful writer. It is not about sales. 

 

Dave King has an interesting article on Writer Unboxed about Redshirts. This is shorthand in the writing community for the character that is only there to die. If you are thinking about killing off a character, are you using their death wisely? 

 

In the Craft Section,

Microtension- a must in fiction- C S Lakin- Bookmark

Character layer by layer reveals-Patricia CrisaFulli- Bookmark

Crafting memorable sidekicks- Elizabeth Spann Craig

Is your protagonist the main character- September Fawkes- Bookmark

3 things silent movies can teach you- Janice Hardy

 

In the Marketing Section

Bookmarketing requires patience- Sandra Beckwith

Free Bookfunnel marketing guides- Bookfunnel- Bookmark

22 ways to grow your email list- Bookbub- Bookmark!

Strategies to get into libraries- IngramSpark

Author branding – Kindlepreneur- Bookmark

 

To Finish,

It’s that time of year where everywhere you look there are Black Friday deals along with Cyber Monday deals. It’s a sign of cultural capitalistic dominance when a holiday only relevant in America spreads around the world as an exhortation to spend money as a way of celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. Why not flip this on its head and show your thanks to your fellow authors by reviewing their books or subscribing to their patreon or buying them a coffee. If you are hanging out for Black Friday deals for writers then the dream team Angela and Becca have great website discounts. Katie Weiland has a discount on all her courses and books. Women in publishing has collected a long list of other writerly Black Friday discounts. 

Go Forth and Give Thanks.

 

Maureen

@craicer

 

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Imagine That

 

 

In Publishing News this week.

 

Publishers Weekly has a report from Booksellers in the Washington DC area about book sales slumping as a result of the National Guard being deployed in the city. In response some booksellers have quietly protested by getting creative with their front windows. 

 

KDP has just opened up Kindle Unlimited books to libraries. I haven’t found a proper link but the rumour is out there. 

 

Following on from the Anthropic AI case, Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware has been fielding enquiries over what to do if your publisher hasn’t registered you for copyright in the United States. There is a time limit on copyright registry in the US. Yes, you can claim copyright from the moment the story is written but if you want to sue someone over your copyright it needs to have been formally registered. Many writers are discovering publishers haven’t done this. 

 

The Anthropic court case settlement does have implications for the Meta court case coming up. Mark Williams explores the out of court settlement news and how the publishing world might have missed a big opportunity. Suffice to say it won’t hurt Anthropic one bit.

 

Bookwire is hosting a conference specifically for the publishing community called All about AI. Just looking at the topics on offer –  this is a get familiar with this subject or get left behind, conference.

 

Eleven Labs, who are leaders in the AI cloned voices for audio space, have now opened up a direct sales store on their site, reports Publishers Weekly. They have a good royalty rate there too. I think Eleven Labs is the only place where you can license your own voice- which takes author narration to another level. No more hours in a recording booth with dodgy sound.

 

Spotify are flirting with enhanced content on their audio books- You can add video and visual extras to your books which will play on the screen. Publishing Perspectives writes about whether this is a good thing or not.

 

Maris Kreizman has an interesting article on Lit Hub about the Harper Collins staff strike and why publishers have been poorly paying their staff. A Series of Unfortunate Salaries or Fighting the Publishing Industries Elitism.

 

Joanna Penn has an interesting interview with Clay Vermulm who writes short stories and collaborates with other authors in anthologies and podcasts. Check out the transcript for a different way of working.

 

Building a sustainable author future beyond GEO is a great article overview on how to remain visible in this AI search world. This is an article every author and publisher should read to understand how search is changing- then go for a deep dive into the subject with practical tips from Rachel Thompson on How to make AI work for you. 

(Remember AI is a tool- don’t use it for creativity. Many editors are refusing to touch AI generated books because they are so bad at writing.)

 

It must be the change of the season- I’ve seen my first ducklings down under. (Shakes head at the folly of ducks) And it’s back to school up in the Northern Hemisphere.

So, it’s time for the writing craft bundles. There are two different bundles of resources out there for writers for a limited time. They have different prices (both under $100) but are chock full of different courses, books, workshops, printables…etcetc. Infostack Writing Craft 7.0 and Masterstack-Writing Craft. (There are writing for children guides in this one too.) If you are looking for your next year’s learning resources they’ve got you covered.

 

Donald Maass has written one of those articles that have you thinking about the topic for days. What is Truth in Fiction. It may just change the way you write forever.

 

In the Craft Section,

The power of giving up- Greer Macallister- Bookmark

Plot as Utility- John Gilstrap- Bookmark

Story Structure as architecture- P J Parrish- Bookmark

Dissecting the creative guides- Lisa Miller- Bookmark!

Write where you know- Kirsten Oliphant- Bookmark

 

In The Marketing Section

2 great articles from Penny Sansevieri-Basic elements matter more than you think and The genre mismatch problem with Ads- Bookmark Both

Transform your book into speaking opportunities- Stephanie Chandler- Bookmark

ACX review- Reedsy

Maybe I want authors to be celebrities- Interesting- Cassie Manns Murray

 

To Finish,

As I compile my list of articles, I’m always wondering what is the thread that runs through them. This week I was thinking about how publishing and writing is changing very quickly, and we may be running so fast to keep up that we forget why we started to write in the first place. Then I read this parody on publishing by Steven James  based on The Lorax by Dr Suess. 

 

Congratulations Julia Donaldson – The children’s author who has broken the record for all time book sales at 50 million according to NielsenIQ

Trust in your imagination!

Maureen

@craicer

 

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