AI Narration Is Going Mainstream, and Your Backlist Should Be Paying Attention
For years, audiobooks have been the format indie authors wanted but couldn’t always afford. A single narrated audiobook can run anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000 in production costs, and with subscription models making it harder to recoup that investment, plenty of backlist titles simply never made it to audio. That math is changing fast in…
Indie Authors Just Had Their Best Month Ever — Here’s What the Numbers Actually Mean
If you write romance, thriller, or dark fantasy and you’re wondering whether Kindle Unlimited is worth your time, here’s a number that should settle it: the KDP Select Global Fund paid out $70.3 million to authors in May 2026 — the highest single-month total on record. That’s not a one-off spike. It’s the latest point…
The Contest Every Indie Author Should Know About (And Prep For Next Year)
If you write romance, fantasy, or any of seven other genres and haven’t heard of the Indie Author Project Annual Contest, you’re missing one of the more genuinely useful opportunities in the self-publishing world — one that doesn’t ask you to pay an entry fee, doesn’t care about your follower count, and puts your book…