Kirkus Just Launched Its First-Ever Indie Awards, and the Finalists Are In
Kirkus Reviews has been a genuinely intimidating name in traditional publishing circles for nearly a century, so it’s worth pausing on this: they just launched their first-ever awards program dedicated entirely to independently published books, and the inaugural finalists were announced on July 7. Why this matters more than it might sound Kirkus has run…
Publishers Are Fighting AI Audiobook Piracy. Here’s How to Use AI Narration the Right Way.
Earlier this year, I wrote about an author who discovered an AI-narrated version of her own book on Spotify that she never authorized. That wasn’t an isolated incident. The Association of American Publishers has now confirmed just how widespread the problem is, and it’s worth understanding both the scale of what’s happening and, more usefully,…
Google Play Books Just Put a Chatbot Inside Your Book. Here’s How to Opt Out (or In)
Google Play Books rolled out a new feature this summer called Book Insights, and if you publish through Google Play, it’s worth understanding exactly what it does and how much say you have over it, because that part matters more than the feature itself. What it actually does Book Insights is built on Gemini and…