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Kindle Unlimited is Dead. Long Live Kindle+

Plus the Internet comes under attack, the Novel Marketing Conference is almost sold out, and France is no longer the place of romance.

Oct 24
1 h 50 min

Barnes and Noble Numbers Soar... And So Do Cars

Plus, new AI models for text-to-speech and so much more!

Oct 16
1 h 58 min

Audible Ads Are Finally Here

Plus, OpenAI is watermarking in the EU, Spotify is opening up to more markets, and we discuss the return of the public execution in America.

Oct 10
1 h 41 min

Is Amazon Ending Permafree Books?

Plus, AI updates, publishing acquisitions, and how the establishment of the Autonomous Warfare Command can give a shot in the arm to your sci-fi catalogue.

Oct 3
1 h 40 min

Amazon Cracks Down on AI Authors

Plus, Facebook limits outbound links, a new class action suit is about to open up against OpenAI, and Toys'R'Us returns.

Sep 25
1 h 22 min

KU Payout Falls

Plus, new updates to computer systems, a longer preorder window on Amazon and how an experiment on mice will affect your target market today.

Sep 18
1 h 25 min

The US Copyright Office Is Flagging Human-Written Books as AI

Plus, a lengthy discussion on the death of Charlie Kirk and what that has meant for America.

Sep 12
1 h 56 min

Amazon Caught Stealing Authors' Ad Dollars

Also, Thomas and Jonathan make everyone mad... ever.

Sep 5
2 h 03 min

Facebook Advertising Changed Forever... Again

Plus, non-cozy mystery numbers, Kindle price hikes and the passing of Dolly Parton.

Aug 29
2 h 08 min

AI Reads Aristotle - That's Why It Writes Better

Lots of AI news today, with new models, new systems and new possibilities for authors to use.

Aug 22
1 h 40 min

Barnes & Noble Just Banned the Front Table Author Signing Nationwide

Plus, new numbers in the industry, workbots to help with author work and a spicy zeitgeist take on how media is destroying women.

Aug 17
2 h 02 min

AI Fiction Seizes Almost 30% of Kindle's Catalog

Plus, we discuss country music, AI as used as a research tool, and an author who lost a lucrative tradpub deal because of an accusation.

Aug 8
1 h 56 min

Fauci's Diary and the Magic Boom in Fiction

Advancements in AI, changes in how agents work and the change in reader preferences.

Aug 1
2 h 09 min

The Digital Vs. Physical War - AI Companies Pulping Books By The Pallet

All the new AI models, China's surge to tech dominance and why we should write flash floods in our books.

Jul 24
1 h 54 min

The Atlantic Just Declared the Age of Reading Is Over

Plus indie stats on readers and authors, Gemini's in trouble for committing Anthropic's mistake, and how should we focus our writing, all on Author Update.

Jul 17
1 h 35 min

The Week That Changed Indie Publishing

Listen to Jonathan and guest host Bryan Canter talk about author news on this special episode of Author Update.

Jul 10
1 h 52 min

America's 250th Birthday - Will It Survive

All things America! Thomas and Jonathan celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States by discussing publishing trends and how America was shaped by independent publis

Jul 4
1 h 52 min

The Pope Says To Finish Thy Book

Plus, numbers on trad vs. Indie publishing, OpenAI's hesitancy to release a new version of ChatGPT after Fable's cancellation, and an hour long zeitgeist sessio

Jun 27
2 h 00 min

Record Breaking KU Fund!

Plus, the US government bans Anthropic's Fable 5, and we talk the unrest in the UK.

Jun 20
1 h 17 min

Men Buy Books and Women Borrow Them

Plus, tech news on Meta and Anthropic, and we go over the fun in each country's culture.

Jun 15
1 h 22 min