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News Summary: Authors Guild Report Finds Only 25% of Readers Paid for Their Last Book
A new Authors Guild report has reached a stark conclusion: most readers are not paying for the books they read. To put it bluntly, that would seem to be the conclusion of a report from the Authors Guild. The report is dated December 2025, but the press release only came out in the last week, suggesting that some crunching and considering has been going on in the interim. I'll have a look at the more noteworthy findings and what they suggest for us as authors (Publishers Weekly's headline on the piece clearly cites a connection to declining author incomes), but first I want to situate this somewhat.
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Self-Publishing a Book in German, with Orna Ross and Skye MacKinnon
Germany is the third-largest book market in the world, and unlike the English-language market, it is not yet saturated. Skye MacKinnon has turned her second publishing language into her bestselling one across three pen names and more than seventy translated titles. In this conversation about the newly released second edition of her book, Self-Publishing in German, she tells indie authors how to decide which of their books to translate first, where AI earns its keep and where it quietly ruins things, and how on earth you market a book in a language you don't speak.
Dear Oma Ross:
It was nothing but serendipitous stumbling on ALL I (Indie Authors) for which I thank my good
karma.
I have “self published” the following books with no profit in mind – just for the pure joy of it.
For The Love Of Shakespeare
Your Sense of Humor – Don’t Leave Home Without It
Mining My Own Life – This much I Remember and This Is How I Remember It.
Reminiscing in Tranquility of a Time Long Gone By.
I am presently working on the next.
Glad to make your acquaintance.
Happy Food-filled Fun Thanks Giving Day
Chandra
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