Join Debbie Young and Piers Alexander as they introduce the new #Authors4Bookstores campaign. All writers and readers love bookstores and want to see at least one on every high street. Our new campaign encourages and enables indie authors and bookstores to form mutually beneficial, supportive relationships.
Author4Bookstores Campaign: DEBBIE YOUNG, PIERS ALEXANDER
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News Podcast: Agatha Christie Enters the Public Domain, Anthropic Settlement Shifts, and Audio Platforms Embrace Video
On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports from a literary conference setting as Agatha Christie’s The Body in the Library enters the public domain. He unpacks new reporting on the Anthropic settlement, including unresolved issues for textbook authors and questions over how much claimants may ultimately receive. Dan also looks at a shift toward video in audio discovery, with Audible testing in-app video promotion and Spotify lowering the bar for podcast monetization.
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In this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi Member Q&A podcast, hosts Michael La Ronn and Sacha Black discuss whether authors who narrate their own audiobooks should file for copyright registration of the performance rights in addition to registering the text.