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We end with an update on a story I reported on a week or so back, the collapse of the Self-Publishing Partnership (SPP). You will recall that authors had received emails seemingly out of the blue notifying them that the company would cease trading. This left authors with unpaid royalties and print books left in the system, with Gardners trying to find ways to help authors whose books they still had in their distribution network. Much of the groundwork in following things up was done by The Bookseller, and they have just issued an update (update to the update: there’s a second update!).

On this week's Self-Publishing News podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway looks at the retro tech boom driving an unexpected CD revival — and what Gen Z's love of physical media means for print books. He then digs into a contested new study, cited by the AAP and Authors Guild, that links rising library e-lending to falling print sales, and reminds indie authors they set their own library pricing through OverDrive. He closes with an invitation to take Gotham Ghostwriters' second AI and Writing survey.

It’s been a week or so since we had news of a new survey. As this is an AI-related survey, it also provides the opportunity to roll our AI stories for the week into a single column (assuming, of course, nothing else breaks in the next few days. Which is, I’ll admit, a big assumption).