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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News | October 16, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: Baker & Taylor Closure Reshapes Library Supply; Frankfurt Fair Opens Ahead of SelfPubCon 25

The last story I ran last week broke right at the time of writing, meaning there was little time to include much detail. (Well, both did: the Nobel Prize announcement was made about two and a half minutes before I filed with Howard, but while I love its drama, it is not, sadly, indie-oriented enough to warrant a larger unpacking here.)
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News | October 14, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: Spotify Clarifies ChatGPT Integration; AI Video App Sora Sparks Debate

Spotify’s relationship with AI feels as though it has become increasingly— for want of a better phrase—a slightly edgy one. The company is, first and foremost, a tech company rather than an arts company. Daniel Ek was a coder before anything else and has always taken the company in a direction that favors innovation. On the other hand, Spotify is passionate about working with creative people—nowhere more so than when it comes to writers.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News October 11, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: Nobel Prize for Literature Announced; Baker & Taylor to Close After Two Centuries

This is one of my favorite times of year as a reporter in the book world—and even more so as a literary civvy, someone who just loves books, whether writing or reading them. Yes, of course, I mean SelfPubCon (for which there is still time to sign up!). But I also mean the announcement of the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature—our highest-profile and highest-paying moment in the media sun.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News | October 9, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: Digital Publishing Awards Highlight AI Innovation and Accessibility Trends in Book Industry

It's award season in the books world. If you scan the headlines of literary media, you'll see shortlists for the likes of the Goldsmiths (experimental fiction), Booker (fiction), Baillie Gifford (nonfiction), Cundill (history), and Schroders (business). Each of them has a large five-figure sum for the eventual winner. Not to mention the Nobel and its nearly seven-figure purse, and last week I reported on the Speakies.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News | October 2, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: L. J. Ross Shortlisted for British Audiobook Awards; TikTok Deal Approved; Universal Turing Machine Launches

Let’s start with the celebratory news. The shortlists for the first British Audiobook Awards (which are styling themselves as the “Speakies”) have just been released. The categories reflect many of those in the more established Audie Awards across the pond. As is often the case with audiobooks, in some instances it’s tricky to tell which titles are self-published, especially in the “originals” category.
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AAlliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News | September 25, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: AAP Reports Audio Surpasses Ebooks; Barnes & Noble Expands, Disney Plus Partners with Webtoon

The latest set of industry figures from the Association of American Publishers (AAP—thanks as always to Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives for reporting the reports) is no more definitive than any other and comes with all the regular caveats about not covering large parts of the market such as ebooks with no ISBN. But it remains of interest.
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