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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News June 17, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

New UK-Based Speakies Awards Offer Audiobook Alternative to the Audies: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

As we celebrate the return of double-digit growth to audiobooks, it might seem strange that there is still really only one big audiobook award. The Audies, run by the Audio Publishers Association, is a huge affair with nearly thirty categories. And of course, it’s open to indie authors. Well, now there’s another contender: the Speakies (surely to become known as the Speakeasies—and if there’s not a Bugsy Malone feel to the first staging, I will be hugely disappointed).
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News June 14, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

Unbound Struggles Continue, UK Rejects AI Transparency, and PWC Tracks Job Shifts: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

The ongoing Unbound struggles continue to unfold as more troubling news emerges about the transition from Unbound to Boundless Books. Having made it AI-free through the first half of the week, we end with a round-up of a few stories from the area. First (with a tangential AI link I hadn’t previously spotted), and with thanks to all-round legend Sam Missingham for this highly thoughtful thread on Bluesky, is the latest development in the Unbound/Boundless saga.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News | June 7, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

Audiobook Sales Climb Back to Double-Digit Growth, Topping $2.22 Billion: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Remember those heady days when I reported on double-digit audiobook sales growth for a decade straight? Well, it seems that we have, however temporarily, returned to that time. The Audio Publishers Association has just launched its annual Sales Survey (by Toluna) and Consumer Survey (by Edison), and the results suggest that the audiobook industry is, at least on the surface, in a healthy state.
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Alliance Of Independent | Authors | Self-Publishing | News | May 31, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

BookBub Survey Finds Indie Authors Divided on AI Use, Ethics Still a Major Concern: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Surveys are always great reading. They have more or less value in terms of understanding the challenging landscape, largely depending on their sample size and the transparency around it. This week we have a survey that’s both interesting and enlightening—and on the becoming-perennial subject of authors’ attitudes toward AI. It comes courtesy of a BookBub survey. This means that the kind of authors represented will be very like a sizeable portion of the cohort of indie authors. Indeed, 69 percent of authors who responded to the survey only self-publish, and 25 percent were hybrid.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News May 27, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

Creators Urge Stronger AI Rules as UK Drops Transparency Amendment; Anthropic’s Claude Raises Alarm: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Regulation and legislation might have struggled historically to keep pace with technology. AI is no different, but in the past few months, it has been a consistent narrative that various legislative regimes across the world have set themselves on markedly different courses—particularly when it comes to the relative protection and promotion of the creative and technological industries, and in some cases, the introduction or rejection of a transparency amendment.
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Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News May 22, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

UK Rejects Copyright Transparency in AI Bill; Epic Takes Apple Back to Court: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Legal shenanigans is the theme for today’s set of stories. First up, we have prospective legislation—specifically, proposed UK legislation on AI. This is something I feel like I have been following for some time. Those who have been following along will know that the UK has tended, especially under the previous administration, to take a much more tech-friendly approach than elsewhere in Europe.
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