Name: PODCAST DROP: Latest Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
Start: 2026-04-03T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-03T14:00:00+01:00
Location: ALLi Podcast

News Podcast: Paris Book Festival Drops Amazon Sponsorship; Audible Launches Lower-Cost Subscription Plan

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports from London Book Fair week and covers a dispute at the Paris Book Festival that led Amazon to withdraw its sponsorship after protests from French booksellers. He also examines Audible’s new lower-priced subscription plan and what it could mean for listeners and author royalties, and looks at the expansion of the Authors Guild’s Human Authored certification program.

News Summary: Audible Reports Strong Retention with Immersion Reading; Authors Guild Expands Human Authored Certification

A short while ago, I reported on Audible's new immersion reading initiative. Subsequent to that, Publishing Perspectives had an expansion on the subject that makes it worthy of a revisit. You will recall that Audible now allows people who own e-books and audiobooks of the same title to read and listen at the same time, with features such as highlighting the text of the word currently being narrated.

Bookshop.org Expands to E-Books; Authors Guild Launches Human Authored Certification: The Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast Featuring Dan Holloway

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports on Bookshop.org’s new support for ebooks, giving indie authors more ways to reach readers while supporting local bookstores. He also covers the U.S. Copyright Office’s latest report on AI and copyright, which outlines how current laws apply to AI-assisted works, and the Authors Guild’s new Human Authored certification, designed to provide transparency about AI-generated content in books.