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Self-publishing News: Amazon Agrees to Reform its Ebook Returns Policy

Amazon will finally stop people returning ebooks for a refund after they’ve finished reading them.

September 28, 2022
Dan Holloway
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Spotify Gets Ready To Go Big On Audiobooks; IBPA Sets New Guidelines for Hybrid Publishers: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy

Today on Self-Publishing News: Spotify gets ready to go big on audiobooks, and they're working with writers to "innovate and create something that is different.” Also, IBPA has set new guidelines for hybrid publishers, and artificial intelligence is now creating cover art—making many artists nervous.

September 23, 2022
Howard Lovy
Podcast
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Self-publishing News: Spotify Launches Audiobooks. Join in through Findaway Voices

Cover designers and others speak out about the use of and training for AI-generated art on platforms like Midjourney.

September 21, 2022
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: Spotify Ready for Audiobook Trials

Spotify is ready to start audiobook trials. Waterstones’ continuing warehouse wobbles. Writers receive basic income in Ireland.

September 14, 2022
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: OverDrive’s Sora delivers 100 million downloads to school libraries in 4 years

100 million school library downloads in 4 years don’t appear in many official figures and Spotify’s $100m+ price for Findaway.

Spotify Rewrites Audiobook Sales Rules, Buys AI Narration Tool: Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy

Today on Self-Publishing News: Spotify rewrites the rules on audiobook sales by ditching the subscription model and going à la carte. Also, Spotify buys an AI narration tool, but is artificial intelligence really ready to take over from human narrators?