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Thomas Umstattd Jr.

Thomas Umstattd Jr.

Author Media CEO

The founder of Author Media and the host of the Novel Marketing Podcast, the longest running book marketing podcast in the world. Thomas has worked in the publishing industry since 2007.

Jonathan Shuerger

Jonathan Shuerger

A Marine Corps veteran and author with a passion for telling stories and making people laugh. He lives in Tucson, AZ, with his wife and daughters, who moonlight as domestic terrorists in their free time.

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Copyright Termination and the Feds: What Just Happened to Authors

Copyright Termination and the Feds: What Just Happened to Authors

Jan 20, 2026 |

OpenAI’s announcement of ads coming to ChatGPT for free users (and what authors should do about it), a landmark federal court ruling that copyright termination rights now apply globally (potentially returning your foreign rights), record-breaking Bible sales that mask a crisis in Christian publishing, Julia Quinn’s new romance subscription box strategy, and the surprising political battle over fonts that affects book design.

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