Amazon Caught Stealing Authors’ Ad Dollars
Amazon sued for overcharging advertisers, AI’s custom romance novels, Mr. Beast and James Patterson’s book bomb, and the anti-AI movement may have its leader.
Facebook Advertising Changes Forever… Again
Meta killed the setting that kept ads off Audience Network. Amazon hiked Kindle prices $40 overnight. 63% of religious books may be AI-written.
AI Read Aristotle That’s Why It Writes Better Than You
Amazon is destroying rare books to train AI, an AI-writing tool beats detectors, author AI controversies grow, and Anthropic checks are delayed.
Barnes & Noble Just Banned the Front-Table Author Signing Nationwide
For Week Ending August 14, 2026 This week, Barnes & Noble dropped a corporate memo that ends the easy front-table book signing. A copyright lawsuit stretched four years and finished with a $3.4 million fee against the plaintiff. Claude is now stamping an invisible...
AI Fiction Seizes 27.5% of KDP’s Genre Catalog
Libro.fm expands ebooks to 5,000 indie stores, while AI disrupts a $2 million book auction. HarperCollins grows 15%, Fable reaches 5 million users, and AI fiction nears 30% of Amazon’s genre catalog.
Fauci’s Diary, Joe Rogan, and the Magic Boom in Fiction
AALA’s new pay-to-play agent rules, Substack’s faulty AI detector, publishing’s low AI adoption, and the supernatural fiction surge.
The Digital vs. Physical War: AI Companies Are Pulping Books by the Pallet
Literary agents can now charge for marketing, indie print revenue jumped 75%, the $1.5B Anthropic settlement was approved, and AI may have crossed the AGI line.
The Atlantic Just Declared the Age of Reading Is Over
Post-literate America, the Google Gemini lawsuit, AI audiobooks winning, and indie authors out-earning traditional. Plus: is the debate hurting your creativity?
The Week That Changed Indie Publishing: KDP Royalties, Book Pirates, and AI Audio Theft
Amazon expands KDP’s 70% royalty to $12.99, authors battle book piracy, AI audiobooks spark controversy, and new K-lytics data reveals Fantasy’s booming market. Plus: Spotify, Xbox layoffs, EU surveillance, and more publishing news.
250 Years Ago, Indie Publishing Made America
America turns 250 from a publishing revolution and your KDP dashboard. A founding father craft lesson, plus KDP terminations, Deckle 1.3 update, Fable 5 safety, and empire death clock.
New BookFunnel Features CRUSH Amazon
BookFunnel launches multimedia bundles Amazon can’t match, KDP’s Global Fund grows while traditional publishing shrinks, a prize goes to a story flagged as 100% AI, Kobo rejects 45% of submissions to fight AI, Apple raises Mac prices, and the Pope has a message for every author.
Kindle Unlimited Pays Indie Authors Record-Breaking Royalties
Amazon smashes the Kindle Unlimited record, Gavin Newsom buys his way onto the NYT bestseller list, the US government kills the most powerful AI model available, MailerLite slashes free accounts, and a suppressed UK report hits 32 million views.
Men Buy Books and Women Borrow Books
Women aren’t buying new books, AI is fixing manuscript pacing, and a $10 tool builds your entire book promo schedule. Here’s what the data says.
Will “Free” Libby Ebooks Bankrupt Libraries?
Publishing news for indie authors: Payhip adds free sales tax handling, libraries flag ebook checkout fraud, LGBTQ children’s book sales collapse, Audible launches a loyalty program, a $107 app challenges Vellum and Scrivener, AI brain fry hits creative workers, and what storytellers must know about Gen Z men.
No ISBN Means No Copyright Protection for Indie Authors
KDP lowers print costs, AI pirates monetize stolen audiobooks, authors lose Meta lawsuit standing, the Enhanced Games flop, and Pope Leo XIV embraces AI.
