Brandon Sanderson's leaving Audible, Plagiarism lawsuits, BookTok Shenanigans, and Someone fakes their death...and it's only 10 days into 2023: Brandon Sanderson Article: https://winteriscoming.net/2022/12/30/brandon-sanderson-blasts-audible-unconscionable-indie-author-pay-rates/ Plagiarism Lawsuit: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/07/filippo-bernardini-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-more-than-1000-unpublished-manuscripts Susan Meachen: https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/57888/1/susan-meachen-author-faked-her-own-death-suicide-hoax-facebook Rolling…
The Off the Cuff Episode
Listen as I talk about the changes to podcasting and authortube. I also dig into the frenemies situation. Podcasting is harder to do and I talk about the struggle of…
Criticism and Responsibility
Deep in thought The most important thing a writer has to learn is to able to take criticism and take responsibility for what they say. In the last few weeks,…
Amazon’s E-Book Lawsuit
Amazon is currently under fire for price fixing with the big five publishers. So, what is price fixing? Why is this a problem? How does it effect writers? Listen and…
Disney’s Royalties Problem
In 1977, writer Alan Dean Foster wrote the novelization of Star Wars: A New Hope, and many other adaptations such as Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom and Alien.…
How Publishing Evolved Thanks to Covid-19
With Covid-19, the world has been shocked on what changes have been made to socieyt. People often do not like change. However, there is a bright light at the the…