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AI Made Me Want to Trademark My Name. Here’s How I Did It.

Jane Friedman

I was editing my third novel, Finding Imogene , on August 7, 2023, when the news broke that publishing-industry guru and nonfiction author Jane Friedmans name had been stolen and plastered across AI-generated books on Amazon and Goodreads. Before I became an author-publisher in 2018, I was a C-level executive assistant. Then I waited.

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Romance Authors Thrive in the Self-Publishing Era

Jane Friedman

Today’s post is by Elizabeth Held, who publishes the newsletter What To Read If on Substack. When I mentioned to Christine Larson, author of Love in the Time of Self-Publishing , that more than a dozen romance writers had donated to an auction to help my neighborhood bookstore make repairs from flood damage, she immediately lit up.

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How to Become a Freelance Writer In 4 Simple Steps for 2025

Elna Cain

A lot of the entry-level gigs I picked up back when I started in 2014 are gone. Back in 2014, I was on maternity leave and wanted to stay home but needed a job of some kind. This was my mentality when I first started in 2014. These were freelance writing jobs that didn’t pay well and didn’t value the writer.

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The Writer’s Flywheel in 14+ Illustrations

Enchanting Marketing

Focus on quality, on real connections, on real conversations, and then find a publishing schedule that works for you, that keeps you connected to the joy of creating. It was in 2014. But in December 2014, I broke down. And when you connect more strongly, you can let go of that punishing schedule of more more more. I felt fed up.

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Author Mindset Tips And Publishing In Germany With AD Wilk

The Creative Penn

How can you successfully self-publish in Germany? This episode is sponsored by Publisher Rocket , which will help you get your book in front of more Amazon readers so you can spend less time marketing and more time writing. A year later, I published my first book, and I got to make a living from it almost immediately.

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Kristy Cambron joins Gardner Literary

Rachelle Gardner

Kristy has been a published author since 2014 with numerous books for HarperCollins including historical fiction, Bible studies, Bibles, a Bible study journal, and a gift book anthology for Dayspring. I’m excited to announce Kristy Cambron has joined Gardner Literary as our newest agent!

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Transmedia And Self-Publishing Comics And Graphic Novels With Barry Nugent

The Creative Penn

In the intro, Amazon changes ebook return policy [ Society of Authors ]; Spotify introduces audiobooks [ Spotify ; FindawayVoices ; Publishing Perspectives ]; Neal Stephenson on The Sword Guy podcast. I use Publisher Rocket for researching book titles, categories, and keywords — for new books and for updating my backlist. Show Notes.