Podcast
Author Update
Here’s what you can expect from Author Update:
Publishing News: Stay in the loop on what’s happening in the industry.
Advice That Matters: Learn how to make your book irresistible to readers.
Live Q&A: Bring your questions and get answers from Thomas Umstattd and Jonathan Shuerger.
- Episodes
- 81
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 52 min
- On air since
- 2025
- Latest episode
- 4 days ago
Episodes
81 episodes, newest first
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2 hr
K+ Cutting Authors' Royalties?
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Plus another volley in the audiobook wars, new AI models emerging and a statement from Thomas on Author Update's language choices.
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1 hr 50 min
Kindle Unlimited is Dead. Long Live Kindle+
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Plus the Internet comes under attack, the Novel Marketing Conference is almost sold out, and France is no longer the place of romance.
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1 hr 59 min
Barnes and Noble Numbers Soar... And So Do Cars
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Plus, new AI models for text-to-speech and so much more!
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1 hr 42 min
Audible Ads Are Finally Here
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Plus, OpenAI is watermarking in the EU, Spotify is opening up to more markets, and we discuss the return of the public execution in America.
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1 hr 41 min
Is Amazon Ending Permafree Books?
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Plus, AI updates, publishing acquisitions, and how the establishment of the Autonomous Warfare Command can give a shot in the arm to your sci-fi catalogue.
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1 hr 22 min
Amazon Cracks Down on AI Authors
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Plus, Facebook limits outbound links, a new class action suit is about to open up against OpenAI, and Toys'R'Us returns.
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1 hr 26 min
KU Payout Falls
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Plus, new updates to computer systems, a longer preorder window on Amazon and how an experiment on mice will affect your target market today.
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1 hr 57 min
The US Copyright Office Is Flagging Human-Written Books as AI
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Plus, a lengthy discussion on the death of Charlie Kirk and what that has meant for America.
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2 hr 3 min
Amazon Caught Stealing Authors' Ad Dollars
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Also, Thomas and Jonathan make everyone mad... ever.
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2 hr 8 min
Facebook Advertising Changed Forever... Again
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Plus, non-cozy mystery numbers, Kindle price hikes and the passing of Dolly Parton.
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1 hr 41 min
AI Reads Aristotle - That's Why It Writes Better
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Lots of AI news today, with new models, new systems and new possibilities for authors to use.
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2 hr 3 min
Barnes & Noble Just Banned the Front Table Author Signing Nationwide
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Plus, new numbers in the industry, workbots to help with author work and a spicy zeitgeist take on how media is destroying women.
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1 hr 57 min
AI Fiction Seizes Almost 30% of Kindle's Catalog
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Plus, we discuss country music, AI as used as a research tool, and an author who lost a lucrative tradpub deal because of an accusation.
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2 hr 10 min
Fauci's Diary and the Magic Boom in Fiction
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Advancements in AI, changes in how agents work and the change in reader preferences.
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1 hr 55 min
The Digital Vs. Physical War - AI Companies Pulping Books By The Pallet
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All the new AI models, China's surge to tech dominance and why we should write flash floods in our books.
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1 hr 35 min
The Atlantic Just Declared the Age of Reading Is Over
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Plus indie stats on readers and authors, Gemini's in trouble for committing Anthropic's mistake, and how should we focus our writing, all on Author Update.
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1 hr 52 min
The Week That Changed Indie Publishing
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Listen to Jonathan and guest host Bryan Canter talk about author news on this special episode of Author Update.
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1 hr 52 min
America's 250th Birthday - Will It Survive
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All things America! Thomas and Jonathan celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States by discussing publishing trends and how America was shaped by independent publishers.
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2 hr
The Pope Says To Finish Thy Book
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Plus, numbers on trad vs. Indie publishing, OpenAI's hesitancy to release a new version of ChatGPT after Fable's cancellation, and an hour long zeitgeist session of vigilante justice. This is Author Update.
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1 hr 18 min
Record Breaking KU Fund!
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Plus, the US government bans Anthropic's Fable 5, and we talk the unrest in the UK.
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