I have noticed many authors that lean on 'published' as their argument. The title takes three hours to earn now. The writing takes longer.

From the WINsomer LOSEsomer publishing industry observations series by Neal Winsomer.

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Hard Learned Lessons

In Publishing News This Week If you have been anywhere on publishing social media this week you will have seen the news that Hachette employees are attempting to unionise. Publishers Weekly writes why they have taken this step. Book manufacturing is in for a shake up according to a report from The Book Manufacturers Institute. The increasing uncertainty of getting books printed in China into the Northern Hemisphere market in time for release dates have publishers looking at alternatives. Is this the end of offset printing? Has anyone ever looked at small press sales and wondered if they are sitting on quiet goldmines? One HarperCollins exec did, left HC and set up a website dashboard to track sales. Publishers Weekly interviewed Jim Hanas and asked why? The answers are…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2026/04/hard-learned-lessons.html

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News Summary: Authors Guild Issues AI Contract Clause; Character.AI Launches Interactive Book Platform

We end the week with two AI stories at very different ends of the news spectrum. First up is a statement from Authors Guild on AI in publishing and, as they put it, a "new model contract clause." The statement is an explicit response to the reports I noted previously that publishing professionals are uploading manuscripts to AI models to assist with editing tasks.
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https://selfpublishingadvice.org/authors-guild-issues-ai-contract-clause/

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TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 5: From Understanding to Action – Your Publishing House’s AI Roadmap

Your publishing house's AI roadmap: slush pile triage, translation, metadata, narration. Freemium tools, real ROI examples. Start tomorrow morning.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/20/from-understanding-to-action-your-publishing-houses-ai-roadmap/

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News Summary: Audible Reports Strong Retention with Immersion Reading; Authors Guild Expands Human Authored Certification

A short while ago, I reported on Audible's new immersion reading initiative. Subsequent to that, Publishing Perspectives had an expansion on the subject that makes it worthy of a revisit. You will recall that Audible now allows people who own e-books and audiobooks of the same title to read and listen at the same time, with features such as highlighting the text of the word currently being narrated.
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https://selfpublishingadvice.org/immersion-reading/

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The 2025 TNPS Story of the Year Is A Book!

Nadim Sadek's 'Quiver, don't Quake' reframes AI as creative partner, not threat. Essential reading for…
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/12/21/it-was-inevitable-this-years-tnps-story-of-the-year-would-relate-in-some-way-to-ai-2025-marked-three-years-of-publicly-assessible-ai-a-critical-distinction-i-mentioned-ai-in-publishing-back-in-t/

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News Summary: Frankfurt Survey Reveals AI Use Across Publishing; EU Act Draws Criticism

As foreshadowed on Tuesday, I end the week with a round-up that includes news from Frankfurt, where last week’s other major conference took place. One of the things that particularly caught my eye there was the release of a survey by BISG…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/frankfurt-survey/

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