Author Friendly
Carla KingA practical space for writers thinking seriously about craft, publishing, tech tools, and how to build a sustainable writing life.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 15 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 25 days ago |
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Your Book May Have Illegally Made Billions
If your book had made billions, you wouldn’t be reading a newsletter, you’d be buying an island. The billions went to Anthropic, which agreed to pay $1.5 billion after training Claude on pirated books without asking.
That real settlement i...
Writing with the 5 senses. Or is it 12?
Lately I’ve been reading Tara Swart’s book The Signs: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts.
In my writing classes, I often talk about layering sensory detail into a story after the first draft. When I was working as a travel writ...
That Warm, Helpful Stranger in Your Writing Community? Be Careful.
It started with a post in my Writing & Publishing Circle community that hit every right note.
A new member introduced herself. She said she’d been “paying close attention to how authors are building audiences, getting reader feedback, and...
How to Build a Book Marketing Street Team (Before Your Book Is Even Done)
Here’s a secret most authors don’t hear until it’s too late: your book marketing starts long before you type “The End.”
The authors who launch successfully aren’t the ones who suddenly scramble for reviews the week before publication. They...
How to Create a Self-Publisher Imprint Name & Logo
Among the items that make your book scream self-published is a free or vanity imprint, logo, and free ISBN. It’s not that difficult or even expensive to invest in your own ISBNs and create your own publisher imprint logo. If you’re an indep...
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