Jane Friedman

@janefriedman.bsky.social

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I know lots about book publishing. I report on the industry through my paid newsletter, The Hot Sheet (http://hotsheetpub.com)

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Today at 12p ET: I’m speaking w/Isaac Saul from the Tangle newsletter, which covers US politics w/100k+ subs. While much of Tangle is free, it has a paid version too. We'll discuss the biz of paid newsletters (not on Substack). Recorded if you can't attend live. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Conversation with Isaac Saul and Jane Friedman. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.us02web.zoom.us Tangle is an independent, non-partisan, subscriber-supported newsletter, read by over 100,000 people in 55+ countries across the world. Jane is one of those readers. She's been a paid subscriber to T...

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Great post by Adam Robinson of Publishing Genius on the SPD closure: www.publishinggenius.com/spd-closes-a...

SPD Closes, Another One Opens - Publishing Geniuswww.publishinggenius.com Thoughts on the closing of SPD, and how we need organizations devoted to small presses.

As long as Amazon allows all manner of fraudulent work to be published and distributed through their stores—due to the ease and low cost of generative AI—I will continue to field media requests about how to spot it, avoid it, and stop it.

Fabulous insights here about what it means to be relatable in your writing.

All those years (and *years*) of teaching writing classes w/my trusty copy of *Bird by Bird* have paid off: got to write about "how to relate" for @janefriedman.bsky.social blog today janefriedman.com/what-it-mean...

What It Means to Make Your Story Relatable | Jane Friedmanjanefriedman.com When author and readers have little in common, what makes writing relatable? A teacher examines Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird to find out.

So what’s appearing on the USA Today bestseller list these days? A $3.49 set of flashcards. This is what happens when you publish a bestseller list that’s automated, without editorial oversight.

The Revamped USA Today Bestseller List Isn’t What It Used to Be | The Hot Sheethotsheetpub.com The USA Today list was once an important bestseller list for self-publishing authors. The revamp has so far changed that.

Warhol: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Amazon: "In the future, everyone will have AI-generated biographies for sale at our site, that are completely untrue and that we avidly market and promote."

This is one of the weirder "crappy AI-generated books" incidents I've heard about.

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Interesting article on the NY Public Library's efforts to digitize & lend in-copyright out-of-print books in a way that avoids copyright challenges & is potentially fairer to authors than "controlled digital lending" (via The Hot Sheet) help.hathitrust.universityofcalifornia.edu/support/solu...

NYPL: Seeking Ways to Provide Digital Access to the 20th Century’s Trove of Bookshelp.hathitrust.universityofcalifornia.edu This article is based, in part, on presentations delivered by Kathleen Riegelhaupt (Director, eReading, NYPL) and Greg Cram (Associate General Counsel and Director, Information Policy, NYPL) at the Go...

Sorry to see that IngramSpark is now obviously getting used to distribute AI-generated garbage to retailers like Barnes & Noble and Bookshop, not just Amazon. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143915254

Fire and Fury: The Story of the 2023 Maui Fire and its Implications for Climate Change|Paperbackwww.barnesandnoble.com Fire and Fury: The Story of the Maui Fire and its Implications for Climate Change is a gripping and eye-opening account of one of the most devastating wildfires in Hawaii's history, and how it rev...

If you find fraudulent books on Amazon attributed to you—that you did not write or publish—you do have remedies. Here's what they are, informed by my recent experience. https://hotsheetpub.com/2023/08/imho-what-remedies-do-authors-have-when-fraudulent-work-appears-on-amazon/

IMHO: What Remedies Do Authors Have When Fraudulent Work Appears on Amazon? | The Hot Sheethotsheetpub.com Authors ultimately need Amazon’s cooperation to remove fraudulent titles, yet its current systems fall short.

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A sneaky peril for authors on Amazon and Goodreads: fraudulent books (likely AI-authored) being passed off as theirs. @janefriedman.bsky.social reports on her experience. https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated/

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