Nate Hoffelder
@natehoffelder.com
When I am not building and fixing author websites, I make things like badge ribbons, bookmarks, event badges, and (lately) centerpieces.
https://natehoffelder.com/
formerly: https://x.com/inkbitspixels
#actuallyautistic he/him
https://natehoffelder.com/
formerly: https://x.com/inkbitspixels
#actuallyautistic he/him
Bookbub has tips on getting the most out of writer conferences.
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Writer Conferences: What to Expect and My Tips for Prep
Get expert tips on choosing the right author conference and making the most of your experience, from pre-conference prep to post-event follow-up!
insights.bookbub.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Bookbub has tips on getting the most out of writer conferences.
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Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 12/1-12/5
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Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 12/1-12/5 - Publishing Trends
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these
publishingtrends.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 12/1-12/5
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BookBaby has advice on how an author can track their most profitable sales channel.
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How to Track Book Sales and Identify Your Most Profitable Channels
Learn how to track book sales and identify your most profitable channels. Use BookBaby’s dashboards and analytics to boost revenue and scale your author business.
blog.bookbaby.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
BookBaby has advice on how an author can track their most profitable sales channel.
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About a fifth of the peer reviews on papers submitted to an upcoming conference on AI were (probably) AI generated.
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AI Conference Overrun with AI Peer Review
A recent examination of peer reviews submitted to the upcoming International Conference on Learning Representations found that many were AI-generated.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
About a fifth of the peer reviews on papers submitted to an upcoming conference on AI were (probably) AI generated.
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BookFunnel is bringing back ebook signing (what, again?).
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Announcing Digital Ebook Signing: Connect with Readers in a Whole New Way | BookFunnel: the blog
Hello, BFFs! Let’s talk about readers—the ones who binge your series in a weekend, come to signings, and ask, “When’s the next book coming out?” They would gladly wait in line for you, even if that…
blog.bookfunnel.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
BookFunnel is bringing back ebook signing (what, again?).
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OpenAI does not want you to know why it deleted its pirated books database (This week in books)
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OpenAI does not want you to know why it deleted its pirated books database (This week in books)
This week! Books! First up, in case you missed it: Really sad news arrived this week as longtime publishing industry man about town Porter Anderson passed away. I’m sure many of you will remember…
nathanbransford.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
OpenAI does not want you to know why it deleted its pirated books database (This week in books)
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Weekly News: 1st December 2025
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Weekly News: 1st December 2025 - Author Help
Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links: Book a FREE consultation to find out how we can help you publish your book.…
authorhelp.uk
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Weekly News: 1st December 2025
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Friday’s Endnotes – 12/05/25
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Friday’s Endnotes – 12/05/25 – Copyhype
Quick Reactions to the Cox v. Sony Music Oral Argument — From Bruce Boyden: “The Cox v. Sony Music Entertainment argument just ended as I started this; here are my immediate takeaways. (For more…
www.copyhype.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Friday’s Endnotes – 12/05/25
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Books and other printed materials have been excluded from the EU's regulations on deforestation.
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EUDR: European Parliament votes to remove all printed products from regulations
The European Parliament has today voted to amend the EU Deforestation Regulations to remove all printed products from the scope of the regulations.
www.thebookseller.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Books and other printed materials have been excluded from the EU's regulations on deforestation.
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Two books were excluded from consideration for a literary award because the covers used AI generated images.
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Yes, you can judge a book by its cover — as banned authors discover
Two esteemed writers in New Zealand, including a poet laureate, have had their entries barred from a literary award after their publisher used AI-generated artwork
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Two books were excluded from consideration for a literary award because the covers used AI generated images.
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Robin Phillips raises a point which has bugged me for some time. QR codes never expire (they are as fixed as bar codes) but the service that generated the code for you may decided to break the connection between the QR code and its destination. (Biyly does this, unfortunately.)
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Do QR codes expire? - Author Help
A client recently said she'd heard that free QR codes expire after a month. Is this true? Do free QR codes expire? What about paid ones?
authorhelp.uk
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Robin Phillips raises a point which has bugged me for some time. QR codes never expire (they are as fixed as bar codes) but the service that generated the code for you may decided to break the connection between the QR code and its destination. (Biyly does this, unfortunately.)
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Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 11/17-11/21
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Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 11/17-11/21 - Publishing Trends
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these
publishingtrends.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 11/17-11/21
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Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 11/10-11/14
Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 11/10-11/14 - Publishing Trends
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these
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November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 11/10-11/14
Weekly News: 24th November 2025
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Weekly News: 24th November 2025 - Author Help
Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links: Book a FREE consultation to find out how we can help you publish your book.
authorhelp.uk
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Weekly News: 24th November 2025
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Happy Thanksgiving! – December “first page” Office Hours – Information vs. storytelling
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Happy Thanksgiving! - December "first page" Office Hours - Information vs. storytelling
Those of us in the United States are prepping our systems for turkey and stuffing, and I hope wherever you are, you have a safe and contented Thanksgiving. I’m very thankful for all of you, and…
nathanbransford.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! – December “first page” Office Hours – Information vs. storytelling
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Here are scans of an old book listing ways people died in London on the 1500s.
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Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera — I Love Typography Ltd
With an estimated weekly circulation of 5–6000 copies* in the early seventeenth century, Bills of Mortality were pretty popular. But why were they printed? That such data should be gathered is…
ilovetypography.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Here are scans of an old book listing ways people died in London on the 1500s.
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The Guardian reports on the rise of AI scams targeting authors.
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Lost in the plot: how would-be authors were fooled by AI staff and virtual offices in suspected global publishing scam
Book publishing websites in Australia, the UK and New Zealand appear to be using fake testimonials and AI staff pages to lure aspiring writers into handing over their money
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Guardian reports on the rise of AI scams targeting authors.
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Victoria Strauss reports on 3 publishers who are currently failing to pay royalties (scam or failing businesses, your guess is as good as mine).
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Royalties in Arrears: Mango Publishing / Blushing Books / Bottlecap Press - Writer Beware
Publishers do a lot of bad things (as the archives of this blog attest), but among the most infuriating–and, often, the hardest to remedy–is the failure to pay authors the money they are due.…
writerbeware.blog
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Victoria Strauss reports on 3 publishers who are currently failing to pay royalties (scam or failing businesses, your guess is as good as mine).
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Cloudflare list a piracy case in Japan over pirate manga sites it was hosting.
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Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Four major publishing firms accused Cloudflare of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
www.japantimes.co.jp
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Cloudflare list a piracy case in Japan over pirate manga sites it was hosting.
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Has the Big 5 become the Big 6? (This week in books)
Has the Big 5 become the Big 6? (This week in books)
Sourcebooks' impressive rise, A.I. publishing scams, the continuing romantasy boom, and the perils of writing a novel like it's TV.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Has the Big 5 become the Big 6? (This week in books)
Weekly News: 17th November 2025
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Weekly News: 17th November 2025 - Author Help
Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links: Book a FREE consultation to find out how we can help you publish your book.
authorhelp.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Weekly News: 17th November 2025
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Friday’s Endnotes – 11/21/25
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Friday’s Endnotes – 11/21/25 – Copyhype
Warner Music settles copyright lawsuit with Udio, signs deal for AI music platform — “Warner Music Group (WMG) has settled a copyright infringement case with AI music startup Udio, the…
www.copyhype.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Friday’s Endnotes – 11/21/25
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Victoria Strauss has the details on a new type of impersonation scam.
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If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait.…
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Victoria Strauss has the details on a new type of impersonation scam.
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Elizabeth Spann Craig thinks authors should promote themselves rather than their books.
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The Importance of Author Promo Instead of Book Promo – Elizabeth Spann Craig
Why author promotion creates lasting success while book promotion has a limited shelf life.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Elizabeth Spann Craig thinks authors should promote themselves rather than their books.
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Bookbub shares 22 ways to grow your mailing list.
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22 Ways to Grow Your Author Email List
Discover clever ways authors promote their newsletters, from reader magnets and giveaways to cross-promotions and website optimization tips.
insights.bookbub.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Bookbub shares 22 ways to grow your mailing list.
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