🤔 What are your thoughts on the recent launch of Kindle Plus? As you may (or may not) have heard, Kindle Unlimited has been rebranded as Kindle Plus (aka Kindle+). Currently, the monthly cost ($11.99/mo in the US) stays the same for subscribers, and they can still read (and/or now listen) as much as they want from the catalog, borrowing up to 20 titles at a time. The rebrand looks to be a move to compete with other monthly subscription services that include audiobooks in their memberships, most notably Kobo+. The Kindle+ program now allows publishers and indie authors to opt in to the program for their audiobooks (both AI-narrated and human-voiced). Some believe the option is also designed to encourage more indie authors to use Amazon’s AI narration services (the offer of these services has caused an ideological divide in the indie author community). — Full disclosure, I’m not divided. I am vehemently opposed to generative AI, so AI narration is a definite no for me. Questions are being bandied about online regarding the royalty structure of the new model. Amazon sent out an email to KDP users that outlined the basic details. Of particular note is the no royalty payments for audiobook listens that occur after a subscriber has already read the book via Kindle+. This payment (or should I say “non-payment”?) policy, however, adds nothing new to the core workings of KU. It simply extends the prior KU “no royalties on rereads” policy to the new model (by treating a subsequent listen as a reread). Of course, if your audiobook is not added to Kindle+, you would get paid on the Kindle+ subscriber read AND the audiobook download (if the subscriber were to buy the audiobook as well). So this policy will certainly take money out of some authors' pockets. Amazon is promoting the new program to readers as "New name. Same great reading experience." But does that "same great" experience hold true for its authors? Kindle+ is in infant stages yet, and a lot remains to unpack with the new payment terms and conditions. We'll see how this progresses.

Can you believe we’re into Q4 already? I feel like I blinked and it was time for my yearly home-stretch. What that means for me is a push to finally relaunch the SCRIBAL Book Business Skool the way I originally envisioned and finish the last two manuscripts on deck for finalization in 2026. What that means for YOU is the start to the monthly Topical sessions and Q&As (calendar updates coming soon). I’m all about finishing each year strong, and I’m here to help you do the same. So tell me: What plans do you have for finishing 2026 strong? Writing? Editing? Publishing? Marketing? Content creation? Book events? What're your Q4 goals?

✨️Tell us below who you are, what you do, and what you're most looking forward to right now.✨️ This online community will provide education, coaching, and implementation tools for building a thriving creative and author business. The group is designed to give ongoing support as you grow and scale to financial profitability and sustainability. We're here to serve authors, content creators, and online creatives and develop them into savvy entrepreneurs with profitable, sustainable businesses. If that sounds like what you need, you're in the right place. I'll be filling in the Collective with content, webinars, and much more based upon my decades of experience as an intellectual property lawyer, business strategist, and genre fiction author. Over time, we'll add premium courses and business cohorts. So stay tuned!

I've been working behind the scenes to turn several of my in-person and virtual workshops into online classes accessible through this Community's CLASSROOM. The book publishing landscape (in both trad and indie spheres) is adjusting weekly, and sometimes we need resources at our fingertips that allow us to flex time. If you've missed previously attending one of my workshops because of a time conflict or you've attended one of my workshops in the past and thought, I'd love to attend that again. Or maybe you're looking for the most up-to-date information on certain book publishing or intellectual property issues. Then these sessions are for you. Mini Classes and/or Topical Chats are overviews and informational, which will be available as part of the Community level (e.g., free access). Replays will be available at the Premium level, along with more intermediate and advance classes. (Premium tiers will be launching soon.) Some of the first Topical Chats and Mini Classes to go up will be: • Instagram 101 for Authors (Your first 1,000 followers) • Strategic Instagram for Authors (Leveling Up Your Engagement) • Copyright, Trademarks, and Plagiarism, Oh My! (Intellectual Property Basics) • Copyright 101 for Authors (What it is. Why it matters. How to protect it.) • Avoiding the Common Manuscript Submission Traps (Shopping Trad and Agents Like a Pro) If there are topics, you'd like us to cover, be sure to let me know by dropping a comment below.

Hi, all, I'm seeing a few new members who've probably found this group via a post of mine on Threads. Welcome! As noted over there, I'm currently on deadline for a book due tomorrow (Monday, March 16th). So I've yet to post much content here. That'll change starting Tuesday. ❓❓ >> While you're here (at this post), drop a comment and tell me what areas of the publishing business, copyrights, trademarks, licensing, etc. You most want info and resources on first. I'm putting together an IP Bootcamp, and I'll take your replies into consideration. After that, scroll through a few of the other posts and make a comment. This platform is slightly gamified. So you'll need points to level up to certain rights within the group. The more people engage with your comments (by "liking" them), the more points you'll get. So if gamification is your thing, go comment comment comment. ✨Start with my "Greetings" post and tell us about yourself.✨ And don't forget to "like" the comments of others to help them out. If gamification is not you're thing, don't worry. You're free to comment and like (or not) at your leisure or simply lurk.