Findaway Voices by Spotify makes a MAJOR pivot, allowing Google Play's AI narration to be distributed to more online retailers. An indie author sees a huge payoff to #booktook on TikTok. And, Written Word Media released the results from a recent indie author survey. All that and more in the self-publishing news today!
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TikTok's #BookTok trend 'literally changed my life' - https://au.news.yahoo.com/tiktoks-booktok-trend-literally-changed-072145517.html
Now Distributing Audiobooks with Digital Voice Narration - https://blog.findawayvoices.com/now-distributing-audiobooks-with-digital-voice-narration/
Auto-narrated audiobooks - https://play.google.com/books/publish/autonarrated/
Survey Results: The State of Indie Authorship - https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/survey-results-the-state-of-indie-authorship/
Quick-Ship Products for the Holidays - https://mailchi.mp/vervante/foilstamping-1127468
KWL Live Q&A – Planning, Prepping and Productivity Tips for Self-published Authors with Sarra Cannon - https://www.youtube.com/live/qqa3ezBgHPs?si=ukQac-3IRas58sWL
Joe Solari's Author Newsletter - https://courses.joesolari.com/newsletter?r_done=1
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