2026-05-18T02:36:47Z https://yabu.me Author Steaphan Kay https://yabu.me/npub1dfnk9ktrzzk55d5auym56758qgam9s9m6gvv34ac2kpcyswh9q7sfhlvuj https://storage.googleapis.com/indieauthors/accounts/avatars/109/379/555/905/937/850/original/6ee9fcbb24d2a810.png https://storage.googleapis.com/indieauthors/accounts/avatars/109/379/555/905/937/850/original/6ee9fcbb24d2a810.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgluwlyz358aa4ufavvpfpaztmgjgdnw7ge3sl9dcsvm88qr25zdszyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6z75d3e Some Indie Pub news highlights for 2026 (so far):<br/><br/>KDP: DRM <a href="https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GDDXGH9VR22ACM8U">https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GDDXGH9VR22ACM8U</a><br/><br/>TechCrunch: KDP DRM<br/><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/amazon-changes-how-copyright-protection-is-applied-to-kindle-directs-self-published-ebooks/">https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/amazon-changes-how-copyright-protection-is-applied-to-kindle-directs-self-published-ebooks/</a><br/><br/>Self-Publishing News: D2D Print Pricing<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ybmYtKdsQA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ybmYtKdsQA</a><br/><br/>Ingram Spark: Price Changes<br/><a href="https://www.publishpros.com/ingramspark-2026-price-changes/">https://www.publishpros.com/ingramspark-2026-price-changes/</a><br/><br/>Indie Author Project: Contest<br/><a href="https://indieauthorproject.com/the-2026-iap-annual-contest-details-new-category/">https://indieauthorproject.com/the-2026-iap-annual-contest-details-new-category/</a><br/><br/>#SelfPublishing #IndieAuthor #AmWriting #Author #Writing<br/> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/indieauthors/media_attachments/files/115/973/042/099/121/883/original/dcf75811a8342223.png"> <br/> 2026-01-28T13:52:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8en0yyuxtj485687uf57vy4xvnsxvxcwpp8ddrgpsx4e50a25l5szyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6exn20j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8rznw2r6k2nvt674szuarqk9xn7g5jud5k32yq7r7k076yl74lhgfackku'>nevent1q…ckku</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>First, I love your approach to reviews.The idea of authors reading reviews of books they really enjoy is perfect. What better way for an author to ground themselves in the fact that some will love our work and some won&#39;t? And that&#39;s okay. 2) I totally agree with you re: reviews that attempt to reverse engineer what went wrong in a story (probably a lot of AI is used for this purpose nowadays). 2025-11-18T00:12:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszypjzeen2n39tha3kely5ae3rh472w9z9jfzqtgzv3dzphjp9jyczyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r68nq8ag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xgt0h02dex9yuutd3wcvd2g3zal0qxgfkgrq3qzuk5g0kylvncq3qf9la'>nevent1q…f9la</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fresh bread in the morning?! That IS an outstanding start to a day. 🍞 2025-11-11T12:23:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx8p6d8rknulmqrzn96xy6qqpldag4jqtnnsrdst55vwlvxvz73cgzyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r69d5y2n If your book(s) were, or are pirated on LibGen and subsequently used by Anthropic to train its AI models, the courts have ordered them to pay a minimum of $1.5B. Authors might/could/perhaps get an estimated payment of $3,000 per work (based on current estimates of the # of pirated works trained on).<br/><br/>But you definitely won&#39;t get your $$$ unless you register your claim: <a href="https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/register">https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/register</a><br/><br/>#Author #IndieAuthor #IndieAuthors #SelfPublishing #Writing #WritersCoffeeClub 2025-09-26T17:49:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmj9ndd8nec6xvc6hnk0fq725qzwul9rdk6d065sfga85j86h4rczyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6kj5xkk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80qclegltrn3aknpsrh76skhel9njzu3f7esz9aac95ydmdz3recqnrxnt'>nevent1q…rxnt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting! I am going to look into this. I am all for supporting local bookstores and the possibility of getting my titles on their shelves too. Thanks for the tip. 2025-08-03T21:29:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ecezmtl2cea6apwu6hc8acw2pkd7kr0t2ks7ym7tt3l4pnx973szyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6w4vy6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvh9v52dnxm44v28s8jue5t9jl0u2tuhqqgp7663z7j0wyz5pgcqshqux9d'>nevent1q…ux9d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m curious---how is Bookshop working for you (and others)? 2025-08-03T19:45:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrss4vw65qumntujsnmjq7qvtuk22tdpftdjh7x6pnx9qdjwalxsczyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6y0z2yj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszuh4nha8ae40kxak7unfc99g6f0het4729rwsmlvfpqraqjy74egjptpdm'>nevent1q…tpdm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, Kindle can survive if they get off their ass and stop blatant, low-quality books from being published from accounts that are CLEARLY dumping numerous titles faster than a human author can generate them. Or publishers made up of predominantly unknown authors that have 0 marketing presence. Those scenarios are pretty easy to flag and investigate (via humans). But, Amazon likes to be coin-operated and cares little about human interaction in publishing. 2025-06-30T11:46:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspkppdmrg9seua2gn79nllsx5dg2qv9agluyh04jhcgrsedm8c0wszyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6f3wxzn An interesting article covering recent publishing stats with decent sources. Highlights:<br/>U.S. publishing is reshaping fast. Digital now drives 1/3 of revenue, audiobooks claim 20% of adult fiction, and indie authors + small presses deliver ~50% of all ebook units. Print persists via premium editions, while AI, diversity &amp; direct-to-reader channels push change. <a href="https://publishingstate.com/american-book-publishing-market-in-2025/2025/">https://publishingstate.com/american-book-publishing-market-in-2025/2025/</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z0q0gdr7ezm244rvvpvpsfrah8078lk5cev0rlhsjcj28w453n2q36vn4n" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>indieauthors group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z0q…vn4n</span>)</a></span> #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthors #Author 2025-04-28T12:34:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw0y4urt2dtp224u7xm638lefqm7wre84sug7qz4gttyc6ha8aapszyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6r9purh In SciFi great ship tech, what is the general lore behind why shields start at 100% and lower when confronted with any type of weapon or physical blow? Most shields deflect objects (not electrify/torch them) in SciFi. This infers more of a mag field or gravity. If that were so, a mag field wouldn&#39;t weaken when a non-mag force is applied. <br/><br/>It&#39;s fiction...I know...but so many ships have been needlessly blown up.<br/><br/>#SciFi #ScienceFiction #lore 2025-04-01T01:24:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3zp233t6ae20j3mwhlzkmha3mqrxrzatq9trrh95wn8e2p66myqzyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6zky6xu &#34;Write what should not be forgotten. That is the writer&#39;s duty - to shake the soul awake&#34;--Isabel Allende<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z0q0gdr7ezm244rvvpvpsfrah8078lk5cev0rlhsjcj28w453n2q36vn4n" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>indieauthors group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z0q…vn4n</span>)</a></span> #Author #Writer #Writers #AuthorQuote #Quote #Books #Bookstodon #nxm 2025-01-09T13:45:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdcjwyktqvtheu27zdqhp4sptkhl69qaddxnnkzeresm2jkcy5k0gzyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6qhm8lz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvsv3cgd5mz5mnucy5xf4stn9hray9qfc8udmv6v79639qjp0737spcjc5s'>nevent1q…jc5s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, I haven&#39;t seen this before. And thanks for pointing out the author link. I was focused on the titles/authors in the list. <br/><br/>Thank you. 2024-12-26T21:50:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrmp7nk9ppmnww6dgr9tfvvdm63jv5qptyxzcyg9kv0ffc5vhx77gzyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6zh7gp3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrn6vxehm9j75x47hrkhdcxy35slhl62jgvl7q2dup46gaum7wc0qhwyyqt'>nevent1q…yyqt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow, I wonder what the logistics were to pull this off? Was this a concerted effort by authors, or a search and compilation of titles that fit the “books with BIPOC protagonists written by BIPOC authors, books with LGBTQIA+ protagonists, or books written by disabled and neurodiverse authors”?<br/><br/>If it was planned, how can authors get in on the next round? 2024-12-26T21:39:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvlhgc8ns2000a4euzxl92rk34u5whgs82yhfgexcacyl8ma40j5qzyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6ref36d #FollowFriday <br/>I follow #Indie , #SelfPublishing , #IndieAuthor people and those who are #AmReading thier #Books and welcome similar-minded people to follow me. :spellbook2: :ablobcatwrite7: :writing: <br/><br/>#nxm 2024-11-08T14:02:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg4y0ngdju652rg4rdcyw520ms6lnckrxsfc9m79n6302x4280mwczyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r63vr25j Mastodon instances cache media (images, video) in instance storage. This means that for instances that have search, results will immediately return the media. In the case of the IAS instance, this accounts for several Terabytes of storage. Instances can limit the duration of local storage. This does not mean that the media is permanently deleted--it just means it has to be re-downloaed from the Fedi.<br/><br/>What is a reasonable duration to keep media online?<br/><br/>#Fediverse #mastodon #MastoAdmin #nxm 2024-10-29T13:08:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2zwp858jvmt4gwtg08mpgu67qkzk099n7594wtkpfpznj9f4j0czyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6umv6ht Scary ghouls--hide!<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/4wH8O3a4M9Q?si=o1xEOUqLQiK21MK0">https://youtu.be/4wH8O3a4M9Q?si=o1xEOUqLQiK21MK0</a><br/><br/>#Halloween #Music #VioletOrlandi #Horror 2024-10-25T04:05:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8h0u8yfekysv0ehegw9cu0ycqtkkjpup0l0wp8c02nfthywzj5pqzyp4xwckevvg26j3knhsnwnt6suprhvkqh0fp3jxhhp2c8qjp6u5r6fusa8w (1/3)<br/>Richard Hamming Talk at Bellcore (March 1986):<br/>&#34;Well, we know very little about the subconscious; but one thing you are pretty well aware of is that your dreams also come out of your subconscious. And you&#39;re aware your dreams are, to a fair extent, a reworking of the experiences of the day. [...]&#34;<br/><br/>#Quotes #AuthorQuotes #Author #Writer #Writers #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon 2024-09-30T12:27:45Z