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A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

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Author J.A. Konrath's essays about publishing, self-publishing, ebooks, copyright, piracy, and AI's effects on creative professions.

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  • AI and Creative Professions #AI #Writing #Publishing

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    Mar 2, 2026

  • Opting Out of the Bartz v Anthropic #Publishing #Copyright #AI

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    Jan 29, 2026

  • The Rise of Airt #Publishing #AI #Copyright

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    Jan 21, 2026

  • Anthropic and the Future of Copyright #Copyright #AI #Publishing

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    Nov 9, 2025

  • Konrath Thanksgiving - Black Friday - Cyber Monday Kindle Bundle Sale #Publishing #Ebooks #Sales

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    Nov 17, 2023

  • English Language Sues Bestselling Authors for Using English Without Permission #Publishing #Copyright #AI

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    Sep 29, 2023

  • Six Things Writers Need To Stop Worrying About #Writing #Publishing #Authors

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    Jul 19, 2019

  • New Punctuation? #Publishing #Writing #Copyright

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    Jun 26, 2019

  • 30 Free Ebooks #Freebies #Ebooks #Writing

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    Jun 21, 2019

  • Writer's Guide To Dealing With Haters #Writing #Authors #Publishing

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    Jun 16, 2019

  • An Email to Jack on His Birthday #Writing #Publishing #AuthorLife

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    Jun 11, 2019

  • Trying Something New and Different #Publishing #Writing #AuthorLife

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    Jun 8, 2019

  • Your Book Marketing Plan Won't Work #Publishing #Marketing #Writing

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    Jun 4, 2019

  • On Writing Shit #Writing #Publishing #AuthorLife

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    May 29, 2019

  • Let's Ban All Firearms... Or Not #Publishing #Writing #Author

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    May 22, 2019

  • Amazon Ranking and Bestseller Lists - What's the Deal? #Publishing #Amazon #Bestsellers

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    Jan 28, 2018

  • Konrath's New Year's Resolutions for Writers 2018 #Writing #Publishing #AuthorTips

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    Dec 31, 2017

  • Interactive Ebooks? Almost... #Publishing #Ebooks #InteractiveContent

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    Nov 1, 2017

  • Ebooks Sales Slowing? Yes and No #Publishing #Ebooks #Business

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    Apr 4, 2017

  • How Good is Good Enough? #Writing #Publishing #Creativity

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    Feb 16, 2017

  • Joe's Got a Movie Blog #Publishing #Writing #Authorship

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    Jan 22, 2017

  • New Konrath Zombie Novel GRANDMA #Writing #Publishing #Zombie

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    Jan 16, 2017

  • Konrath's New Year's Resolutions for Writers 2017 #Writing #Publishing #Author

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    Dec 15, 2016

  • Do Ebook Preorders Work? Part 2 #Publishing #Ebooks #SelfPublishing

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    Jun 28, 2016

  • Last Call is Released! #Publishing #Writing #Books

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    Jun 27, 2016