Jane Friedman

The Death of the Rocket Launch Career

Book launches aren’t dead. But the idea that every new release must carry your entire publishing business is fading fast. Traditional publishing still depends on launch velocity, but indie authors operate under different physics. Solar Sail Theory shifts the focus from short-term sales bursts to building long-term visibility, discoverability, and audience reach. The bigger your sail, the less any single launch can make—or break—your career.

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Why Now Is the Best Time to Be an Indie Fiction Writer

Jane Freidman, at her blog just a few days ago, wrote a post, “Like It or Not, Publishers Are Licensing Books for AI Training—And Using AI Themselves.”

The post is a refreshingly blunt take on how AI is settling into the publishing industry. I will leave it to Jane to explain how, even for indie authors, there is new money to made from the AI phenomenon, if you’re smart and wrangle your contracts.

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