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Rob Eagar

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Rob Eagar, president of WildFire Marketing, provides authors, businesses, and non-profits with innovative strategies to spread their message like wildfire.

 Atlanta, GA
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Joined September 2009
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It's sad how technology thinks it's okay to destroy artists and authors in the name of progress: publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t…
Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors

Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors

Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by the tech giants reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI-generated books would likely...

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Bad news for publishing industry: Costco Plans to Stop Selling Books Year-Round nytimes.com/2024/06/05/books…
Costco Plans to Stop Selling Books Year-Round (Published 2024)

Costco Plans to Stop Selling Books Year-Round (Published 2024)

The decision, which will be implemented in January 2025, could significantly impact publishers.

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Amazon launches first-time book sale: aboutamazon.com/news/books-a…
Introducing the Amazon Book Sale—a new shopping event with deals on thousands of books, starting...

Introducing the Amazon Book Sale—a new shopping event with deals on thousands of books, starting...

Kick off summer reading with big savings across all genres, including up to 50% off print best sellers and up to 80% off Kindle Books.

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Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made.  vox.com/culture/24128560/ama… via @voxdotcom
Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made.

Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made.

It’s partly AI, partly a get-rich-quick scheme, and entirely bad for confused consumers.

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Amazon has made it easier for readers to browse their entire library of books theverge.com/2023/12/13/2399… via @Verge
Amazon is making it easier to browse your entire library of books

Amazon is making it easier to browse your entire library of books

It still classifies digital comics as ebooks, though.

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Huge new for authors: The Wall Street Journal has dropped its bestseller lists publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
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Authors: Goodreads Asks Users to Help Combat ‘Review Bombing’ publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
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Indie Authors: Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing Will Beta Test Virtual Voice–Narrated Audiobooks publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
Kindle Direct Publishing Will Beta Test Virtual Voice–Narrated Audiobooks

Kindle Direct Publishing Will Beta Test Virtual Voice–Narrated Audiobooks

Amazon's self-publishing arm has begun a beta test on technology allowing KDP authors to produce audiobook versions of their e-books using virtual voice narration. The audiobooks will be available...

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Amazon Sues Scammers Targeting Authors publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
Amazon Sues Scammers Targeting Authors

Amazon Sues Scammers Targeting Authors

Amazon sues some 20 websites falsely claiming an affiliation with Amazon that are designed to lure authors into paying fees to publish.

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Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
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Authors: Amazon Issues New AI Guidelines for Its KDP Self-Publishing Platform publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
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Must-read article for authors: "I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires)" janefriedman.com/i-would-rat… via @janefriedman
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More Twitter changes afoot: Elon Musk reveals the new Twitter logo, X theguardian.com/technology/2…
Elon Musk reveals new Twitter logo X

Elon Musk reveals new Twitter logo X

Experts warn that introduction of minimalist art deco ‘X’ may be a risky move at a time when competitors are upping their game

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TikTok Sells a Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too. nytimes.com/2023/07/01/books…
TikTok Sells a Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too. (Published 2023)

TikTok Sells a Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too. (Published 2023)

As ByteDance launches a publishing company, many in the book world wonder if it will create an uneven playing field by boosting its own authors at the expense of others.

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Insightful article: "Death of an Author" Prophesies the Future of AI Novels wired.com/story/death-of-an-… via @wired
'Death of an Author' Prophesies the Future of AI Novels

'Death of an Author' Prophesies the Future of AI Novels

Stephen Marche composed this novella with extensive input from large language models. It’s required reading for anyone who's thinking about doing the same.

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Hard Work, Not AI, Is Still Key to Success In Publishing publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
Hard Work, Not AI, Is Still Key to Success In Publishing

Hard Work, Not AI, Is Still Key to Success In Publishing

Despite a proliferation of AI tools, WordWise Media Services owner Steven Hutson says he doesn't believe that AI will bring about the upheaval to publishing that many expect.

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Authors: "Beware of Publishing Scams" authorsguild.org/news/beware…
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Author must-read: Teaching A.I. to write fiction: "Peering Into the Future of Novels, With Trained Machines Ready" nytimes.com/2023/04/20/books…

Peering Into the Future of Novels, With Trained Machines Ready (Published 2023)

Who wrote it, the novelist or the technology? How about both? Stephen Marche experiments with teaching artificial intelligence to write with him, not for him.

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Survey Finds Self-Published Authors Making Financial Gains publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
Survey Finds Self-Published Authors Making Gains

Survey Finds Self-Published Authors Making Gains

The median income for self-published authors increased substantially in 2022 compared to 2021, to $12,749 last year—more than the median for authors published by traditional houses.

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Great article for authors: "Selling Audiobooks Without Audible: The Hard Lessons I've Learned Routing Around Amazon" publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly

Audiobooks Without Audible: The Hard Lessons I've Learned Routing Around Amazon

With a Kickstarter campaign now underway for the audio edition of his new book, 'Red Team Blues,' Cory Doctorow shares the mistakes of his past campaigns—and why it's all worth it.

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