Plus, new numbers in the industry, workbots to help with author work and a spicy zeitgeist take on how media is destroying women.

Plus, we discuss country music, AI as used as a research tool, and an author who lost a lucrative tradpub deal because of an accusation.

Advancements in AI, changes in how agents work and the change in reader preferences.

All the new AI models, China's surge to tech dominance and why we should write flash floods in our books.

Plus indie stats on readers and authors, Gemini's in trouble for committing Anthropic's mistake, and how should we focus our writing, all on Author Update.

Listen to Jonathan and guest host Bryan Canter talk about author news on this special episode of Author Update.

All things America! Thomas and Jonathan celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States by discussing publishing trends and how America was shaped by independent publishers.

Plus, numbers on trad vs. Indie publishing, OpenAI's hesitancy to release a new version of ChatGPT after Fable's cancellation, and an hour long zeitgeist session of vigilante justice. This is Author Update.