We tried to distill some recent news and articles to see what's useful and what's not:

Some tips for podcasts from Jane Friedman’s post about a publicists’ panel at the U.S. Book Show. A widely shared article in PW about an Authors Guild study on "average author incomes." And another hand-wringing article in The Atlantic about "The End of Reading."

As usual, takeaways are summarized in our Substack, Publishing Disrupted: https://publishingdisrupted.substack.com/p/facing-the-disruption-with-honesty

And links to articles mentioned below:

Jane Friedman, “Podcast Publicity for Authors and Publishers: What’s Working”: https://janefriedman.com/whats-working-in-podcast-publicity-for-authors-and-publishers/

Publishers Weekly, “Authors Guild Looks at Why Author Incomes Are in Decline”: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100605-authors-guild-survey-looks-at-why-author-incomes-are-in-decline.html

The Atlantic, “The End of Reading Is Here”: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/

Publishing Disrupted is at PublishingDisrupted.substack.com

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