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Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Michael Maloof Turned Global Adventure and Tech Experience Into Award-Winning Thrillers

June 8, 2026

My ALLi author guest this episode is Michael Maloof, author of award-winning thrillers about a former CIA analyst drawn into conspiracies that stretch across continents. Michael brings to his fiction a background in technology, entrepreneurship, global travel, and real-world tactical training. His books combine action, technology, emotional stakes, and a strong female lead who refuses …

BOGE-LANDIA

June 8, 2026

Teenager Winnie, her wizard boyfriend, Kip, and her younger stepbrother, Mikey—multiversal travelers—have just returned to Earth from an alternate world. But a time guardian needs them to stop the nefarious wizard Thaddeus Krell, who’s determined to steal a Frama-scope (a device for traveling to other realms). He’s located in Frama-12, now called Boge-Landia, a place …

News Summary: Kobo Partners with Storygraph; Everand and Fable Launch Combined Subscription

June 7, 2026

It amazes me how often news items come in pairs. And this week sees one of those prima facie unlikely pairs, either of which would be interesting and unusual. The theme? E-book platforms announcing partnerships with social reading apps. Kobo… The post News Summary: Kobo Partners with Storygraph; Everand and Fable Launch Combined Subscription appeared …

News Podcast: Spotify Reports 60% Audiobook Growth; ElevenLabs Expands; AI Copyright Cases Narrow the Class

June 6, 2026

: On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway reports on Spotify’s investor day, where the company credited its Page Match feature for a 60 percent rise in audiobook listening hours, notes ElevenLabs’ quiet expansion as a listening platform in its own right, and examines a troubling trend in AI copyright class actions — …

QALLUPILLUIT

June 6, 2026

It’s springtime in Nunavut, Canada, and children on Baffin Island are enjoying “the promise of long summer days and warm sunshine.” After an argument with his parents about school, David goes for a walk. Annoyingly, his younger brother, Samuel, tags along. David heads to the beach and starts running out onto the chunks of floating …

News Summary: ElevenLabs Adds 200,000 Human-Narrated Titles; Readers Can Swap Narrators for AI Voices

June 5, 2026

This week’s second story is less legally dense and full of plot twists than our first. But no less important. At the center of it is ElevenLabs, the AI-generated voice giant. You will recall that ElevenLabs was in the news last week because of its audiobook partnership with Spotify. This week, a reminder that ElevenLabs …

AUDEN

June 5, 2026

The prolific biographer Ackroyd turns his gaze to W.H. Auden (1907-1973), a poet who straddled Britain and America, traditional verse and innovative drama, and canonical high culture and an active gay life. Ackroyd’s Auden is a product of his family and his heritage. His name, perhaps, goes back to Old English. His forbears may have …

Does Social Media Still Sell Books? With Orna Ross

June 4, 2026

Orna Ross explores what social media can — and can’t — do for indie authors in a landscape that has changed beyond recognition. Listen for tips on how to audit what social media truly costs you in time, money, and creative energy; a comparison of the top ten platforms for authors in 2026; and questions …

THE MAROON CANDLE

June 4, 2026

Forty-one-year-old Amber Tambon—surgeon, spitfire, and bride-to-be—readies herself for the wedding of her dreams to her much younger fiancé, Xavier. The wedding venue: Mayguard Manor, a “castle poised upon the waters of Lake Superior.” The castle has been shut down for over 50 years after the disturbing and mysterious deaths of its owners, but it’s opened …

News Summary: Writer Beware Warns Indie Authors May Be Excluded from AI Copyright Class Actions

June 3, 2026

Thanks to Jane Friedman for pointing toward the Writer Beware piece that forms the basis for this week’s first story. Class action lawsuits taken out by rights holders against tech companies for alleged violations related to copyright law committed in pursuit of the development of large generative AI models. That’s a general description of what …