Author Notes #6 (February 2024)

Authors feeling the squeeze; being careful with contracts; librarians are now freedom-of-speech fighters in the US; and some different ways we can connect with readers

Welcome to February’s Author Notes, a monthly post in which I highlight a few things that have caught my attention in the writing and publishing industry over the last month.

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The general word on the street is that things are a bit tricky in author world right now. Sales are flat. Advances are down. Courses that were once snapped up are proving hard to …