Plus the Super Bowl halftime show, Harper Collins quarterly report and how the Roman Empire somehow again influences publishing.

Plus, Spotify goes to war with Amazon over book market shares while Thomas and Jonathan compare cozy fantasy to John Wick. Demon pigs, bacon; it's all here.

Come listen to the latest episode of Author Update for your latest dish of author news.

Copyright termination rights, Ai ads, and an extra-long zeitgeist segment on fonts and beauty in literature. Also, a spicy segment on America's churches.

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Come hear Thomas and Jonathan make their predictions for how the book business will change in the coming year.

Plus more AI news, Author Arsenal updates and Jonathan and Thomas's thoughts on the romance genre!

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