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.

Plus, the US government bans Anthropic's Fable 5, and we talk the unrest in the UK.

Plus, tech news on Meta and Anthropic, and we go over the fun in each country's culture.

Plus, declining Pride month sales, Audible fires back at Spotify, and exactly what is afflicting Gen Z men?

Plus, Amazon debuts a new paper option for paper books, and Thomas unpacks the pope's latest encyclical and how it relates to AI.