News: ALLi Launches Author Income Survey, Judge Rejects Anthropic Deal, Patterson Awards $50K

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway highlights the launch of ALLi's Author Income Survey, a vital tool to track how indie writers earn from their work and strengthen industry advocacy. He also reports on the judge's rejection of the proposed Anthropic settlement, which had offered $3,000 per pirated title, and notes that James Patterson has awarded $50,000 each to 12 authors to support their writing.

ALLi Author Income Survey 2025

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About the Host

Dan Holloway is a novelist, poet, and spoken word artist. He is the MC of the performance arts show The New Libertines, He competed at the National Poetry Slam final at the Royal Albert Hall. His latest collection, The Transparency of Sutures, is available on Kindle.