FREE WEEKLY BRIEFING · FOR WRITERS, AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS
You don't have an information problem. You have a noise problem.
Publishing advice is everywhere. Useful judgement isn't. Each week we read the primary sources, then give you our own take, based on real publishing experience, on what changed and the one move worth making. About eight minutes.
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A person writes every word.
That's the promise.
From a team with a real publishing track record
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amazon
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Best Seller
USA Today
Best Seller
Over 3,500 books and counting
THIS WEEK’S ANALYSIS · IMPACT REPORT
KDP changed a rule — here’s who should care, and who can ignore it.
Impact: HighUrgency: Check this weekAffected: Authors using the changed featureEvidence: Amazon docs + confirmed accounts
What changed, in plain language — who it actually hits, who can move on, and a three-step check that takes under ten minutes. Read the latest analysis →
WHY AUTHORVERSE EXISTS
You don’t have an information problem.
You have a noise problem.
You have a noise problem.
There’s no shortage of advice for authors — a hundred people online will tell you how to launch, price and market your book, half of them contradicting the other half. Meanwhile the platforms keep changing the rules, and AI is rewriting how books get written, sold and discovered faster than anyone can keep up — the biggest shift publishing has seen in a generation.
Knowing which changes matter is a full-time job, so we made it ours. Every word is written by humans, for humans — two people who’ve done this, telling you what actually changed and what to do about it.
— John North, Founder
Human Written Guarantee
The Human Guarantee
A person writes every word. That’s the promise.
AI is the biggest shift publishing has seen in years — so it matters who’s making sense of it for you. No AI writes our briefings. We use software to watch the sources and check the facts, but the reading, the judgement and the words are ours.
Researched by people
We read the original filings, docs and reporting ourselves. Tools help us find them; they don’t decide what matters.
Written & edited by people
A named editor owns every issue. Nothing goes out auto-generated, and the final call is always human.
Accountable to you
When we get something wrong, a person fixes it, says so, and tells you what changed.
— John & James NorthThe AuthorVerse editorial team
Wherever you are with your book
One email, written for where you are
Every issue has something for each of the three — a first-time writer, a published author, and a publisher — and skips what doesn’t apply to you.
Writing your first book
A clear route through the decisions, minus the noise and the scams.
Published, chasing readers
Discovery, conversion and promotion moves you can actually run.
Publishing a list
Catalogue activation, distribution and list growth that holds up.
What we cover
Write. Publish. Reach.
The three things that decide whether your book gets finished, gets out, and gets read.
Write
Finish stronger work
Craft, editing, responsible AI and the focus to actually finish.
Publish
Publish with rights intact
Platforms, formats, metadata, contracts, policy and scams.
Reach
Find and keep readers
Discovery, positioning, launches, email, reviews and direct sales.
What arrives each week
About eight minutes. One idea. One clear move.
Skim it in two minutes or read it in eight — and get something out of it even if you never buy a thing.
1
The Signal
The week in one true moment, and the bigger decision it points to.
2
Impact Report
The anchor feature: what happened and who it hits, scored for impact and urgency — with The AuthorVerse View (our honest take) and Your Move (one action, with steps or a template).
3
AI Watch
A standing section on the one AI development that matters this week, in plain English — with what it means for your writing, rights and sales.
4
The Wire
Quick hits, each labelled Act, Watch or Ignore — plus the one tool or opportunity worth your time, honestly assessed.
Free tools to get you started
Three free tools to start with
Free to use — take what’s useful to you.
Free book sales page
A mobile-friendly front door for your book with smart links to every store, so readers always land in the right place. Free on SellMyBook.app.
Publishing Secrets
John North’s free guide to publishing your book the right way.
Podcasting Secrets
A free guide to using podcasts to reach readers and sell more books.
Who’s behind it
Authors who’ve done it
Advice comes cheap from people who’ve never had a book of their own on the line. Ours doesn’t.
JN
John North
USA Today, Wall Street Journal & nine-time #1 Amazon International bestselling author · Founder
Thirty-plus years across publishing, software and marketing, with a hand in over 3,500 published books. John writes The AuthorVerse View and AI Watch each week.
JN
James North
Editor · Accomplished author & editor
Nine years across IT and publishing. James writes the Impact Report — the reported piece at the centre of every issue — and edits the whole edition, owning source verification and fact-checking.
What authors say about working with us
Proof of the people, not the email.
“The process was phenomenally easy and phenomenal.”
Chris J Reed
4× #1 International Bestselling Author
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Cashless — #1 International Best Seller
“Step-by-step, very clear and absolutely first-class.”
Karen Phillip
Communication Harmony — #1 International Best Seller
“It’s just been a fantastic journey.”
Nick Jonsson
Executive Loneliness — #1 International Best Seller
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