Notes from a Small Press

Will AI-Written Books Destroy Publishing?

It's a virus from outer space

Dec 2 • 

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November 2025

The 2026 Belt Publishing Catalog

My Book Proposal Course Starts January 5: Six of the 12 spots have been claimed; want one of the remaining ones? Some news from former-participants: a…

Nov 25 • 

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On Substack (sigh)

Substacks about Substack is my least favorite newsletter genre, and I’ve held off for years now, but today I am caving in.

Nov 18 • 

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How do you find books to read?

Recommendations for recommendations

Nov 12 • 

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October 2025

In Praise of the Public Domain (or, more AI-adjacent thoughts)

Boo for Sonny Bono

Oct 28 • 

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Catalog whack-a-mole

plus Great Lakes shipping and mayoral book decrees

Oct 21 • 

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Little Women and American Publishing

Check out the *starred review* that Belt’s November title, “The Great Black Swamp: Toxic Algae, Toxic Relationships, and the Most Interesting Place in…

Oct 14 • 

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PSA: Get Your AI Money, Authors

The Anthropic settlement has been preliminarily approved, which means people can join in to be a member in this class action suit.

Oct 7 • 

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September 2025

News and Notes

Welcome to the 295th post from Notes from a Small Press!

Sep 29 • 

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Jane Austen's Influencers, and your publishing questions

Here’s last week’s post on the $3,000 per book Anthropic settlement, now free for all.

Sep 16 • 

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That $3,000 Per Book Anthropic Settlement

what it does and does not involve, and what comes next, maybe

Sep 9 • 

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How To Read More

There is no test

Sep 3 • 

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