News: Amazon Changes Kindle Download Options and Audible Taps TikTok Book Trends

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway breaks down two major Amazon stories, including a controversial change to Kindle's DRM policy that will allow DRM-free books to be downloaded as EPUB and PDF files, raising fresh concerns about piracy. He also looks at Audible's new partnership with TikTok to surface trending BookTok titles inside the Audible app, and examines Australia's new ban on social media use for under-sixteens and what it could mean for book discovery, especially in YA and New Adult markets.

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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.