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What does 2026 hold for indie authors and the publishing industry? I give my thoughts on trends and predictions for the year ahead. In the intro, Quitting the right stuff; how to edit your author business in 2026; Is SubStack Good for Indie Authors?; Business for Authors webinars. If you'd like to join my community and support the show every month, you'll get access to my growing list of Patron videos and audio on all aspects of the author business — for the price of a black coffee (or two) a month. Join us at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn. Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. Penn. She's also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. (1) More indie authors will sell direct through Shopify, Kickstarter, and local in-person events (2) AI-powered search will start to shift elements of book discoverability (3) The start of Agentic Commerce (4) AI-assisted audiobook narration will go mainstream (5) AI-assisted translation will start to take off beyond the early adopters (6) AI video becomes ubiquitous. ‘Live selling' becomes the next trend in social sales. (7) AI will create, run, and optimise ads without the need for human intervention (8) 1000 True Fans becomes more important than ever You can find all my books as J.F. Penn and Joanna Penn on your favourite online store in all the usual formats, or order from your local library or bookstore. You can also buy direct from me at CreativePennBooks.com and JFPennBooks.com. I'm not really active on social media, but you can always see my photos at Instagram @jfpennauthor. 2026 Trends and Predictions for Indie Authors and Book Publishing (1) More indie authors will sell direct through Shopify, Kickstarter, and local in-person events — and more companies like BookVault will offer even more beautiful physical books and products to support this. This trend will not be a surprise to most of you! Selling direct has been a trend for the last few years, but in 2026, it will continue to grow as a way that independent authors become even more independent. The recent Written Word Media survey from Dec 2025 noted that 30% of authors surveyed are selling direct already and 30% say they plan to start in 2026. Among authors earning over $10,000 per month, roughly half sell direct. In my opinion, selling direct is an advanced author strategy, meaning that you have multiple books and you understand book marketing and have an email list already or some guaranteed way to reach readers. In fact, Kindlepreneur reports that 66% of authors selling direct have more than 5 books, and 46% have more than 10 books. Of course, you can start with the something small, like a table at a local event with a limited number of books for sale, but if you want to consistently sell direct for years to come, you need to consider all the business aspects. Selling direct is not a silver bullet. It's much harder work to sell direct than it is to just upload an ebook to Amazon, whether you choose a Kickstarter campaign, or Shopify/Payhip or other online stores, or regular in-person sales at events/conferences/fairs. You need a business mindset and business practices, for example, you need to pay upfront for setup as well as ongoing management, and bulk printing in some cases. You need to manage taxes and cashflow. You need to be a lot more proactive about marketing, as you won't sell anything if you don't bring readers to your books/products. But selling direct also brings advantages. It sets you apart from the bulk of digital only authors who still only upload ebooks to Amazon, or maybe add a print on demand book, and in an era of AI rapid creation, that number is growing all the time. If you sell direct, you get your customer data and you can reach those customers next time, through your email list. If you don't know who bought your books and don't have a guaranteed way to reach them, you will more easily be disrupted when things change — and they always change eventually. Kindlepreneur notes that “45% of the successful direct selling authors had over 1,000 subscribers on their email lists,” with “a clear, positive correlation between email list size and monthly direct sales income — with authors having an email list of over 15,000 subscribers earning 20X more than authors with email lists under 100 subscribers.” Selling direct means faster money, sometimes the same day or the same week in many cases, or a few weeks after a campaign finishes, as with Kickstarter. And remember, you don't have to sell all your formats directly. You can keep your ebooks in KU, do whatever you like with audiobooks, and just have premium print products direct, or start with a very basic Kickstarter campaign, or a table at a local fair. Lots more tips for Shopify and Kickstarter at https://www.thecreativepenn.com/selldirectresources/ I also recommend the Novel Marketing Podcast on The Shopify Trap: Why authors keep losing money as it is a great counterpoint to my positive endorsement of selling direct on Shopify! Among other things, Thomas notes that a fixed monthly fee for a store doesn't match how most authors make money from books which is more in spikes, the complexity and hassle eats time and can cost more money if you pay for help, and it can reduce sales on Amazon and weaken your ranking. Basically, if you haven't figured out marketing direct to your store, it can hurt you.All true for some authors, for some genres, and for some people's lifestyle. But for authors who don't want to be on the hamster wheel of the Amazon algorithm and who want more diversity and control in income, as well as the incredible creative benefits of what you can do selling direct, then I would say, consider your options in 2025, even if that is trying out a low-financial-goal Kickstarter campaign, or selling some print books at a local fair. Interestingly, traditional publishers are also experimenting with direct sales. Kate Elton, the new CEO of Harper Collins notes in The Bookseller's 2026 trend article, “we are seeing global success with responsive, reader-driven publishing, subscription boxes and TikTok Shop and – crucially – developing strategies that are founded on a comprehensive understanding of the reader.” She also notes, “AI enables us to dramatically change the way we interact with and grow audiences. The opportunities are genuinely exciting – finding new ways to help readers discover books they will love, innovating in the ways we market and reach audiences, building new channels and adapting to new methods of consuming content.” (2) AI-powered search will start to shift elements of book discoverability From LinkedIn's 2026 Big Ideas: “Generative engine optimization (GEO) is set to replace search engine optimization (SEO) as the way brands get discovered in the year ahead. As consumers turn to AI chatbots, agentic workflows and answer engines, appearing prominently in generative outputs will matter more than ranking in search engines.” Google has been rolling out AI Mode with its AI Overviews and is beginning to push it within Google.com itself in some countries, which means the start of a fundamental change in how people discover content online. I first posted about GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) in 2023, and it's going to change how readers find books. For years, we've talked about the long tail of search. Now, with AI-powered search, that tail is getting even longer and more nuanced. AI can understand complex, conversational queries that traditional search engines struggled with. Someone might ask, “What's a good thriller set in a small town with a female protagonist who's a journalist investigating a cold case?” and get highly specific recommendations. This means your book metadata, your website content, and your online presence need to be more detailed and conversational. AI search engines understand context in ways that go far beyond simple keywords. The authors who win in this new landscape will be those who create rich, authentic content about their books and themselves, not just promotional copy. As economist Tyler Cowen has said, “Consider the AIs as part of your audience. Because they are already reading your words and listening to your voice.” We're in the ‘organic' traffic phase right now, where these AI engines are surfacing content for ‘free,' but paid ads are inevitably on the way, and even rumoured to be coming this year to ChatGPT. By the end of 2026, I expect some authors and publishers to be paying for AI traffic, rather than blocking and protesting them. For now, I recommend checking that your author name/s and your books are surfaced when you search on ChatGPT.com as well as Google.com AI Mode (powered by Gemini). You want to make sure your work comes up in some way. I found that Joanna Penn and J.F. Penn searches brought up my Shopify stores, my website, podcast, Instagram, LinkedIn, and even my Patreon page, but did not bring up links to Amazon. If you only have an author presence on Amazon, does it appear in AI search at all? Do you need to improve anything about what the AI search brings up? Traditional publishers are also looking at this, with PublishersWeekly doing webinars on various aspects of AI in early 2026, including sessions on GEO and how book sales are changing, AI agents, and book marketing. In a 2026 predictions article on The Bookseller, the CEO of Bloomsbury Publishing noted, “The boundaries of artificial intelligence will become clearer, enabling publishers to harness its benefits while seeking to safeguard the intellectual property rights of authors, illustrators and publishers.” “AI will be deeply embedded in our workflows, automating tasks such as metadata tagging, freeing teams to focus on creativity and strategy. Challenges will persist. Generative AI threatens traditional web traffic and ad revenue models, making metadata optimisation and SEO critical for visibility as we adjust to this new reality online.” (3) The start of Agentic Commerce AI researches what you want to buy and may even buy on your behalf. Plus, I predict that Amazon does a commerce deal with OpenAI for shopping within ChatGPT by the end of 2026. In September 2025, ChatGPT launched Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol, which will enable bots to buy on websites in the background if authorised by the human with the credit card. VISA is getting on board with this, so is PayPal, with no doubt more payment options to come. In the USA, ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Free users can now buy directly from US Etsy sellers inside the chat interface, with over a million Shopify merchants coming soon. Shopify and OpenAI have also announced a partnership to bring commerce to ChatGPT. I am insanely excited about this as it could represent the first time we have been able to more easily find and surface books in a much more nuanced way than the 7 keywords and 3 categories we have relied on for so long! I've been using ChatGPT for at least the last year to find fiction and non-fiction books as I find the Amazon interface is ‘polluted' by ads. I've discovered fascinating books from authors I've never heard of, most in very long tail areas. For example, Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby, recommended by ChatGPT as I am interested in medical anatomy and anatomical Venuses, and The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson, recommended as I like art history and the supernatural. I don't think I would have found either of these within a nuanced discussion with ChatGPT. Even without these direct purchase integrations, ChatGPT now has Shopping Research, which I have found links directly to my Shopify store when I search for my books specifically. Walmart has partnered with OpenAI to create AI-first shopping experiences, and you have to wonder what Amazon might be doing? In Nov 2025, Amazon signed a “strategic partnership” with OpenAI, and even though it's focused on the technical side of AI, those two companies in a room together might also be working on other plans … I'm calling it for 2026. I think Amazon will sign a commerce agreement with OpenAI sometime before the end of the year. This will enable at least recommendation and shopping links into Amazon stores (presumably using an OpenAI affiliate link), or perhaps even Instant Checkout with ChatGPT for Amazon. It will also enable a new marketing angle, especially if paid ads arrive in ChatGPT, perhaps even integrating with Amazon Ads in some way as part of any possible agreement, since ads are such a good revenue stream for Amazon anyway. The line between discovery, engagement, and purchase is collapsing. Someone could be having a conversation with an AI about what to read next, and within that same conversation, purchase a bookwithout ever leaving the chat interface. This already happens within TikTok and social commerce clearly works for many authors. It's possible that the next development for book discoverability and sales might be within AI chats. This will likely stratify the already fragmented book eco-system even more. Some readers will continue to live only within the Amazon ecosystem and (maybe) use their Rufus chatbot to buy, and others will be much wider in their exploration of how to find and discover books (and other products and services). If you haven't tried it yet, try ChatGPT.com Shopping Research for a book. You can do this on the free tier. Use the drop down in the main chat box and select Shopping Research. It doesn't have to be for your book. It can be any book or product, for example, our microwave died just before Christmas so I used it to find a new one. But do a really nuanced search with multiple requirements. Go far beyond what you would search for on Amazon. In the results, notice that (at the time of writing) it does not generally link to Amazon, but to independent sites and stores. As above, I think this will change by the end of 2026, as some kind of commerce deal with Amazon seems inevitable. (4) AI-assisted audiobook narration will go mainstream I've been talking about AI narration of audiobooks since 2019, and over the years, I've tried various different options. In 2025, the technology reached a level of emotional nuance that made it much easier to create satisfying fiction audio as well as non-fiction. It also super-charges accessibility, making audio available in more languages and more accents than ever before. Of course, human narration remains the gold standard, but the cost makes it prohibitive for many authors, and indeed many small traditional publishers, for all books. If it costs $2000 – $10,000 to create an audiobook, you have to sell a lot to make a profit, and the dominance of subscription models have made it harder to recoup the costs. Famous narrators and voice artists who have an audience may still be worth investing in, as well as premium production, but require an even higher upfront cost and therefore higher sales and streams in return. AI voice/audio models are continuing to improve, and even as this goes out, there are rumours on TechCrunch that OpenAI's new device, designed by Jony Ive who designed the iPhone, will be audio first and OpenAI are improving their voice models even more in preparation for that launch. In 2026, I think AI-narrated audio will go mainstream with far-reaching adoption across publishing and the indie author world in many different languages and accents. This will mean a further stratification of audiobooks, with high quality, high production, high cost human narrated audio for a small percentage of books, and then mass market, affordable AI-narrated audio for the rest. AI-narrated audiobooks will make audio ubiquitous, and just as (almost) every print book has an ebook format, in 2026, they will also have an audio format. I straddle both these worlds, as I am still a human audiobook narrator for my own work. I human-narrated Successful Self-Publishing Fourth Edition (free audiobook) and The Buried and the Drowned, my short story collection. I also use AI narration for some books. ElevenLabs remains my preferred service and in 2025, I used my J.F. Penn voice clone for Death Valley and also Blood Vintage, while using a male voice for Catacomb. I clearly label my AI-narration in the sales description and also on the cover, which I think is important, although it is not always required by the various services. You can distribute ElevenLabs narrated audiobooks on Spotify, Kobo Writing Life, YouTube, ElevenReader, and of course your own store if you use Shopify with Bookfunnel. There are many other services springing up all the time, so make sure you check the rights you have over the finished audio, as well as where you can sell and distribute the final files. If they are just using ElevenLabs models in the back-end, then why not just do that directly? (Most services will be using someone's model in the back-end, since most companies do not train their own models.) Of course, you can use Amazon's own narration. While Amazon originally launched Audible audiobooks with Virtual Voice (AVV) in November 2023, it was rolled out to more authors and territories in 2025. If your book is eligible, the option to create an audiobook will appear on your KDP dashboard. With just a few clicks, you can create an audiobook from a range of voices and accents, and publish it on Amazon and Audible. However, the files are not yours. They are exclusive to Amazon and you cannot use them on other platforms or sell them direct yourself. But they are also free, so of course, many authors, especially those in KU, will use this option. I have done some for my mum's sweet romance books as Penny Appleton and I will likely use them for my books in translation when the option becomes available. Traditional publishers are experimenting with AI-assisted audiobook narration as well. MacMillan is selling digital audiobooks read by AI directly on their store. PublishersWeekly reports that PRH Audio “has experimented with artificial voice in specific instances, such as entrepreneur Ely Callaway's posthumous memoir The Unconquerable Game,” when an “authorized voice replica” was created for the audiobook. The article also notes that PRH Audio “embrace artificial intelligence across business operations—my entire department [PRH Audio] is using AI for business applications.” And while indie authors can't use AI voices on ACX right now, Audible have over 100 voices available to selected publishing partnerships, as reported by The Guardian with “two options for publishers wishing to make use of the technology: “Audible-managed” production, or “self-service” whereby publishers produce their own audiobooks with the help of Audible's AI technology.” In 2026, it's likely that more traditional publishers — as well as indie authors — will get their backlist into audio with AI narration. (5) AI-assisted translation will start to take off beyond the early adopters Over the years, I've done translation deals with traditional publishers in different languages (German, French, Spanish, Korean, Italian) for some fiction and non-fiction books. But of course, to get these kinds of deals, you have to be proactive about pitching, or work with an agent for foreign rights only, and those are few and far between! There are also lots of languages and territories worldwide, and most deals are for the bigger markets, leaving a LOT of blue water for books in translation, even if you have licensed some of the bigger markets. I did my first partially AI-translated books in 2019 when I used Deepl.com for the first draft and then worked with a German editor to do 3 non-fiction books in German. While the first draft was cheap, the editing was pretty expensive, so I stopped after only doing a couple. I have made the money back now, but it took years. In 2025, AI Translation began to take off with ScribeShadow, GlobeScribe.ai, and more recently, in November 2025, Kindle Translate boosting the number of translated books available. Kindle Translate is (currently) only available to US authors for English into Spanish and also German into English, but in 2026, this will likely roll out to more languages and more authors, making it easier than ever to produce translations for free. Of course, once again, the gold standard is human translation, or at least human-edited translations, but the cost is prohibitive even just for proof-reading, and if there is a cheap or even free option, like Kindle Translate, then of course, authors are going to try it. If the translation gets bad reviews, they can just un-publish. There are many anecdotal stories of indie success in 2025 with AI-translated genre fiction sales (in series) in under-served markets like Italian, French, and Spanish, as well as more mainstream adoption in German. I was around in the Kindle gold-rush days of 2009-2012 and the AI-translation energy right now feels like that. There are hardly any Kindle ebooks in many of these languages compared to how many there are in English, so inevitably, the rush is on to fill the void, especially in genres that are under-served by traditional publishers in those markets. Yes, some of these AI translated books will be ‘AI-slop,' but readers are not stupid. Those books will get bad reviews and thus will sink to the bottom of the store, never to be seen again. The AI translation models are also improving rapidly, and Amazon's Kindle Translate may improve faster than most, for books specifically, since they will be able to get feedback in terms of page reads. Amazon is also a major investor in Anthropic, which makes Claude.ai, widely considered the best quality for creative writing and translation, so it's likely that is used somewhere in the mix. Some traditional publishers are also experimenting with AI-assisted translation, with Harlequin France reportedly using AI translation and human proofreaders, as reported by the European Council of Literary Translators' Associations in December 2025. Academic publisher Taylor and Francis is also using AI for book translation, noting: “Following a program of rigorous testing, Taylor & Francis has announced plans to use AI translation tools to publish books that would otherwise be unavailable to English-language readers, bringing the latest knowledge to a vastly expanded readership.” “Until now, the time and resources required to translate books has meant that the majority remained accessible only to those who could read them in the original language. Books that were translated often only became available after a significant delay. Today, with the development of sophisticated AI translation tools, it has become possible to make these important texts available to a broad readership at speed, without compromising on accuracy.” (6) AI video becomes ubiquitous. ‘Live selling' becomes the next trend in social sales. In 2025, short form AI-generated video became very high quality. OpenAI released Sora 2, and YouTube announced new Shorts creation tools with Veo 3, which you can also use directly within Gemini. There are tons of different AI video apps now, including those within the social media sites themselves. There is more video than ever and it's much easier to create. I am not a fan of short form video! I don't make it and I don't consume it, but I do love making book trailers for my Kickstarter campaigns and for adding to my book pages and using on social media. I made a trailer for The Buried and the Drowned using Midjourney for images and then animation of those images, and Canva to put them together along with ElevenLabs to generate the music. But despite the AI tools getting so much easier to use, you still have to prompt them with exactly what you want. I can't just upload my book and say, “Make a book trailer,” or “Make a short film.” This may change with generative video ads, which are likely to become more common in 2026, as video turns specifically commercial. Video ads may even be generated specifically for the user, with an audience of one, maybe even holding your book in their hands (using something like Cameos on Sora), in the same way that some AI-powered clothing stores do virtual try-ons. This might also up-end the way we discover and buy things, as the AI for eCommerce and Amazon Sellers newsletter says about OpenAI's Sora app, “OpenAI isn't just trying to build a TikTok competitor. They're building a complete reimagining of how we discover and buy things …” “The combination of ChatGPT's research capabilities and Sora's potential for emotional manipulation—I mean, “engagement”—could create something we've never seen before: an AI ecosystem that might eventually guide you through every type of purchase, from the most considered to the most impulsive.” In 2026, there will be A LOT more AI-generated video, but that also leads to the human trend of more live video. While you can use an AI avatar that looks and sounds like you using tools like HeyGen or Synthesia, live video has all the imperfect human elements that make it stand-out, plus the scarcity element which leads to the purchase decision within a countdown period. Live video is nothing new in terms of brand building and content in general, but it seems that live events primarily for direct sales might be a thing in 2026. Kim Kardashian hosted Kimsmas Live in December 2025 with a 45 minute live shopping event with special guests, described as entertainment but designed to be a sales extravaganza. Indie authors are doing a similar thing on TikTok with their books, so this is a trend to watch in 2026, especially if you feel that live selling might fit with your personality and author business goals. It's certainly not for everyone, but I suspect it will suit a different kind of creator to those who prefer ‘no face' video, or no video at all! On other aspects of the human side of social media, Adam Mosseri the CEO of Instagram put a post on Threads called Authenticity after Abundance. He said, “Everything that made creators matter—the ability to be real, to connect, to have a voice that couldn't be faked—is now suddenly accessible to anyone with the right tools.” “Deepfakes are getting better and better. AI is generating photographs and videos indistinguishable from captured media. The feeds are starting to fill up with synthetic everything. And in that world, here's what I think happens.Creators matter more.” It's a long article so just to pick a few things from it: “We like to talk about “AI slop,” but there is a lot of amazing AI content … we are going to start to see more and more realistic AI content.” I've talked to my Patreon Community about this ‘tsunami of excellence' as these tools are just getting better and better and the word ‘slop' can also be applied to purely human output, too. If you think that AI content is ‘worse' than wholly human content, in 2026, you are wrong. It is now very very good, especially in the hands of people who can drive the AI tools. Back to Adam's post: “Authenticity is fast becoming a scarce resource, …The creators who succeed will be those who figure out how to maintain their authenticity [even when it can be simulated] …” “The bar is going to shift from “can you create?” to “can you make something that only you could create?” He talks about how the personal content on Instagram now is: “unpolished; it's blurry photos and shaky videos of people's daily experiences … flattering imagery is cheap to produce and boring to consume. People want content that feels real… Savvy creators are going to lean into explicitly unproduced and unflattering images of themselves. In a world where everything can be perfected, imperfection becomes a signal. Rawness isn't just aesthetic preference anymore—it's proof. It's defensive. A way of saying: this is real because it's imperfect.” While I partially love this, and I really hope it's true, as in I hope we don't need to look good for the camera anymore I would also challenge Adam on this, because pretty much every woman I know on social media has been sent sexual messages, and/or told they are ugly and/or fat when posting anything unflattering. I've certainly had both even for the same content, but I don't expect Adam has been the target for such posting! But I get his point. He goes on:“Labeling content as authentic or AI-generated is only part of the solution though. We, as an industry, are going to need to surface much more context about not only the media on our platforms, but the accounts that are sharing it in order for people to be able to make informed decisions about what to believe. Where is the account? When was it created? What else have they posted?” This is exactly what I've been saying for a while under my double down on being human focus. I use my Instagram @jfpennauthor as evidence of humanity, not as a sales channel. You can do both of course, but increasingly, you need to make sure your accounts at places have longevity and trust, even by the platforms themselves. Adam finishes: “In a world of infinite abundance and infinite doubt, the creators who can maintain trust and signal authenticity—by being real, transparent, and consistent—will stand out.” For other marketing trends for 2026, I recommend publicist Kathleen Schmidt's SubStack which is mostly focused on traditional publishing but still interesting for indies. In her 2026 article, she notes: “We have reached a social media saturation point where going viral can be meaningless and should not be the goal; authenticity and creativity should. She also says, “In-person events are important again,” and, “Social media marketing takes a nosedive… we have reached a saturation point … What publishers must figure out is how to make their social media campaigns stand out. If they remain somewhat uninspired, the money spent on social ads won't convert into book sales.” I think this is part of the rise of live selling as above, which can stand out above more ‘produced' videos. Kathleen also talks about AI usage. “AI can help lighten the burden of publicity and marketing.” “A lot of AI tools are coming to market to lessen the load: they can write pitches, create media lists for you, send pitches for you, and more. I know the industry is grappling with all things AI, but some of these tools are huge time savers and may help a book more than hurt it.” On that note … (7) AI will create, run, and optimise ads without the need for human intervention Many authors will be very happy about this as marketing is often the bane of our author business lives! As I noted in my 2026 goals, I would love to outsource more marketing tasks to AI. I want an “AI book marketing assistant” where I can upload a book and specify a budget and say, ‘Go market this,' then the AI will action the marketing, without me having to cobble together workflows between systems. Of course, it will present plans for me to approve but it will do the work itself on the various platforms and monitor and optimize things for me. I really hope 2026 is the year this becomes possible, because we are on the edge of it already in some areas. Amazon Ads launched a new agentic AI tool in September 2025 that creates professional-quality ads. I've also been working with Claude in Chrome browser to help me analyse my Amazon Ad data and suggest which keywords/products to turn off and what to put more budget into. I'll do a Patreon video on that soon. Meta announced it will enable AI ad creation by the end of 2026 for Facebook and Instagram. For authors who find ad creation overwhelming or time-consuming, this could be a game-changer. Of course, you will still need a budget! (8) 1000 True Fans becomes more important than ever Lots of authors and publishers are moaning about the difficulty of reaching readers in an era of ‘AI slop' but there is no shortage of excellent content created by humans, or humans using AI tools. As ever, our competition is less about other authors, or even authors using AI-assisted creation, we're competing against everything else that jostles for people's attention, and the volume of that is also growing exponentially. I've never been a fan of rapid release, and have said for years that you can't keep up with the pace of the machines. So play a different game. As Kevin Kelly wrote in 2008, If you have 1000 true fans, (also known as super fans), “you can make a living — if you are content to make a living but not a fortune.” [Kevin Kelly was on this show in 2023 talking about Excellent Advice for Living.] Many authors and the publishing industry are stuck in the old model of aiming to sell huge volumes of books at a low profit margin to a massive number of readers, many of them releasing ever faster to try and keep the algorithms moving. But the maths can work for the smaller audience of more invested readers and fans. If you only make $2 profit on an ebook, you need to sell 500 ebooks to make $1000, and then do it again next month. Or you can have a small community like my patreon.com/thecreativepenn where people pay $2 (or more) a month, so even a small revenue per person results in a better outcome over the year, as it is consistent monthly income with no advertising. But what if you could make $20 profit per book? That is entirely possible if you're producing high quality hardbacks on Kickstarter, or bundle deals of audiobooks, or whole series of ebooks. You would only need to sell to 50 people to make $1000. What about $100 profit per sale, which you can do with a small course or live event? You only need 10 people to make $1000, and this in-person focus also amplifies trust and fosters human connection. I've found the intimacy of my live Patreon Office Hours and also my webinars have been rewarding personally, but also financially, and are far more memorable — and potentially transformative — than a pre-recorded video or even another book. From the LinkedIn 2026 Big Ideas article: “In an AI-optimized world, intentional human connection will become the ultimate luxury.” The 1000 True Fans model is about serving a smaller, more personal audience with higher value products (and maybe services if that's your thing). As ever, its about niche and where you fit in the long long long long long tail. It's also about trust. Because there is definitely a shortage of that in so many areas, and as Adam Mosseri of Instagram has said, trust will be increasingly important. Trust takes time to build, but if you focus on serving your audience consistently, and delivering a high quality, and being authentic, this emerges as part of being human. In an echo of what happened when online commerce first took off, we are back to talking about trust. Back in 2010, I read Trust Agents: by Julien Smith and Chris Brogan, which clearly needs a comeback. There was a 10th anniversary edition published in 2020, so that's worth a read/listen. Chris Brogan was also on this show in 2017 when we talked about finding and serving your niche for the long term. That interview is still relevant, here's a quick excerpt, where I have (lightly edited) his response to my question on this topic back in 2017: Jo: The principle of know, like, and trust, why is that still important or perhaps even more important these days? Chris: There are a few things that at play there, Joanna. One is that the same tools that make it so easy for any of us to start and run a business also allow certain elements to decide whether or not they want to do something dubious. And with all new technologies that come, you know, there's nothing unique about these new technologies. In the 1800s, anyone could put anything in a bottle and sell it to you and say, this is gonna cure everything. Cancer — gone. And the bottle could have nothing in. You know, it could be Kool-Aid. And so, the idea of trying to understand what's behind the business though, one beautiful thing that's come is that we can see in much more dimensions who we're dealing with. We can understand better who's the face behind the brand. I really want people to try their best to be a lot clearer on what they stand for or what they say. And I don't really mean a tagline. I mean, humans don't really talk like that. They don't throw some sentence out as often as they can that you remember them for that phrase. But I would say that, we have so many media available to us — the plural of mediums — where we can be more of ourselves. And I think that there's a great opportunity to share the ‘you' behind the scenes, and some people get immediately terrified about this, ‘Ah, the last thing I want is for people to know more about me,' but I think we have such an opportunity. We have such an opportunity to voice our thoughts on something, to talk about the story that goes behind the product. We were all raised on overly produced material, but I think we don't want that anymore. We really want clarity, brevity, simplicity. We want the ability for what we feel is connection and then access. And so I think it's vital that we connect and show people our accessibility, not so that they can pester us with strange questions, but more so that you can say, this person stands with their product and their service and this person believes these things, and I feel something when I hear them and I wanna be part of that.” That's from Chris Brogan's interview here in 2017, and he is still blogging and speaking at writing at ChrisBrogan.com and I'm going to re-listen to the audiobook of Trust Agents again myself as I think it's more relevant than ever. The original quote comes from Bob Burg in his 1994 book, Endless Referrals, “All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust.” That still applies, and absolutely fits with the 1000 True Fans model of aiming to serve a smaller audience. As Kevin Kelly says in 1000 True Fans, “Instead of trying to reach the narrow and unlikely peaks of platinum bestseller hits, blockbusters, and celebrity status, you can aim for direct connection with a thousand true fans.” “On your way, no matter how many fans you actually succeed in gaining, you'll be surrounded not by faddish infatuation, but by genuine and true appreciation. It's a much saner destiny to hope for. And you are much more likely to actually arrive there.” In 2026, I hope that more authors (including me!) let go of ego goals and vanity metrics like ranking, gross sales (income before you take away costs), subscribers, followers, and likes, and consider important business numbers like profit (which is the money you have after costs like marketing are taken out), as well as number of true fans — and also lifestyle elements like number of weekends off, or days spent enjoying life and not just working! OK, that's my list of trends and predictions for 2026. Let me know what you think in the comments. Do you agree? Am I wrong? What have I missed? The post 2026 Trends And Predictions For Indie Authors And The Book Publishing Industry with Joanna Penn first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Leopoldo Lugones (1874-1938) fue un escritor, poeta, periodista y ensayista argentino, considerado una de las figuras más influyentes de la literatura hispanoamericana de comienzos del siglo XX. Nacimiento: 13 de junio de 1874, en Villa María del Río Seco, provincia de Córdoba, Argentina. Desde joven mostró interés por la lectura y la política. En su primera etapa simpatizó con ideas socialistas y anarquistas, pero con el tiempo evolucionó hacia posiciones nacionalistas y conservadoras.Publicó en 1897 Las montañas del oro, un extenso poema de tono modernista que lo lanzó a la fama. Fue un pionero en el modernismo junto a Rubén Darío, aunque se destacó por su eclecticismo: transitó por la poesía modernista, el simbolismo, la ciencia ficción, la narrativa fantástica y el ensayo histórico. Obras destacadas:Lunario sentimental (1909), un poemario innovador por su experimentación formal y el uso de imágenes modernas.Cuentos fatales y Las fuerzas extrañas (1906), colecciones de relatos donde mezcla ciencia, misterio y fantasía, anticipando la ciencia ficción en Hispanoamérica.La guerra gaucha (1905), libro de relatos épicos que exalta al gaucho como héroe de la independencia.Ensayos sobre historia argentina y literatura, entre ellos su famosa conferencia de 1924 sobre el Martín Fierro, donde propuso convertirlo en “la Biblia nacional”. Estilo y aportes: Fue un escritor versátil, capaz de pasar del modernismo al realismo, del simbolismo a la ciencia ficción. Innovó con el lenguaje, introdujo neologismos, metáforas audaces y una visión del poeta como visionario de la modernidad. A lo largo de su vida desempeñó también funciones públicas como bibliotecario, periodista y conferencista. Su vida terminó trágicamente: el 18 de febrero de 1938 se suicidó en un hotel de Buenos Aires, ingiriendo una mezcla de whisky y cianuro. Lugones dejó una huella decisiva en la literatura argentina y latinoamericana. Fue maestro y referente de escritores posteriores como Jorge Luis Borges y Horacio Quiroga, aunque también generó controversia por sus giros ideológicos y su adhesión, en sus últimos años, a posturas autoritarias.

2 - Budapesti innovációs olimpia: 55 diák 37 pályázata jutott tovább az OTIO regionális válogatóversenyéről by Balázsék

Well Dressed Nashville started in 2019 when Bonnie, a pediatric cancer nurse, saw an opportunity at an influencer closet sale. WD was supposed to be an in-person event, but when COVID hit before the first sale, she moved everything online and it took off. She built the business mostly alone, lost their 30k-follower Instagram in Oct 2022, rebuilt from zero, and had her best year in 2023 before burning out and planning to close. Bonnie had become close with Liz Streisand, a former celebrity journalist who ran a Broadway ticketing company with her husband Eric, a longtime hedge fund manager. After six months of rest, Bonnie texted Liz “Let’s do it,” and on July 4, 2024, Liz and Eric bought half the business. They relaunched WD out of their garage, moved into a warehouse in Jan 2025, and hit their yearly goal by August. In Sept 2025, Eric passed away after a five-year battle with lung cancer. Liz now shares how she and the kids are coping, while Bonnie shares her miraculous adoption story.In Nov, during their anniversary drop, Well Dressed Nashville hit $1 million in sales—a milestone powered by grit, reinvention, and heart.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Linda Joyce is one of the most sought after media personalities and public speakers in New York City, London and Shanghai. Joyce is a one-woman powerhouse for people looking for a pragmatic strategy to solving difficult personal problems. Life coach and trusted personal counselor, Joyce's client list includes well-known celebrities and international business titans looking to merge the worlds of the intuitive with the practical. Joyce is the pioneer of a groundbreaking 12-step method which she presents in her best-selling book The Star Within. She believes that the right question can change your consciousness faster than any pat answer because it keeps digging and challenging your beliefs and fears. Author of the best-selling book The Day You Were Born, Linda is a frequent guest on radio and television and has appeared on 20/20 with Barbara Walters, the Howard Stern Show, The Late Show with David Letterman and Forgive and Forget with Robin Givens. Linda Joyce's always practical and no nonsense advice has been seen on PEOPLE.com. Linda has taken on China and is writing a column for Shanghai Talk, Beijing Talk and Guangzhou Talk and has been writing as a contributor to Italian Velvet.In October 2013 she was featured in the Financial Times under Spa Junkie. In Nov. 2014 she was interviewed in The Daily Mail on her new book on men:Men on Men, One Hundred Interviews with Men on Sex, Power and Intimacy. In between projects, Ms. Joyce divides her time between New York, London and Shanghai. She has done workshops for the English magazines Red and Here's Heath, written for Kindred Spirit, and was featured in Good Housekeeping, as well as British Vogue and Tatler.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

Ezúttal Dr. Hankó Balázs kultúráért és innovációért felelős miniszter volt vendégünk akivel a felsőoktatás átalakulásáról, a fitalok lehetőségeiről és a nemzeti identitás fontosságáról beszélgettünk.

Új set-top boxokat vezet be a magyar piacra a One Így nézne ki az Antarktisz, ha minden jege eltűnne Meg vannak számlálva a Nemzetközi Űrállomás napjai Ezért nem mászkálunk VR-szemüvegben az utcán Átadták a Társadalmi Innovációs Díjat Irgalmatlan ronda iPhone-ok érkeznek Meteorit találhatott el egy Teslát Weben is elérhetővé vált az Apple App Store Mégsem szünteti be egy rakás régebbi Radeon videókártyája támogatását az AMD Már az Amazon felhőszolgáltatása is a ChatGPT-t szolgálja ki Japánban már robot emlékezteti a betegeket a gyógyszerekre – Európa most kezdi utolérni A Coca-Cola újra magára haragította a közönséget – az idei karácsonyi reklámot is mesterséges intelligencia készítette Az idei legközelebbi szuperholdat lehet majd szerdán megfigyelni A SesameOp kártevő az OpenAI Assistants API-t használja a támadások során A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Új set-top boxokat vezet be a magyar piacra a One Így nézne ki az Antarktisz, ha minden jege eltűnne Meg vannak számlálva a Nemzetközi Űrállomás napjai Ezért nem mászkálunk VR-szemüvegben az utcán Átadták a Társadalmi Innovációs Díjat Irgalmatlan ronda iPhone-ok érkeznek Meteorit találhatott el egy Teslát Weben is elérhetővé vált az Apple App Store Mégsem szünteti be egy rakás régebbi Radeon videókártyája támogatását az AMD Már az Amazon felhőszolgáltatása is a ChatGPT-t szolgálja ki Japánban már robot emlékezteti a betegeket a gyógyszerekre – Európa most kezdi utolérni A Coca-Cola újra magára haragította a közönséget – az idei karácsonyi reklámot is mesterséges intelligencia készítette Az idei legközelebbi szuperholdat lehet majd szerdán megfigyelni A SesameOp kártevő az OpenAI Assistants API-t használja a támadások során A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Az egri Eszterházy Károly Katolikus Egyetem adott otthont a 42. Fiatal Közgazdászok Országos Találkozójának (FIKOT) 2025. október 17-én, pénteken. Az Innováció a pénzügyekben címú kerekasztal-beszélgetés résztvevői: Hegedüs Éva, a GRÁNIT Bank Nyrt. elnök-vezérigazgatója, az MKT főtitkára; Bagó Péter, a Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Innováció és Üzleti Inkubáció Tanszékének adjunktusa, az MKT Fintech és Pénzügyi Kultúra szakosztályának titkára, a Startup Szakosztály alelnöke; valamint Kaszás Zoltán, az OTP Bank Csoport csoportszintű digitális igazgatója voltak.

Az egri Eszterházy Károly Katolikus Egyetem adott otthont a 42. Fiatal Közgazdászok Országos Találkozójának (FIKOT) 2025. október 17-én, pénteken. A Munkaerőpiaci innováció című panelben Galambos Tamás, a Cognitudo.ai társalapítója, az MKT Nemzetközi Gazdaság Szakosztályának elnöke; Fiser Orsolya, a Bosch Rexroth Pneumatika Kft. HR-igazgatója; valamint Nógrádi József, a Trenkwalder Recruitment Kft. stratégiai kapcsolatokért felelős igazgatója osztotta meg gondolatait a résztvevőkkel.

Mark and Amber discuss the shocking rise of AI-generated actresses, the cultural agenda behind digital deception, and how Christians can discern truth in an increasingly artificial world. From personal health breakthroughs to biblical prophecy and cultural warfare, this episode equips families to stand strong, protect their children, and live fearlessly in faith. Topics Covered: -Mark & Amber's fitness journey and renewal in ministry -The AI actress Tilly Norwood and the future of filmmaking -Why digital “beauty” fuels insecurity and confusion -The moral collapse in entertainment and education -Scriptural insights into the “great deception” of our time

3 - Folytatjuk örökbefogadási témánkat - vonalban Kardosné Gyurkó Katalin a Kulturális és Innovációs Minisztérium generációk közötti együttműködés segítéséért felelős miniszteri biztosa by Balázsék

00:00 - 6 óra 32:46 - A szüleiknél mit tiltanának be a gyerekek? 1:07:42 - Folytatjuk örökbefogadási témánkat - vonalban Kardosné Gyurkó Katalin a Kulturális és Innovációs Minisztérium generációk közötti együttműködés segítéséért felelős miniszteri biztosa 1:43:44 - 1500 forintos büntetés várhat az utasokra, jön az új lemondási díj

Plongée au cœur d'une conversation sans filtre avec Stéphane Bohbot, entrepreneur récidiviste passé des sonneries monophoniques de DigiPlug (revendue 30 M€) à Innov 8, leader français de la distribution de produits connectés (DJI, Roborock, EZVIZ, XGIMI, Nuki…). Il partage le fil conducteur de sa carrière: anticiper les usages plus que la techno, et bâtir “la maison du futur” — plus simple, plus accessible, mais encore fragmentée faute d'une app universelle malgré l'émergence de Matter. On y parle retail, marges, logistique, expertise en magasin, et de la montée en puissance de marques asiatiques désormais maîtresses du R&D, du marketing et du go-to-market.Bohbot dévoile aussi ses engagements “impact”: MOVIT, une marque d'accessoires relocalisés (coques made in France, chargeur 30W fabriqué à Annecy en matière 100% biosourcée Arkema à base d'huile de ricin), et Innovate Power, qui démocratise le solaire résidentiel en s'appuyant sur Huawei (onduleurs et batteries). En filigrane: les leçons d'un distributeur devenu fabricant, ses investissements (Devialet), ses vues sur le hardware “hard”, la coopération Europe–industrie, et l'avenir d'une maison connectée… alimentée par des énergies renouvelables.[00:00:00]: Introduction et parcours d'entrepreneur récidiviste[00:01:24]: Fil conducteur: le mobile comme cœur de carrière[00:01:53]: Naissance de DigiPlug et idée des sonneries[00:03:20]: Logiciel intégré en 1998, premiers déploiements[00:03:27]: Revente à des Japonais pour 30 M€ en 2002[00:04:50]: Personnalisation du téléphone, prémices des apps[00:05:39]: Conseils: suivre les mouvements sociétaux[00:06:42]: Démarrage avec 12 000 € et business angel[00:08:42]: Levées de fonds et AXA PE, Sénéquier[00:09:25]: Vision “Maison du futur” et domotique[00:11:02]: Caméras Ezviz sans abonnement, smartphone télécommande[00:11:54]: Vidéoprojecteurs XGIMI et robots Roborock[00:13:50]: Intégration difficile, rêve d'une app unique[00:14:00]: Matter, applications dédiées, serrure Nuki facile[00:15:12]: Accès temporaires Airbnb et automatisations[00:16:06]: Innovate: distributeur n°1 produits connectés[00:16:44]: Nuki, DJI, Parrot: choix de positionnement[00:18:00]: Distribution, logistique, Amazon et retail[00:20:47]: Spécificités logistiques et complexité locale[00:21:57]: Couverture réseaux, 12 ans de construction[00:22:20]: Clés du succès: ultra-spécialisation et expertise[00:24:25]: Retail chahuté, retour au conseil[00:25:55]: Valeur du service et arbitrages prix[00:26:31]: Échecs hardware et difficultés européennes[00:28:21]: Asie: R&D, marketing, lancements fulgurants[00:29:59]: Dyson vs Roborock; passion son et marques[00:31:55]: Innovate 2012: du smartphone aux périphériques[00:34:30]: Marges: Apple vs retail, besoins réels[00:37:40]: Négociations, services, délais et équilibres[00:38:23]: Gestion par marque, relation avec DJI[00:41:13]: Test de Plaud, enregistreur vocal IA[00:42:09]: Micros d'écouteurs: limites et progrès[00:43:33]: Shokz: conduction osseuse vs open fit[00:45:21]: Tests produits: rôle des médias spécialisés[00:46:09]: Pourquoi les marques gardent un distributeur[00:47:25]: Muvit: accessoires éco-responsables made in France[00:49:49]: Chargeur 30W relocalisé, bioplastique Arkema[00:51:35]: Ne pas concurrencer ses marques partenaires[00:52:14]: Bons chargeurs/câbles: normes, USB‑C, conseils[00:55:26]: Innovate Power: solaire, Huawei, stockage[00:57:17]: Pas de B2C; modèles dropship et social[00:58:50]: Verticales e‑commerce et importance du service[01:01:05]: ModeLabs: téléphones de luxe, IPO, cession[01:02:42]: Agilité et acceptation du changement[01:04:46]: Luxe et techno: obsolescence et défis[01:05:58]: Vision, actionnariat BNP et Crédit Mutuel[01:08:05]: Domotique: chimère d'intégration, low‑tech utile[01:09:56]: Concevoir du hardware ici ou en Asie[01:12:39]: Temps, cas Luni/Netatmo, Tikino, géopolitique[01:15:42]: Coopérer en Europe, IA et priorités[01:18:37]: Business angel, investissement dans OVNI[01:20:11]: Devialet: amour de la marque, perspectives[01:22:10]: Distribution, vélos évités, succès Crosscall[01:25:06]: OVNI, geek talk, drones et FPV[01:28:19]: Voyages en Chine, R&D Huawei, tournage[01:31:30]: Recrutements, Muvit en retail, conclusionHébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Már zölden ragyog a 3I/Atlas, felvétel is készült róla Nyolc év várakozás után: újdonság a Spotify-on Másodfokú égést okozhat a füge Fact-check: Tényleg növeli a petefészekrák előfordulási esélyét a HPV-vakcina? Kvantumtechnológia a mágneses mező mérésében: új eszközt fejlesztenek magyar kutatók Elindult a nevezés a 35. Innovációs Olimpiára Svédország nyomást gyakorol az EU-ra a gyermekek közösségi médiájának korlátozása ügyében Jön az ígéretes őszi üstökös! Már a régi Xiaomi mobilodat is lecserélheted készülékbeszámítással, itt a megoldás! Sokkal jobb lesz az Apple TV Kapu Tibort gyalázzák a népszavások, szerintük nem tud semmit a világról Szuperszámítógépek gyártására épít grandiózus üzemeket az amerikai óriásvállalat A Hold felé fordulnak az oroszok A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Már zölden ragyog a 3I/Atlas, felvétel is készült róla Nyolc év várakozás után: újdonság a Spotify-on Másodfokú égést okozhat a füge Fact-check: Tényleg növeli a petefészekrák előfordulási esélyét a HPV-vakcina? Kvantumtechnológia a mágneses mező mérésében: új eszközt fejlesztenek magyar kutatók Elindult a nevezés a 35. Innovációs Olimpiára Svédország nyomást gyakorol az EU-ra a gyermekek közösségi médiájának korlátozása ügyében Jön az ígéretes őszi üstökös! Már a régi Xiaomi mobilodat is lecserélheted készülékbeszámítással, itt a megoldás! Sokkal jobb lesz az Apple TV Kapu Tibort gyalázzák a népszavások, szerintük nem tud semmit a világról Szuperszámítógépek gyártására épít grandiózus üzemeket az amerikai óriásvállalat A Hold felé fordulnak az oroszok A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A vállalati innovációk környezeti támogatottsága - a 63. Közgazdász-vándorgyűlés innovációs szekciójaLevezető elnök: Csath Magdolna egyetemi tanár, az MKT Innovációs Szakosztályának alelnökeA kerekasztal-beszélgetés résztvevői:Cserey György Gábor egyetemi tanár, dékán, Pázmány Péter katolikus Egyetem Információs Technológiai és Bionikai KarGablini Gábor alelnök, Munkaadók és Gyáriparosok Országos SzövetségeKuthy Antal alapító vezérigazgató, E-Group, az MKTInformatikai szakosztályának elnökségi tagjaSimon Attila vezérigazgató, Herendi Porcelánmanufaktúra, a Veszprém Vármegyei Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara elnökeSipos Balázs vezérigazgató, Béres Gyógyszergyár Zrt.

Versenyképesség és innováció, a siker kulcsa a nagy átmenetek idején - a 63. Közgazdász-vándorgyűlés versenyképességi szekciójaSzekcióelnök: Baksay Gergely ügyvezető igazgató, Magyar Nemzeti Bank, az MKT Versenyképességi Szakosztályának elnökeBevezető előadás:Virág Barnabás alelnök, Magyar Nemzeti Bank, az MKT Versenyképességi Szakosztályának elnökségi tagjaA kerekasztal-beszélgetés résztvevői:Birkner Zoltán elnök, Pannon Egyetemért Alapítvány, a Magyar Innovációs Szövetség társelnökeJakab Roland vezérigazgató, HUN-REN Magyar Kutatási Hálózat, a Mesterséges Intelligencia Koalíció elnökeBódis László innovációért felelős helyettes államtitkár, Kulturális és Innovációs Minisztérium, a Nemzeti Innovációs Ügynökség vezérigazgatójaKerékgyártó Gábor főközgazdász, Magyar Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara

In this episode, we talk with Eric McShane, co-founder and CEO of Electroflow Technology (backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures). Eric is on a mission to revolutionize lithium production, a vital battery material.We discuss the "Big Beautiful Bill's" impact on the battery industry and how Electroflow Technology's innovative approach addresses the critical need for domestic lithium production, especially given that "99% of this crucial battery material [LFP] is made in China." Eric shares how their unique process transforms brine into LFP, helping the U.S. become competitive again by "building real stuff" and using abundant low-concentration lithium brine resources.Key Topics:BBB's Impact: The "Big Beautiful Bill's" role in boosting U.S. battery capacity and achieving self-sufficiency in materials like lithium iron phosphate (LFP).Electroflow's Innovation: Details on Electroflow Technology's unique method for transforming brine into LFP and its benefits.Go-to-Market Strategy: Electroflow's plan for market entry and key differentiators.Climate Tech Perspective: Eric's insights on being a climate tech founder and the excitement of "building real stuff."Future Goals: Electroflow Technology's objectives and plans for utilizing U.S. lithium brine resources.Get Involved: How investors and engineers can connect with Electroflow Technology.Support the Show!Upgrade to paid today! It's $10/month or $100/year. Your support helps us continue to bring you valuable CleanTech insights.Upgrade to PaidSupport the showIf you're gonna change the world, you're gonna need a world-class team. Partner with ErthTech Talent to help you do that, for less. 70+ Placements 5+ Years (exclusively in CleanTech) The Lowest Fees in the Market (12-15% of first-year salary) 90-day placement guarantee It's really hard to say no to that. Wait?! -- The best service is also the cheapest? Seems too good to be true, but it's the entire reason we started this company. We believe that Climate entrepreneurs are doing important work, and there should be a firm to help them find the best talent, without it breaking the bank. Reach out today for a free assessment of your hiring process. hello@erthtechtalent.com

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In this enlightening episode of Nodes of Design, we sit down with Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti to explore his journey into design. We discuss how designers can create meaningful societal impact, the evolving role of artists in the AI era, and key takeaways from the DRM method. Prof. Chakrabarti also shares valuable recommendations for designers looking to innovate and push boundaries. Tune in for a masterclass in design thinking, research, and real-world application!Amaresh Chakrabarti is a Senior Professor and current Chair, Department of Design & Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. He did BE from IIEST Shibpur, ME from IISc Bangalore, and PhD from the University of Cambridge UK, where he led the Design Synthesis group of its Engineering Design Centre (EDC) for 10 years before joining IISc as an Associate Professor. He published 35 books, over 300 peer-reviewed articles, and has 13 patents granted/pending. He co-authored DRM, a methodology used widely as a framework for design research. He founded IDeAS Lab – India's first Design Observatory, and India's first indigenous Smart Factory. He is the founding chair for the Intl Conf Series on Research into Design (ICoRD) and Intl Conf Series on Industry 4.0 & Adv Manufacturing (I4AM). He received the Careers360 Faculty Research Award 2018 for being the 'Most Outstanding Researcher' in Decision Sciences, and among the global top 2% of researchers in 'Design Practice & Management'. He received IISc's Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering (2022). He is a Fellow of the Design Society, an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Designers, UK, and the current Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Journal (AI EDAM) published by CUP.Springer Book Series Design Sc. & Innov: http://www.springer.com/series/15399Webpage: http://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/people/ac/ac.htmCitations: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=VvD5STUAAAAJ&hl=enThank you for listening to this episode of Nodes of Design. We hope you enjoy the Nodes of Design Podcast on your favorite podcast platforms- Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and many more.If this episode helped you understand and learn something new, please share and join the knowledge-sharing community Spreadknowledge.This podcast aims to make design education accessible to all. Nodes of Design is a non-profit and self-sponsored initiative by Tejj.

In this episode of the Ardan Labs podcast, Dr. Aditya Nagrath shares his journey from a PhD in math computer science to founding Elephant Learning, an online math academy that has significantly improved learning math for children. He discusses the importance of foundational math skills, his early experiences with coding, and his career path, including the birth of Elephant Learning. The conversation highlights the intersection of education and technology, emphasizing the need for adaptive learning methods and the role of coding in modern education.00:00 Introduction00:30 What is Dr.Aditya Doing Today?05:00 LLM's and Code Gen8:00 First Memory of a Computer18:30 College Decisions24:30 Working at Dish Network35:00 Learning to Dance Tango39:40 Moving to Ukraine49:00 Creating Elephant Learning1:05:50 Getting into the Classroom1:14:10 The Elephant Learning Stack01:17:25 Contact InfoConnect with Dr. Aditya: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityanagrath/X: https://x.com/nagrathdrMentioned in this Episode:Elephant Learning: https://www.elephantlearning.com/Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses : https://ardanlabs.com/education/ Live Events : https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/ Blog : https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog Github : https://github.com/ardanlabs

In this enlightening episode of Nodes of Design, we sit down with Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti to explore his journey into design, the gap between industry and academia, and how to bridge it. We discuss how designers can create meaningful societal impact, the evolving role of artists in the AI era, and key takeaways from the DRM method. Prof. Chakrabarti also shares valuable recommendations for designers looking to innovate and push boundaries. Tune in for a masterclass in design thinking, research, and real-world application! Amaresh Chakrabarti is a Senior Professor and current Chair, Department of Design & Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. He did BE from IIEST Shibpur, ME from IISc Bangalore, and PhD from the University of Cambridge UK, where he led the Design Synthesis group of its Engineering Design Centre (EDC) for 10 years before joining IISc as an Associate Professor. He published 35 books, over 300 peer-reviewed articles, and has 13 patents granted/pending. He co-authored DRM, a methodology used widely as a framework for design research. He founded IDeAS Lab – India's first Design Observatory, and India's first indigenous Smart Factory. He is the founding chair for the Intl Conf Series on Research into Design (ICoRD) and Intl Conf Series on Industry 4.0 & Adv Manufacturing (I4AM). He received the Careers360 Faculty Research Award 2018 for being the 'Most Outstanding Researcher' in Decision Sciences, and among the global top 2% of researchers in 'Design Practice & Management'. He received IISc's Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering (2022). He is a Fellow of the Design Society, an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Designers, UK, and the current Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Journal (AI EDAM) published by CUP. Springer Book Series Design Sc. & Innov: http://www.springer.com/series/15399 Webpage: http://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/people/ac/ac.htm Citations: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=VvD5STUAAAAJ&hl=en Thank you for listening to this episode of Nodes of Design. We hope you enjoy the Nodes of Design Podcast on your favorite podcast platforms- Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and many more. If this episode helped you understand and learn something new, please share and join the knowledge-sharing community Spreadknowledge. This podcast aims to make design education accessible to all. Nodes of Design is a non-profit and self-sponsored initiative by Tejj.

In Nov 2024, I was a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago, a journey which took over a month. This episode, I share a testimony of some of the key graces and moments on my mythic pilgrimage! 

Innovációk találmányok hátán, robot robotra halmozva, éves listák előre és hátra. Jegyzetek FU high-techenészet Matija hallgatótól (https://qubit.hu/2025/01/03/kevesebb-metant-bocsat-ki-hilda-a-jovo-marhaja) Elküldjük a VR-be rovat VRBíróság: VR-ben nézte a bíró a támadás helyszínét (https://www.newsweek.com/virtual-reality-headset-court-judge-florida-aggravated-assault-case-2009193) Robottaxival ment a reptérre, megbánta (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-05/los-angeles-man-trapped-in-circling-waymo-says-he-missed-his-flight-home) Zseniális ötlettel hackelte meg a TikTok “arcfelismerő” cuccát egy magyar TikTokker (https://www.tiktok.com/@limbolaz/video/7455672786502126870?_t=ZN-8sqMHOdydmA&_r=1) Erős Lista rovat Az év innovációi a Time szerint (https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2024/) Headset nélküli VR (https://avgadgets.com/brelyons-ultra-reality-display-vr-without-the-headset/) Pillás robot (https://time.com/7094560/luum-precision-lash/) Föld alatt tárolt CO2 a megoldás először (https://time.com/7094641/spiritus-carbon-orchard/) és másodszor (https://time.com/7094627/arbor-power-station/) Az akkoriban méltán népszerű Zöldpálya már 2021-ben írt hasonlóról (https://www.zoldpalya.hu/varos/szen-dioxid-levego-szuro-climeworks-301294.html) Az év innovációi a PopSci szerint (https://www.popsci.com/technology/best-of-whats-new-2024) Yotaphone (https://www.cnet.com/reviews/yotaphone-2-review/) A tavalyi év CESes biszbaszai a Smithsonian szerint (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-eight-coolest-inventions-from-the-2024-consumer-electronics-show-180983577) CES-ergő rovat Leginkább a neve miatt: Pawport, az intelligens macskaajtó (https://www.ces.tech/ces-innovation-awards/2025/pawport/) Macskaarc-felismerős etető (https://www.catlinkus.com/products/catlink-multi-cat-recognition-automatic-feeder-facelink) Leginkább a szerző neve miatt: napelemes hűtő (https://gizmodo.com/ankers-solar-powered-cooler-is-a-bonafide-fridge-on-wheels-2000545902) Leginkább Scully örök karácsonyi kívánsága miatt: haladunk a rendrakó robot felé, one zokni at a time (https://gizmodo.com/this-robot-vacuum-has-a-claw-arm-thats-perfect-for-picking-up-rogue-socks-2000545068) Robotkutya időseknek és betegeknek (https://www.wnct.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/768689571/tombot-unveils-next-generation-of-lifelike-robotic-pets-at-ces-2025-revolutionizing-dementia-care-and-health-monitoring/) Az első (?) Fitbit teheneknek (https://www.ces.tech/ces-innovation-awards/2025/feed-heat-monitor-first-ever-wearable-cow-health-monitor/) Ellopta a show-t a sókanál (https://mashable.com/article/electric-salt-spoon-kirin-ces-2025) Hírlevélke itt (http://eepurl.com/g7Bfd1).

In Nov. 2024, The Atlantic's cover article rang alarm bells among readers, writers, college professors and parents alike. The article was headlined: The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books.The premise is that many students admitted to elite colleges arrive having read very few books all the way through.“It's not that they don't want to do the reading,” says the article. “It's that they don't know how. Middle and high schools have stopped asking them to.”This week on Big Books and Bold Ideas, two writers who have also been college literature professors share their views on the article's argument. What have they seen in their own students? And how can deep reading be encouraged?Guests: Karen Swallow Prior is an English professor, a monthly columnist for Religion News Service and the author of, among other books, “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books.”Taiyon Coleman is dean of liberal arts and academic foundations at North Hennepin Community College. Her latest book is “Traveling without Moving,” which you can also hear about on a past episode of Big Books and Bold Ideas.Subscribe to Big Books and Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, RSS or anywhere you get your podcasts.Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations.

Hoztunk nektek egy igazi innovátort, aki egész életében azzal foglalkozott, hogy innovációt hozzon létre. Kaprinay Zoltánt az Index és a Bónusz Brigád alapítói közül ismerhetjük. Az adás csúcspontján elmeséli, hogy milyen volt átélni a Covid utána a Brigád csődközeli állapotát, aminek a végén ugyan megmentették a céget, de MINDENE odalett... Az adás másik fontos része, amikor végigvesszük azt az innovációs formulát, amit a cégek számára végeznek az innovációs ügynökségével. De tele van az adás lelki, önismereti részekkel is. Fantasztikus rálátása van a bizniszre, rengeteget volt magasan és volt óriási bukása is. Nagyon mély és inspiráló beszélgetés. Küldöm nektek szeretettel! Zoltánról bővebben: http://www.kaprinay.com/ Tanulj tőlünk és mentorainktól a Biznisz Boyz PRO-ban, ahol azt ígérjük, hogy megtalálod a vállalkozásod skálázásának következő nagyságrendi lépéseit. https://bbpro.hu Az első hónap most 990 Ft!

In Nov 2023, I asked myself the question: What would happen, if I worked 365 days without taking one day off? In today's episode, you will hear some of the insights I've gained from the experience ^_^ Grab your cups and Let's G.O!!! *Transcripts Available: englishandcoffee.org *Contact: englishandcoffeepodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/englishandcoffee/support

Les Têtes d'affiche de Denise Epoté de TV5 Monde, comme chaque dimanche sur RFI. Notre première tête d'affiche est un Franco-Sénégalais, après une formation en commerce et marketing, Simon Gomis a fondé en 2021, Innov Biotech, un laboratoire qui a mis au point deux innovations majeures pour la prévention des risques cardiométaboliques, principale cause de mortalité dans le monde. Notre seconde tête d'affiche est originaire de Madagascar. Nohasintiana Rakotonirina a conçu des produits cétogènes à base de coco dont la particularité est leur faible teneur en glucide. Les produits Clhas Keto promeuvent également une alimentation plus durable et responsable. À lire aussiFatou Diarra pour «PayCard SA» et Guido Murhula Zigabe pour «Briquete du Kivu»

Ez a podcast sorozat a női innovátorokat állítja a középpontba az oktatás, oktatástechnológia és tehetséggondozás területén. Bemutatja az inspiráló történeteiket és az általuk képviselt újításokat. Az innováció az oktatásban merész ötleteket és kreatív megoldásokat jelent, melyek segítik a tanulás fejlesztését. A podcast célja az inspiráció és a női szerepvállalás hangsúlyozása ezen a fontos területen. Ebben a részben Dr. Rétfalvi Flóra, Szakmai vezérigazgató, Edutech Hungary Zrt. és a Tanuláskutató Intézet volt kutatója beszélget, Árvai-Füleki Judittal, aki az Edutus Egyetem fenntartójának az Edutus Nonprofit Közhasznú Zrt. vezérigazgatója.Szereplők:Rétfalvi Flóra - Tanuláskutató Intézet kutatója, TechEd alelnökeÁrvai-Füleki Judit - Edutus Egyetem fenntartójának az Edutus Nonprofit Közhasznú Zrt. vezérigazgatójaAz MCC Podcast adásaiban érdekes emberekkel izgalmas témákról beszélgetünk. Feldolgozzuk a közélet, a gazdaság, a társadalom fontosabb aktuális történéseit, de olyan kérdéseket is napirendre veszünk, mint például a művészet, a család vagy a vallás. Vendégeink között oktatóink, kutatóink, vendégelőadóink kapnak helyet. Mindenkinek kellemes időtöltést és szellemi feltöltődést kívánunk.

This episode was first published on June 25, 2024. Original show notes: Why are Palestinians stateless more than 75 years after the founding of a Jewish state in the same land? Why have international law and the rules-based order established after 1945 failed the Palestinian people? Why hasn't the U.N. with its security council designed to prevent conflict, stopped the Israel-Palestinian conflict? In Nov. 1947 the United Nations General Assembly voted 33 to 13 with 10 abstentions to partition Palestine in one of the most consequential votes the body has ever taken. One side achieved statehood; the other rejected the vote. From this point forward international law hasn't helped Palestinians meet their national aspirations. In this episode, Victor Kattan of the University of Nottingham explains why.

00:00:00 - Bevezetés 00:00:47 - Pulóver és mellény hordása 00:06:57 - Bölényvadászat 00:12:09 - Drágább és kevesebb 00:25:16 - Innováció hiánya 00:28:31 - Tegnapi State of Play 00:37:18 - Fenn kell tartani a fejlődést 00:49:58 - Mindenki többre vágyik 00:54:58 - Nehéz elfogadni a változást 00:58:48 - Befejezés

Sandy King lives with her husband Jay in an 1840s log cabin home tucked in the woods, the charming historic town of Madison Indiana. She creates hand soldered inspirational jewelry to encourage the soul. She is a Mixed Media artist and a creative heart. She collects and sells all things vintage, antique, and patina'Ed as well as creative product like Debi's DIY Paint, IOD, decoupage papers, German Glass Glitter, and more. You can find her booth space in Riverwest antique mall 1029 W. 2nd St. Madison, Indiana. She also sells her jewelry in several darling boutiques in Texas, Kentucky, and Indiana. Upcoming Events: Madison Chautauqua Madison, IN Sept 28-29 Stream Cliff Farm Commiskey, IN Oct 11-12 Chandelier Barn Market Montgomery, IN Nov 8-9 Website https://thehouseatwhiterock.com/  Facebook https://m.facebook.com/thehouseatwhiterock/  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thehouseatwhiterock/ 

The rise of home testing for STIs/HIV started long before the recent pandemic (the FDA approved its first HIV home test collection kit way back in 1996), but COVID-19 seems to have accelerated the popularity of getting tested from the comfort of our homes. In Nov 2023, the Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization, the first of its kind, for an at-home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea. The test kit, called Simple 2, is available online through various offerings. Chlamydia and gonorrhea are the most common STIs in the U.S. Of course, syphilis has also been on the move. And now, as of August 2024, The FDA has granted new clearance to NOWDiagnostics (not a sponsor) for the first at-home, over-the-counter syphilis screening test. So now we have gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis at home testing options. At home HPV swabs are also seeking entrance into the marketplace. While these options remove barriers to care and allow testing in the privacy of one's own home, there are inherent problems balancing out each of these promises. In this episode, we will review the pros and cons of at home testing for STIs and we will discuss why this is still caveat emptor, “buyer beware”, in this new healthcare marketplace option.

If you are looking for a Notre Dame Fighting Irish football 2024 betting preview with picks, predictions and best bets for the upcoming college football season, we have you covered! Our college football handicapping experts discuss this matchup from a sports betting perspective, sharing their picks and predictions vs. the current odds.

Why are Palestinians stateless more than 75 years after the founding of a Jewish state in the same land? Why have international law and the rules-based order established after 1945 failed the Palestinian people? Why hasn't the U.N. with its security council designed to prevent conflict, stopped the Israel-Palestinian conflict? In Nov. 1947 the United Nations General Assembly voted 33 to 13 with 10 abstentions to partition Palestine in one of the most consequential votes the body has ever taken. One side achieved statehood; the other rejected the vote. From this point forward international law hasn't helped Palestinians meet their national aspirations. In this episode, Victor Kattan of the University of Nottingham explains why.  

When Arthur Kiong, CEO of Far East Hospitality, failed his A Levels, he thought his life was pretty much over.His dad even told him, "I'm sorry, you had your shot but you missed it" and in Arthur's own words, "I was lost and I was discouraged and I was in a great deal of pain and despair."Arthur ended up selling slimming products on the streets because it was the only job he could find before applying to Mediocorp to become a stage technician.Things took a turn when he was asked to take a voice test and he ended up with a celebrity radio DJ because he could pronounce "Thursday the Thirteenth”! Overnight, Arthur found himself rubbing shoulders with the who's who and celebrities of the world and you would've thought that this was where Arthur's career was on a rapid trajectory upwards save that he gave it all up to work to become a greeter at Prego. People were astonished. Why would he take on such a 'demeaning' job?!But Arthur was adamant.And Prego signalled the first step that Arthur took into the world of hospitality, where you'll find that he's had more than his share of incredible luck, ingenuity and adventures.Including:Being 'saved' by a war and lauded as a geniusLanding his dream job (at Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong) because his dog, Silky, fell sick!Launching a successful marketing campaign straight after 9/11 (despite being in the thick of a fight between the head office & owner!)To find out more, you'll just have to listen to this STIMY Ep 147 with Arthur Kiong.

University of Toronto Professor Leigh Revers and Peter Boghossian discuss challenges in STEM education, including the integration of indigenous science and the use of diversity criteria in academic evaluations. Leigh highlights the need for academic rigor and criticizes oversimplified teaching methods, emphasizing the importance of maintaining intellectual diversity in education. His experience with this is firsthand - this year, the University of Toronto Mississauga sanctioned him for using Spectrum Street Epistemology in the classroom.Leigh Revers is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Manage­ment & Innov­ation at the Univers­ity of Toronto Mississauga. Leigh on X Watch this episode on YouTube.

Our special guest is Brian Johnson, Managing Director of Patomak Global Partners and former CFPB Deputy Director. In Nov. 2023, the CFPB issued a proposed rule to supervise nonbank companies that qualify as larger participants in a market for “general-use digital consumer payment applications.” We first discuss the CFPB's authority to supervise nonbank entities considered to be “a larger participant of a market for other consumer financial products or services” and  its previous use of that authority. We look next at how the CFPB has defined the relevant market in its current proposal and its rationale for the proposal. We then discuss the deficiencies in the CFPB's cost benefit analysis of the proposal and how the proposal reflects changes to the CFPB's approach to rulemaking under Director Chopra. We conclude with a discussion of possible litigation challenges to a final rule and issues companies likely to be covered by a final rule should be considering. Alan Kaplinsky, Senior Counsel in Ballard Spahr's Consumer Financial Services Group, leads the conversation.

Ron Bennington joins me on today's episode to talk about interview style and his series Unmasked. Ron is someone whose style of interviewing I've always admired, it seemed fitting to have him on this episode.   All upcoming shows & tickets: https://www.arishaffir.com/tour Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arishaffir/ • Oct 21: Bensalem, PA • Nov 02: Minneapolis, MN • Nov 01: Omaha, NE • Nov 03: Madison, WIi • Nov 04: Chicago, IL • Nov 05: Iowa City, IA • Nov 09: Kansas City, MO • Nov 07: Tulsa, OK • Nov 09: Kansas City, MO • Nov 10: Louisville, KY • Nov 11: Indianapolis, IN • Nov 12: St. Louis, MO • Nov 13: Ft. Wayne, IN • Feb 02: Boston, MA • Feb 03: Foxwoods, CT For more Ron Bennington: https://benningtonshow.com/#Links   The Music: Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Talk Talk- Talk Talk The Doors - The End Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me