Nebula winning author William Ledbetter joins us this week to celebrate the release of his latest novel, Level Seven in his Killday series. But that's not all he's celebrating. Bill also joins us to celebrate retiring early to write full-time!

A big congratulations to Bill from the Future Best Seller crew!

News:

• How many people read books on their smart phones?
• Oddest book title of the year?
• Barnes & Nobles sunsets Nook Reading app for Windows
• Bookwire's audiobook service, WAY, or We Audiobook You, goes to English, Brazilian, & Spanish Markets
• Amazon sunsets Comixology app

AI News:

• The Authors Guild's survey on generative A.I. **LINK**
• How to identify A.I. books on Amazon Kindle Unlimited
• The Association of American Authors submitted a 2nd round of comments to the U.S. Copyright office regarding A.I.

Tools:

• Portable Monitors >> Link to the portable monitor Phill has and mentioned on the episode

Creatives on F.I.R.E.:

• We celebrate Bill's retirement from the day job!
• Bill gives us a bit of his villain origin story and some advice about not giving up