Blog Post: Men Buy Books and Women Borrow Books

Week Ending June 12, 2026

Women don’t buy new books? See what the data is saying. U.S. audiobook sales just hit $2.43 billion, but the fact that 750,000 titles are competing for that figure is changing the game. Claude Fable 5 is fixing manuscript pacing problems and storing your drafts for 30 days. Meta just killed your last real privacy opt-out. And a $10 tool now builds your entire book promo schedule automatically. To find links and sources, check out the blog version of this episode of Author Update.

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