The Book Adviser

02/10/2025

What if your book isn’t good enough? Let’s face it — it’s a question that creeps in for every writer. In this video, I share the honest truth about how to find out if your book is working, how to test your ideas early, and why being brave enough to hit “send” on a draft is half the battle.

01/10/2025

Right now, the online space is dominated by noise — instant experts, quick hacks, and surface-level content.

But here’s the truth: that very overload is why deep, tested, thoughtful insights are more valuable than ever. Audiences are fatigued by hype and hungry for substance. They’re looking for trusted guides who have taken the time to think, research, apply, and refine their ideas before sharing.

So, writing a book based on your experience, knowledge, and foresight isn’t old-fashioned. It’s actually the perfect antidote to the short attention span economy. It signals authority, credibility, and care — qualities people crave in a world of fleeting, disposable content.

And this is where I step in: helping business authors turn their years of lived expertise into a book that cuts through the noise and establishes them as genuine thought-leaders. Interested? Let's chat https://thebookadviser.com.au/

30/09/2025

Here's what I get up to when I don't have my head in books.

The Book Adviser covers all aspects of how to successfully write, self publish and market business books including how to build a book community, platform and demand for your book. The company provides one-to-one mentoring throughout the process via an 8-step 8 to12-month program and three book mark...

25/09/2025

Writers are not being replaced—we are being called to rise. In a noisy, automated world, the ability to tell real, human stories is more valuable than ever. That’s why the Hii Project – Human Intelligence & Imagination exists. We’re here to support writers, authors, publishers, and creators who want to protect the integrity of human storytelling in the age of AI.

This is your invitation to step into your role not just as a writer, but as a voice that matters.
🌍 Let’s reclaim the power of human-crafted stories.
📣 Join the Hii Project, contribute your experience, and help shape a future where writing is led by human intention—not machine output.
Read more https://thebookadviser.com.au/hii-your-writing-agency-in-the-age-of-ai/

12/09/2025

Ready to actually make LinkedIn work for your business book?

This free eBook is packed with practical, no-fluff tips to help business authors build authority, connect with the right audience, and promote your book—without sounding salesy.

✅ Book promotion strategies
✅ Positioning yourself as an expert
✅ Building real partnerships
✅ Bonus insights you won’t want to miss

Download now and give your book the visibility it deserves. https://thebookadviser.eb-sites.com/LinkedInForAuthors

11/09/2025

Your book is more than content. It’s your credibility, your leadership, and your human perspective—captured in a form that can make a difference.

07/09/2025

Some wins against the tech bros for writers.

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic disclosed in a court filing in California on Friday that it agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action from a group of authors who accused the company of using their books to train its AI chatbot Claude without permission – the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaquilane_the-battle-for-writers-to-be-paid-for-their-activity-7370336584753139712-fLd2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAIyMb0BBJGJXYcOCaIFVmqGSMoG7BFdE8c

26/08/2025

When algorithms can produce content in seconds, what does it mean to be a writer?
It means you have something irreplaceable: your lived experience, emotional truth, and creative intention. A printed book in this landscape is not just a medium—it’s a beacon of real, human expression.

The Hii Project is a movement to honour that. We’re here to support writers, publishers, and creators who want to stand strong in their craft, own their voice, and lead with purpose—not just productivity.

🖋 Let’s collaborate. Share your ideas, your voice, and your values. Because your words still matter—and your book can still move people. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hii-project-human-agency-writers-publishers-jaqui-lane-4p9yc/

16/08/2025

So well said.

On one side we have a government wanting us to give up our rights, in the other universities want to stop us writing what we believe and think.. and the talking about it.

A Victorian writers festival's code of conduct has set a "dangerous precedent", one author says, after more than 50 writers and moderators withdrew from the event.

Author Jess Hill, who is one of dozens of writers who withdrew from the Bendigo Writers Festival, was supposed to speak at a La Trobe University panel on Sunday and said a line in the code of conduct was "totally subjective" and set a "dangerous precedent".

She questioned why organisers would invite authors to speak if they did not trust they could engage in respectful debate.

Festival spokesperson Julie Amos said the intent of the code of conduct may have been "lost in oversimplification".

"All we wanted to do was to provide some parameters for people to have safe and respectful conversations," she said.

Full story: https://ab.co/3JBLkqb

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16/08/2025

Yep, that’s how it feels when someone steals your words.

“The most serious issue facing working Australian writers today’’.

That’s how acclaimed Australian author Trent Dalton has described the threat posed by multibillion-dollar tech giants who are using the work of writers like him to train AI language models.

He made the comments after discovering that multiple editions of his books, including Boy Swallows Universe, were on a pirate site used to train Meta’s AI platforms.

🎧 Hear the interview on the Radio National Hour on the ABC listen app: https://bit.ly/45FkuFk

15/08/2025

I sincerely hope you have a subscription to the SMH so you can read Malcolm Knox's brilliant satirical response to Scott Farquhar's comments about the need for the theft of authors and creators copyright.

Priceless...and involves turning his harbourside property in Sydney into a data centre.

Mr Farquhar, we’re interested in your views on fair use of other people’s property, and we’ve found an exciting new use for one of yours.

15/08/2025

If you are a writer (or any type of creative) you need to be aware of proposed changes to the copyright law in Australia...and take action.

A few weeks back the Australian Productivity Commission released a paper titled Harnessing Data and Digital Technology. It argued for, among other things, a legal exemption to copyright laws that would allow tech companies to use the work of authors and other creatives to train their AI models witho