Baker & Taylor Publisher Services purchased by Lakeside
Lakeside, a book manufacturer which spun out of RR Donnelly five years ago, already serves 250 small publishers who handle their own sales.
Edit Your Book As If It’s a Screenplay
A writer’s script-editing experience helped fix her novel’s problems with pacing, flat characters, and scenes that didn’t propel the story.
Crafting Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in Crime Fiction
In crime fiction, the most powerful moments often aren’t about car chases or shootouts—they’re about impossible choices.
Links of Interest: November 19, 2025
The latest in scams, trends, AI, and a piece everyone's talking about.
New agency: Keystone Literary Agency
Lindsay Guzzardo has launched Keystone Literary Agency, which represents a broad range of fiction and nonfiction for adults.
New UK freelancer marketplace: BookBindr
The site offers a database enabling users to search for and contact freelancers for editing, publicity, design, marketing, and more.
Book sales update: romantasy in the UK
In 2024, UK’s Nielsen reports that the science fiction and fantasy category secured its biggest year since they began keeping records.
Attention authors published by Amazon Publishing
This is a PSA for any Amazon Publishing authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list.
Sourcebooks says it’s one of the Big Five based on unit sales
That would put Big Five publisher Macmillan in sixth place in terms of sales volume, but not dollars.
Spotify rolls out new audiobook feature: Recaps
Recaps are short audio summaries that help listeners return to an audiobook they’ve already started, without needing to rewind or re-listen.
Can AI generate a meaningful book marketing plan?
Can an AI-generated marketing report help save you time and brainpower for more creative writing pursuits? Yes and no, with some urgent caveats.
Using the Workplace to Add Depth to Your Novel
Using the workplace as more than a backdrop can supercharge the stakes, conflict, and character development of your fiction.
How a 100 Rejections Challenge Prepared Me for Life’s Biggest Rejection
A slew of literary rejections helped one writer develop the perseverance needed when a failed marriage left her urgently seeking a new job.
What I Got Wrong About Memoir and What I Now Understand About the Genre
An author reconsiders her biases, finding the best memoir writing to be courageous, complex, and capable of transforming others and ourselves.
Links of Interest: Nov. 12, 2025
The latest in bookselling, audio, trends, AI, and culture & politics.
New agency: The Alicia Brooks Literary Agency
Brooks was previously at Jean V. Naggar Agency. She seeks a wide range of fiction and nonfiction and is currently open to submissions.
Are you seeing paperback sales bottom out at IngramSpark?
A children’s author noticed that in October her paperback sales dropped precipitously through IngramSpark without any clear reason.
AI firm wins copyright lawsuit in the UK
Getty Image’s lawsuit against Stable AI, for scraping millions of images to train its software, has failed in a narrow ruling.
Amazon offers free AI translation service to indie authors, raising copyright questions
The Authors Guild confirmed that an AI translation is not copyright protected under current US law.
If you encounter ClaimsHero, I suggest you ignore them
The Arizona law firm has no connection to the Anthropic case, but is trying to skim off authors in the class who may be unhappy about the current settlement.
How Self-Published Authors Sell through TikTok Shop
TikTok Shop can lead to meaningful book sales for authors, but success demands fast fulfillment, engaging content, and often affiliate partnerships.
How Revising My Novel While Querying Helped Me Win a Book Award
When agents suggest further revision, we might need time and distance to see our MS through their eyes—but doing the work can pay dividends.
What Makes Character Voice Memorable: Emotion
This excerpt from a new craft book by Jordan Rosenfeld explores the many ways our fictional characters manifest their internal emotions.
Before You Say Yes: What Writers Need to Know About Anthology Offers
Learn how to find and assess anthology opportunities, which offer short fiction authors income and visibility by sharing audiences across contributors.