Publishers Weekly recently rounded up the top print bestsellers of 2021 in adult, children’s, and YA categories.

Traditional Publishing Agency contract dispute lands in court. Literary agent Brooks Sherman, who was recently accused of misconduct, has sued

nvestors are sought for Storyville Gardens, a book-based theme park meant to encourage reading by bringing childhood favorites to life through literary-inspired attractions

A popular music technology and instrument retailer, Sweetwater, has announced the launch of Sweetwater Publishing.

Podcast RSS feeds have long been a part of Substack’s functionality, but not until this month has Substack taken such a major step in investing in podcast content.

Eric Henney has joined Brockman as an agent, focusing on research and expert-driven nonfiction.

To maximize earnings, agents have to pay special attention to audio rights, plus consider how an author’s platform plays into an offer

Traditional publishers often center marketing campaigns around community support—sometimes growing an author’s platform in the process.

The music business shifted largely to streaming and subscription-based consumption; movies and TV shifted too,

Adult fiction is buoying print book sales in 2021, a significant surprise given that the category was seeing a long, slow sales decline prior to the pandemic.

Published in 2015, Arms and the Dudes by journalist Guy Lawson is a nonfiction book about how three stoners from Miami Beach became the most unlikely gunrunners in history

Amazon’s serialization platform, Vella, is now available to readers after opening earlier this year for writers to upload their works.

Publishers Marketplace, which has been tracking book deals for 20 years (all self-reported), has released new stats.

The US-based all-you-can-eat digital subscription service says it’s been profitable since 2017 and brings in about $100 million in annual recurring revenue.

There are many kinds of memoir, with one thing in common: their authors must ultimately possess the ability to artfully render the moment.

This choice has nothing to do with the act of writing, but everything to do with how you talk to yourself about your vocation.

Copyright law is written to protect stories, not characters, but over time the law on character protection has evolved.

During peer review, expert scholars evaluate your proposal. Their suggestions can improve your book if you synthesize them thoughtfully.

Publishing a book can be an exciting prospect which often ends in anticlimax. One indie author examines the emotional roller-coaster.

YA fiction sales have grown in 2021, driven by an influential community of book readers on TikTok rather than big-name releases.

Amazon The Amazon that customers don’t see. According to The New York Times, Amazon doesn’t want hourly workers to stick

Abigail Bergstrom has founded a literary agency that includes a services arm—or “publishing consultancy”—that helps emerging writers build their brand and readership.

kybound Entertainment—an imprint of Image Comics—is launching Skybound Comet in 2022 to publish original graphic novels for the YA and middle-grade market.

Starting in January 2022, Row House Books will publish six titles in the first year, 12 in year two, and 20 in year three.

The new imprint, 13A, is dedicated to publishing Black voices in culture and politics; the imprint’s name refers to the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery.