Writers Marketplace is a free online service for Authors Guild members to market their writing- and publishing-related services to the general public.

Research and relationship-building are key to success in international rights deals.

A new regular feature in which I’ll more casually and personally discuss publishing, media, and tech trends that affect authors.

While both publishers and libraries want to boost discoverability of new authors, the inherent tension in the relationship isn’t going anywhere.

Adult fiction has been doing very well this spring, along with graphic novels and YA fiction.

Known to many in the indie author community for his website and blog, The Book Designer, Joel Friedlander passed away on May 7, 2021.

That’s the question that petitioning employees have asked in a follow-up letter to Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp.

You may recall last year’s case of Alan Dean Foster, who stopped receiving royalties for his Star Wars and Alien novelizations.

Kakao Entertainment, based in Seoul, has acquired two serialized storytelling apps: Radish and Tapas.

The increased profits aren’t surprising, given that NPD BookScan is reporting that print book sales are up by about 26 percent versus 2020.

The poet and author discusses writing through trauma, his novel’s path to publication, adjusting details to suit a higher truth, and more.

Identifying comparable titles helps agents and publishers understand where your book fits in the market and who your most likely readers are.

Building direct-to-reader relationships may help publishers shift the balance of power in a game where Amazon holds most of the cards.

In writing memoir, internal voices—with competing interests—can emerge to inform the narrative. A rounded story is careful to balance them all.

One author struggles to prioritize between major writing projects when time and energy are limited.

What keeps many writers from a book deal isn’t a polished manuscript or proposal. It’s a sense of the publishing landscape as it really is.

Blake Bailey, the author of the newly released Roth biography, has been accused of rape and sexual misconduct by multiple women.

Many goods are increasingly purchased online, but the acceleration toward online purchasing is greatest in books.

Trends For Malcolm Gladwell, it’s audio first. Several years ago, Gladwell launched Pushkin, a producer of audiobooks and podcasts. The

The UK-based operation will publish both commercial and literary fiction.

LitUp is a new initiative from Hello Sunshine to help foster the careers of 25 women from underrepresented backgrounds over five years.

Years ago, Disney sold its adult book business to Hachette. Now it’s starting up operations again.

Rivers is currently accepting queries for middle grade and YA fiction and graphic novels, as well as picture books.

Educator and author Alina Mitchell has joined MacGregor & Luedeke as a literary agent.

The Authors Guild has long offered members access to a model book contract and a literary translation model contract.