Podcasters distributing through Apple Podcasts will be able to make some or all of their content available through paid subscription only.

The audiobook distributor and production service hopes to help authors improve profits without remaining exclusive to Audible.

As publishing celebrates unprecedented sales growth in 2020 and 2021, anxiety looms over declining sales for new titles.

After claiming an inability to pick and choose which titles it distributes from other presses, Simon & Schuster has declined to distribute a controversial memoir from distribution client Post Hill Press.

Through April 17, print unit sales were up 28 percent versus 2020, according to NPD BookScan.

Todd Sattersten starts his analysis by nothing that, in the business category, 86 percent of sales are backlist titles.

This is the second year that exhibitor Reed has canceled the in-person event.

When placed intentionally, crafted well, and set up via emotional context and backstory, scene might be the writer’s most powerful tool.

Authors report payment issues with Diversion Books, a digital publisher that has expanded over the years into traditional publishing operations.

The dramatic shifts to online sales makes it critical that publishers and authors adjust marketing strategies and build new skill sets.

Sesamy claims to liberate you from the tyranny of subscriptions through an à la carte sales model.

In a recent conversation at IBPA Publishing University, Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt spoke about the effect of the pandemic on the chain’s performance.

Deal volume, which increased in 2020, continues to grow in 2021, according to reports at Publishers Marketplace.

In the very earliest months of the pandemic, writers worried if they should still send out queries and proposals.

Full-year financial reports from 2020 are now available from the Big Five with the exception of Macmillan, which is privately held.

Recently hired Simon & Schuster senior VP and publisher Dana Canedy made the acquisition, with the first book scheduled to release in 2023.

The Sweden-based subscription service exceeded its 2020 revenue goals, although the company is not yet profitable as a whole.

The platform offers a strong monetization model for serials, but writers lack control over pricing

The platform for serialized fiction may not yet offer contract terms that appeal to savvy writers in English-language markets.

The Authors Guild recently tried to dispel fears that the PRO Act, if passed, would be unfavorable to freelancers.

Don’t Write Alone will share tools for pitching, freelancing, and job searching, and offer educational materials from writing instructors.

Launched in 2015, Serial Box publishes serialized stories produced by teams of writers in written and audio form.

Neon Squid Books from Big Five publisher Macmillan is a new London-based imprint for children.

Higdon will focus on character-driven #OwnVoices projects. They were previously a bookseller and blogger.

Welbeck Publishing Group and Mosquito Books of Barcelona are launching Orange Mosquito, which will publish 20 children’s and YA titles per year.