The person on the page can’t be the person writing the book. Because if your life has changed enough to write about, you aren’t that person anymore.

The majority of book awards are pay-to-play deals. Some do little harm, others are genuinely useful, but most make no difference to your career or sales.

We remember the late Porter Anderson, who in 2015 co-founded (with Jane) The Hot Sheet email newsletter known today as The Bottom Line.

The Smashwords store (owned and operated by Draft2Digital) has announced a new royalty rate structure that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

Starling will represent children’s authors and illustrators as well as authors of adult fiction and nonfiction.

The latest in bookselling, AI, and children’s publishing.

Sara Lloyd has been appointed to a new role to determine the publisher’s AI strategy across its English-speaking operations.

In one case, the judge has ordered OpenAI to provide in-house communications about deleting datasets they used to train ChatGPT.

A deep dive with three traditional publishers who remain active in the coloring book market, each of them with a different approach.

Even experienced novelists overwrite. Here are five insights about ruthlessly cutting a manuscript—and why that’s a good thing.

This excerpt from the new book Digital Inc. by Richard Curtis examines why ebooks failed to supplant print as many tech pioneers expected.

This is the first book in a spinoff series from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal–winning Creepy series.

The latest in social media, traditional publishing, culture & politics, and AI.

James Patterson and Bookshop.org are partnering on a $15,000 literary prize for debut books. Nominations open on January 5, 2026.

The venture promises to identify an unpublished novel that will receive a $25,000 contract from Blackstone—but there’s a price.

Last week in New Zealand, two books by esteemed authors were disqualified from competing for a national book award—comparable to the US National Book Award—because of AI artwork on the covers. But policies that disqualify AI work from awards or other consideration may not be sustainable for very long.

Lakeside, a book manufacturer which spun out of RR Donnelly five years ago, already serves 250 small publishers who handle their own sales.

A writer’s script-editing experience helped fix her novel’s problems with pacing, flat characters, and scenes that didn’t propel the story.

In crime fiction, the most powerful moments often aren’t about car chases or shootouts—they’re about impossible choices.

The latest in scams, trends, AI, and a piece everyone's talking about.

Lindsay Guzzardo has launched Keystone Literary Agency, which represents a broad range of fiction and nonfiction for adults.

The site offers a database enabling users to search for and contact freelancers for editing, publicity, design, marketing, and more.

In 2024, UK’s Nielsen reports that the science fiction and fantasy category secured its biggest year since they began keeping records.

This is a PSA for any Amazon Publishing authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list.

That would put Big Five publisher Macmillan in sixth place in terms of sales volume, but not dollars.