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Storysnap generates a reverse outline of your book, as well a story bible, based on the manuscript you upload.

Author-illustrator Angela Quezada Padron has launched Dream Jar Publishing, which will focus on diverse children’s books.

Solstice Books will publish sci-fi/fantasy, romantasy, and horror starting in spring 2026.

Following a Congressional hearing on AI, Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal proposed the AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act.

The Authors Guild won a victory when a New York federal court blocked the government’s termination of 1,400 grants to scholars and authors.

I spoke to agents and publishers to ask how much evidence of AI use they’re seeing in submitted materials and why they ask about AI use at the query stage.

A hazard of writing for young readers is the temptation to craft stories with a lesson, when more richness might result from finding your theme.

You might spend half a year promoting a new book, but promoting yourself in order to build an audience is equally important work—that begins now.

Since villains usually consider themselves heroes, they can also go through the same stages heroes do—with some important variations.

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United Publishing Group brings together Forefront Books, Histria Books, and Unicorn Publishing Group in the UK.

Together, they will bring Aethon’s biggest ebook and audiobook titles into print.

Romancing the Data has launched an event directory to help authors and readers find events in the US, Canada, and online.

Abigail Fenton will join Ampersand as an agent in September; she was previously editorial director at HQ Digital and a freelance editor.

The author attributes the book’s success to support from physical bookstores and painstaking care with the cover design.

Compared to last year, print book sales are down about 1 percent with adult nonfiction declining more than fiction.

A statement from the company says, “Our new logo is … fun, friendly, and focused on books—just like Goodreads.”

With millions of writers and readers that Substack doesn’t monetize at all and that cost money to support, advertising is the next obvious step.

The judge has now ruled that the case can move forward as a class action, with a trial scheduled for December to determine damages.

Authors and agents have long turned to university presses for nonfiction projects. They’re increasingly doing the same for literary fiction.

Many self-publishing authors work with a rapid-release, low-price model—but should that steer the pricing strategy for more artisan books?

An artist’s life is unpredictable, so tapping into your inner grit will give you and your career a fighting chance to blossom for years to come.

A sci-fi writer explores how AI can help keep her scenarios grounded in reality and maintain a story bible for world-building consistency.

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