Dodging the Scarcity Trap
The best way to support your book, especially in the nonfiction world, may be sharing your ideas freely long before the book appears in print.
Links of Interest: March 5, 2025
The latest in traditional publishing, magazines, marketing & promotion, children's publishing, romance, media, AI, and libraries.
New service company for self-published authors
BeRead is headed up by two people with backgrounds in the publishing industry. Both have worked in marketing positions for the big houses.
Ghostwriting conference returns for a second year
Gotham Ghostwriters and the Association of Ghostwriters will host their second annual Gathering of the Ghosts in New York City in November.
New literary magazine: Amulet
Amulet publishes fiction, essays, and poetry on the theme of spirituality.
New agent alert at Writers House
David Moldawer has joined to represent nonfiction authors. He previously held editorial positions at Amazon Publishing and Portfolio.
New publisher: Honey Blossom Press
The publisher will focus on underrepresented voices in fiction and nonfiction, with Ingram distributing and RBmedia as its audiobook partner.
ReelShort Publishing House: novelizing popular vertical shorts
Crazy Maple Studio, creator of the streaming platform ReelShort, is launching a publishing division for books inspired by short videos.
New Orion (UK) imprint: Orion Ignite
The first title to be signed to the nonfiction imprint is How to Disagree Better by Julia Minson, a Harvard professor.
Simon & Schuster Australia launches Atria Australia
Atria Australia will publish across multiple fiction genres.
Independent publisher Ig launches Auteur
Auteur is a series of books that combine film criticism and personal narrative. Each title will examine a single movie.
New paperback reissue imprint at Doubleday Books (Penguin Random House)
The imprint is called Outsider Editions; it will focus on underappreciated literary work of all genres.
About those new tariffs
On March 4, the Trump administration’s tariffs went into effect for Canada, Mexico, and China.
New children’s imprint at HarperCollins: Storytide
Storytide will publish fiction for middle-grade and teenage readers.
Requited: new adult imprint at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette)
After fizzling out in the mid-2010s, the new-adult category is receiving renewed attention from traditional publishers.
New imprint at Hachette: Cardinal
Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette, is launching the Cardinal imprint this fall, which will publish fiction and nonfiction.
AI copycats becoming frustratingly predictable
If you’re publishing a nonfiction book of any kind, it’s become part of your journey now to discover the first AI-generated knockoff.
Website brought down by fans placing Ana Huang orders
This event late last month caught my eye because it symbolizes a few ongoing and important business trends for authors.
Book sales update: 2024 traditional publishing up by 6.5 percent
Digital audio now beats ebooks in terms of dollars earned for AAP-reporting publishers.
Thoughts to Ponder: AI Use
There's already more to read than anyone has time to consume. Do generative AI tools really make the problem any worse than it is?
The Most Successful Publisher You’ve Never Heard Of
A Romania-based publisher has quietly built a successful business selling specialized nonfiction books directly to consumers.
Bottom Line February 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
Remembering Susan DeFreitas
Remembering author and editor Susan DeFreitas, whose life was cut short by cancer.
This Memoir Could Have Been an Email: Telling Your Story With Different Forms of Communication
Different forms of communication—letters, voicemails, social posts—can enrich your memoir, so long as they help tap into something universal.
Sometimes It IS About the Research
One writer reflects on the importance of original reference material when a digitized version might be missing critical context.