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According to Circana BookScan, US print book sales are up just slightly this year compared to 2023, driven by sales of romance and romantasy.

Earlier this month, the Authors Guild announced a partnership with AI licensing agency Created by Humans.

What does an average person like me have to say? If you ever find yourself thinking that way, make a list of subjects you know inside and out.

Nonfiction writers have to decide where to collect their stories and how much to rely on their personal experience.

Struggling with the plot of your current work-in-progress? Maybe one of these tried and true solutions will do the trick for you.

Next time you feel stuck, abandoning perfection and embracing bad ideas might be just the trick for breaking out of a creative slump.

It's easier to write beginnings and endings but often the middle is left sagging—not out of the lack of skill or care, but out of confusion.

My book, The Business of Being a Writer Second Edition, releases in April 2025. To mark the occasion, I’m offering a free, email-based course.

Christine Larson, author of Love in the Time of Self-Publishing, talks about the genre’s struggle with diversity, and how writers earn a living.

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Macmillan has launched Fablelistik Editions, a new imprint that “creates bespoke renditions of contemporary and classic stories.”

While reporting a magazine piece about the Manson Family murders, O’Neill unearthed shocking evidence of a coverup behind the “official” story.

The vast availability of training material for AI models leaves little leverage for individual authors.

The latest figures from the AAP (through July 2024) show book sales revenue is up 7.6 percent this year compared to last year.

Definitively proving counterfeiting and piracy to the platforms that may benefit from it is neither straightforward nor easy.

Publishers Weekly looked at government statistics that show the number of publishing jobs has declined significantly over the last 30 years

Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.

The September 2024 bestseller lists are now available at the Hot Sheet website, free to everyone. Here are some points of interest.

Here are three techniques to help you write about an event when your memories of it are scattered, shattered, or gone.

Spooky season is the perfect time to write that Gothic fiction tale you've been brewing. Learn the key genre conventions and how to outline your story.

One author examines the fear that accompanies publication—that a perceived flaw in the work, or herself, could cause embarrassment and shame.

An in era of episodic adventure stories, Sense and Sensibility offered a novel with what modern readers would recognize as plot structure.

Having retired from finance to pursue an MFA, one writer offers tips on embracing a new identity, taking risks, and maximizing strengths.

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