Author and illustrator Jim Averbeck has joined East/West as a literary agent representing children’s authors and illustrators.

Sam Missingham has launched MeetTheBooktokers.com, a platform that showcases the work of Booktokers.

Substack authors, publicists, and agents talk about current issues in publishing.

Total revenue for publishers increased by 5.6 percent in the first half of the year versus 2023.

When D2D surveyed its authors, some were worried a licensing deal with an AI company was imminent.

With an optioned NYT bestseller under her belt, one author assumed she was on easy street—but every writing career has bumps in the road.

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Two Shores Press focuses on South Asian literature and is founded by Aananth Daksnamurthy, a graduate of NYU’s Center for Publishing.

Hailey Stephens accepts both fiction and nonfiction as well as select middle-grade works.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sharon Sala has over 140 books in print across seven genres.

You don’t need an online presence to sell your first novel. Period.

Agents have become ever more involved in indie author careers, especially as traditional publishers increasingly accept print-only deals.

HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and Lagardère have all seen increased profits in the first half of 2024, partly due to job cuts.

Written Word Media surveys authors to understand what works, what doesn’t, and how we can share best business practices.

To draw interest, the Black List will organize an annual award—the Unpublished Novel Award—in seven fiction genres, open to paying members.

Narrators who work with clients through ACX can have their voices replicated by AI to audition for jobs or to narrate entire audiobooks.

Ultimately, the statement spent far more time addressing anti-AI sentiment in the writing community, rather than expressing neutrality.

Publishers Lunch reported that Amazon and ebook distributor OverDrive are limiting summary titles in their online catalogs.

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

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

Here’s how highly effective people and highly ineffective writers share the same seven habits, but apply their efforts in different directions.

We all fantasize about overnight success, but building an audience—and platform—takes time, persistence, and strategy.

Creative intuition is about trusting yourself to make bold choices, even when you can’t immediately justify them.

Whether your writing partner is your spouse, best friend, or a colleague, here are some tips on setting expectations and sharing the work.

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