Third-party promoters who offer to pad your email subscriber list for a fee might be attracting the wrong type of readers.

When we show our character’s cognitive dissonance—wrestling with conflicting beliefs—readers can’t help but relate and empathize.

Present tense is tough to execute and doesn’t suit every writer or every memoir, but here are a few reasons to give it a try.

Shifting your understanding and approach to book marketing can transform it from a dreaded chore to a rewarding part of our journey.

The latest in traditional publishing, trends, TikTok, Amazon, libraries, culture & politics, the SPD closure, and AI.

A native New Yorker, Priscilla Posada is a literary translator and is pursuing an MFA in writing and literature from Bennington College.

Kana is a new imprint from Abrams ComicArts, focusing on adult-oriented manga translated into English from Japanese and French.

Children’s author Darcy Pattison, who runs Mims House Books, responded to our article on publisher-library relationships.

Insight into the complexity and customization of royalty statements.

Driving results: good audiobook sales as well as good performance at Orbit and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

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

The US Book Show, a one-day publishing industry event, takes place this year on May 22 at New York University’s Kimmel Center—in person only.

Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) has been acquired by Simon & Schuster, one of the Big Five publishers in the US.

PRH has made an internal generative AI tool available to its employees as an alternative to the public version of ChatGPT.

Kindle Vella is Amazon’s serialization platform where readers must pay to keep reading new installments.

Recently, the FTC in the United States announced a rule banning non-competes nationwide, making noncompetes no longer enforceable.

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

Even if your plot is moving along nicely, a well-placed complication can jolt the action forward or sideways, or surprise your reader a little.

If you’ve decided to seek a press that accepts unagented work, here’s a checklist to help you make a submission list you can feel confident in.

A strong story opening might introduce your character's normal world, while also making clear the untenable situation they must change.

The latest in TikTok, contracts, trends, marketing & promotion, distribution, AI, and culture & politics.

Hypnovels is an AI-driven digital platform that authors and publishers can use to transform their books into animations.

Airwave podcast network and BenBella Books are launching Airwave Books, which will feature nonfiction books by Airwave’s creators.

Viola Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, have announced the creation of a new publisher, JVL Media.

Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, the authors of the bestselling Zodiac Academy series, have established Dark Ink Publishing in the UK.