Podcast host, author, and actor David Temple discusses his shift from being in radio to writing novels, landing all-star interviews, and more.

MS Word is great for collaboration using Track Changes, but can it offer drag & drop organization like Scrivener? Yes, with a little know-how.

Backstory risks feeling clumsy or intrusive if it’s not directly relevant to the main, “real-time” story, and can stall forward momentum.

Jennifer Udden has worked as a freelance editor and was previously an agent at New Leaf Literary & Media.

Kimberly Latrice Jones has joined as associate agent at LCS, focusing on nonfiction and picture books.

Bard Books will launch with two titles by the infamous editor Gordon Lish: To Have Written a Book and Annals and Indices.

The latest in audio, trends, marketing & promotion, culture & politics, AI, and legal issues.

Hall has published 26 books, with two more scheduled for 2024 and an additional nine titles on their website with release dates TBD.

How to be a good partner for an effective event.

The term “new adult” may be more relevant to the writer and publisher than to the reader or retailer.

Trade/consumer publishing revenue from adult and children’s sales declined by 1 percent in 2023 versus 2022.

The publishing industry gathered in London this month for the London Book Fair, which attracted about 30,000 book industry professionals.

Identifying your story’s turning point or “beats”, and the function each one serves, can help shape your material into a more focused narrative.

The headlines, facts, and observations that fuel your obsessions will seed your own work and grow it into the stories only you can tell.

There’s no formula for “perfect” characterization of marginalized people, but these tips can pave the way to better representation—and better writing!

Put your energy into people and places that are a good fit for you and your writing goals, and your literary community will thrive.

The latest in traditional publishing, bookselling, trends, Amazon, AI, and culture & politics.

WorkingLit is a cloud-based system that helps small publishers streamline their product databases, manage orders, and more.

Brydon Books is a new children’s publishing company based in the UK, launched by author Alli Brydon and her husband, Edward Brydon.

Zando has established a new imprint called Slowburn to publish books targeted at the BookTok audience.

It recently announced that readers can now engage with some titles through an AI chat model that’s been trained on the full text of the book.

Evie Woods is the nom de plume of Evie Gaughan, bestselling author of The Story Collector, The Heirloom, and The Mysterious Bakery on Rue De Paris.

Publishers aren’t interested in publishing election-related content this year, which echoes changes in the larger media ecosystem.

The new publisher looks positioned to offer top authors a bespoke experience. How will they do with unknown authors? Will they take unknowns? We’ll see.

As of the week ending March 2, print book sales are down 4 percent versus last year, according to Circana BookScan.