Self-publishing author David Goggins—who has sold millions of copies of his books—has filed a lawsuit against Amazon to recoup damages.

Just as a painter uses brushes and colors to blend and create, writers can experiment with tropes to make stories both familiar and refreshing.

One author threw herself into platform building and engagement, only to lose sight of what really mattered—her writing.

Understanding how to use them, and how to balance different types of scenes within a single narrative, is crucial for becoming a skilled storyteller.

It’s an author’s job to create questions that readers crave the answers to, but questions posed with unclear stakes or context can backfire.

Help journalists and bloggers to help you, by providing promotional materials about you and your books in flexible, user-friendly formats.

The more faith you have in your story’s structure, the more you’ll become the safety net your reader is hoping for.

Playing around with different storytelling forms during manuscript revision can lessen anxiety and reveal new possibilities.

If a scene, storyline, character, or image doesn’t quite belong in your story, save it for later use—as Taylor Swift does with song ideas.

The latest in organizations & community, bookselling, Amazon, trends, AI, and culture & politics.

Jenna Satterthwaite has joined as associate agent, opening to submissions on Feb. 16.

The publisher has announced an expansion of its nonfiction program into popular culture and popular science.

Hell’s Hundred will join the publisher’s existing imprints of Soho Crime, Soho Press, and Soho Teen.

Katee Robert (she/they) is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of spicy romance; their books have sold over two million copies.

The founder of Belt says small presses like hers can’t survive on sales alone when using a distributor.

Bloom Books enters into bespoke publishing agreements with indie authors and measures growth by expanding readership, not title count.

Hachette has the strongest ebook sales; it sold nearly 4 million more ebooks than Penguin Random House.

Now that all the data is in, BookScan reports that US print sales were down 3 percent in 2023 compared to 2022.

Circana BookScan book industry analyst Kristen McLean recently offered a list of areas to keep an eye on this year.

Lee Gutkind announced a partnership between Creative Nonfiction and Narratively—another literary magazine that specializes in true stories.

The publisher partly attributed its sales increase to “strong market growth for downloadable audiobooks,” as well as a new Spotify partnership.

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

If you’re an author seeking a hybrid publisher or self-publishing assistance, it’s important to know what to look out for.

Aspiring writers are inundated with rules to follow—but writing is creative, so don’t look to prescriptions or those who preach them.

Publishers and literary agents know this, even if they pretend otherwise to conveniently reject you and your work.