An experienced author of advanced age considers the value of tackling a memoir with resonant themes but a challenging road to publication.

Advice on getting your foot in the door as an on-air expert, from someone who spent two decades booking authors for TV appearances.

Identifying and bolstering your story’s theme can develop a layered narrative that resonates with readers on conscious and subconscious levels.

To make readers care, you generally need to get three things on your novel’s opening pages before the inciting incident arrives.

This author didn’t think of herself as a humor writer until her readers told her otherwise, so she dug into what makes her work funny.

When a query letter receives conflicting feedback from professionals, how does an unpublished writer decide what to believe?

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

Designer Steve Leard has launched a book cover design podcast called Cover Meeting.

Launched by a group of authors, Pacific Islanders in Publishing offers resources for breaking into publishing.

Mara Cobb has joined as junior agent and is accepting queries as of Sept. 5. She is looking for adult nonfiction and women’s fiction.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Spotify will test a free audiobook trial in the coming months.

Big publishers find it hard to change long-held processes for bringing books to market.

Penguin Random House saw sales increase nearly 10% in the first half of 2023 due to acquisitions, international growth, and a royal memoir.

The change is prompted by demands from some booksellers and online retailers that purchase through Ingram’s wholesale distribution network.

Bookshop, the online retailer that competes against Amazon for print book sales, will begin beta testing ebook sales in November 2023.

Amazon permits authors and publishers to sell AI-generated books, but that fact must now be disclosed when uploading work to Amazon KDP.

Many people argue using bad-faith tactics. Much more difficult is to engage the best ideas we disagree with, and explain our opposition clearly.

Whether you’re a plotter, a pantser, or something in between, a little planning can help prepare you for the challenges of writing multiples.

An author who self-published before the current tools existed offers some thoughts on the mindset required to succeed in this business.

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

Tea’s imprint, which will publish queer authors, is part of independent publisher Semiotext(e).

Marissa Koors was previously associate editor at Basic Books and Seal Press.

Matt Baume—whose work focuses on queer culture, geeks, and all things strange and wonderful—is a writer, podcaster, and video-maker based in Seattle.

If you’re willing to spend time on quality prompts and a bit of research, you can get usable marketing copy from AI tools.

Agents and industry veterans aren’t sure if an influencer- and member-driven publishing model is sustainable or desirable for authors.