In a profile of James Daunt, it’s revealed that the chain now has returns down to 7 percent from its previous average of 30 percent.

Love in the Library is a picture book about how the author’s Japanese-American grandparents met at an internment camp during World War II.

Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited payouts to self-published authors—determined after the reading takes place—took a recent nosedive.

While it’s already well known that AI has been trained on websites and books, a Washington Post report has made that fact even clearer.

HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said the publisher is experimenting with generative AI for translated and illustrated book projects.

Lost Art Press in Kentucky has benefitted from abandoning industry norms.

An editor advises that when writing a true crime story it’s best to lean in to the lurid details that will hook readers up front.

In this nexus of fact and fiction, writers can mine, select and transform their real life journeys, turning points and discoveries into story.

Building up courage to own your identity as a writer starts when you realize you need to ask someone for an objective opinion on your work.

Author Elisa Lorello’s exploratory dive into ChatGPT led her to discover its usefulness—rather than threat—to fiction and nonfiction writers.

Asking yourself the right questions about why, when, how, and how much your characters speak will help you craft more powerful dialogue.

A book pitch requires an author to distill character, plot and stakes into one or two juicy sentences that entice a reader to ask for more.

The latest in trends, bookselling, audio, culture & politics, and serialization.

Kobo Plus is so far available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, the UK, and the US.

Icebreaker is Grace’s debut novel and the first book of the sports romance series The Maple Hills.

What agents and editors want in romance and YA fiction—plus a kerfuffle about grief stories.

Whether or not AI-generated content becomes copyrightable skirts the issue of whether the tools themselves are committing infringement.

This article was written by a human (I swear).

For Penguin Random House in 2022, organic sales fell 3.3 percent as book markets normalized from pandemic highs.

Patterson is annoyed that his latest nonfiction book, Walk the Blue Line: No Right, No Left, did not make the New York Times bestseller list.

Audible has been testing ads in select audiobooks, podcasts, and original content specifically for non-members.

According to Publishers Lunch, deal reports have dropped 4.4 percent versus the first quarter of 2022.

A genre author seeks advice on letting stories unspool more organically while also honoring the reliability of the three act structure.

One of the hard parts of working on a book is that day-to-day progress isn’t readily visible. Give yourself credit for all the small achievements.

These five steps will help you find your ideal comp titles for your query letter or book proposal, using ChatGPT. Includes sample prompts.