Soft Skull Press will acquire up to two books a year from Kimbilio fellows and faculty members over the next three years.

Alchemy is led by poet and novelist Dionne Brand and will publish two to three fiction and nonfiction titles per year.

Her new firm offers full-service literary and media representation and helps leverage licensing opportunities.

Sarah Selects is a new book club whose monthly selections will be made by Sarah Gelman, Amazon’s editorial director for books.

Sales of this category have grown over the years, attracting writers from multiple genres and blurring the lines with women’s fiction.

Publishers and authors ultimately advocate for building direct relationships with readers in order to reduce reliance on ad platforms like Facebook.

Inflation and supply chain issues lead a long list of concerns facing the publishing industry.

Despite losses, 2022 remains the second-strongest year on record in NPD BookScan (2021 was the strongest).

The law grants protection to freelancers of all kinds who work in New York or work with entities based in New York.

Amazon will stop selling Kindles in China and close its China ebookstore in June 2023.

The Copyright Office has now announced that the CCB will start accepting claims on June 16.

Self-publishing authors who sell books via Ingram with a newer ISBN might have problems if those books are ordered by Amazon (via Ingram).

Beta reading for others can be a creative education. Lean into that, and your future books will be all the better for it.

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Not all hybrid and paid-for publishers are the same, and picking the right option depends on every author’s own thorough self-assessment.

With some caveats, banned books that make national news typically enjoy a sales bump, according to figures from NPD Books.

The latest in TikTok, industry trends, self-publishing and more.

Atlantic Editions is a new imprint that will publish up to a dozen nonfiction paperback titles per year.

Canelo will begin publishing fiction, including thrillers, romance, and historical fiction, in the US market.

In the children’s market alone, one in three books sold in the US features a licensed character.

The Copyright Claims Board is less expensive and more accessible than federal court. But a few of its provisions may cancel out the benefit.

Publishers are often accused of insufficiently supporting their midlist authors. The situation may be worse than usual.

Changes in the number and nature of book bans require book-loving community members to push back against bans at a local level.

The latest figures from NPD Books show that US book sales remain in a solid position, with little change over the last five weeks.