The imagery and symbolism in a tarot deck can help an author achieve clarity on character and story arcs, internal and external journeys.

Wanting to leave your writing group doesn’t make you a jerk. Departing with grace is an act of kindness that furthers your development and the friendships you cherish.

Courtesy of Publishers Weekly, this chart shows the 2020 vs 2021 performance of four of the Big Five publishers, which saw record profits last year.

Supply Chain What’s behind the paper shortages? The problem goes back to pre-pandemic trends. Read Lou Caron at WhatTheyThink.The Midland

After having a dedicated Nook audiobooks app and audiobook website), Barnes & Noble is selling digital audiobooks through its main Nook app.

Harper Select, a division of HarperCollins Focus, will publish memoir and narrative nonfiction starting this November.

Lisa Highton will represent both fiction and narrative nonfiction. She was formerly publisher at the Hachette UK imprint Two Roads.

Transworld, a division of Penguin Random House UK, has established Torva, devoted to publishing hardcover nonfiction “that will change the future.”

The Ancient Lives series will focus on biographies of “thinkers, writers, kings, queens, conquerors, and politicians from all parts of the ancient world.”

The new imprint is a collaboration with Sugar23, a media platform founded by an Academy Award–winning producer and manager.

Book clubs were the best way to spread word about books 20 years ago. But a new generation of readers seeks more personal recommendations.

The category invented by indie authors focuses on women in midlife.

Fat representation—where being overweight doesn’t mean a character is evil or has something to overcome—is increasingly sought after.

While US print book sales in March 2022 don’t look good compared to 2021, last year’s performance, as you will hear repeatedly, was highly unusual.

Earlier this month, Staten Island Amazon workers voted 2,654 to 2,131 in favor of forming the first Amazon union in the United States.

Here’s how last year fell out financially for the biggest US trade publishers.

The US-based Publishers Marketplace regularly shares statistics on deals announced through the site, all of which are self-reported by agents,

At least once a year a reader discovers Amazon’s long-standing lenient refund/returns policy for ebooks and audiobooks, and spreads the word.

Many writers are told to blog or send an email newsletter without much idea of how to approach it. Here are the most common mistakes they make.

Alexander will launch with nonfiction works from authors such as Colum McCann, Xiaolu Guo, Chigozie Obioma, Carlo Rovelli, and Valeria Luiselli.

The real reason writing groups sometimes fail us has nothing to do with the lovely people in them. The failure is due to a mismatch between what you need and what the group offers.

University presses are not just for scholars, and many are far more open-minded than you may think.

By a large majority, Americans oppose recent efforts to ban books from schools and libraries, saying they trust librarians to make appropriate collection decisions.

Trends Graphic novels drive buzz at the biggest industry book fair for children’s work. At Bologna Book Fair this year,

EUP, which is known for its focus on Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, has partnered with the Gibb Memorial Trust on a new scholarly imprint.