Better sales through online retail means paying attention to the small details and taking advantage of any opportunities that Amazon gives you.

The DOJ, industry experts, and author advocacy groups disagree on how (or even whether) this filing will affect midlist authors.

NPD BookScan is reporting strong print sales versus last year, indicating that people may be getting their holiday shopping done early.

We’re not even at the six-month mark since some of the star-powered Substack and Facebook newsletter deals were announced.

Best-streaming audiobooks, by contrast, are shorter, more straightforwardly written, and appear to highlight plot and dialogue.

Baker & Taylor, a key book distributor to public and academic libraries, has been sold to an independent, privately owned company.

In September, Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to Amazon about the role of its algorithm in promoting vaccine misinformation.

There are three main ways to create printed copies of your book. Which one you choose depends on your budget and goals.

This author is living proof that neither age nor lack of experience writing fiction are barriers to becoming a novelist.

Will you tell your story in a linear, chronological manner, or use a more complicated structure? Here’s how to decide what might be best.

Even the most high-profile influencers may be reachable if you make the right connections and take the right steps.

Character arc—a protagonist’s internal journey—is less obvious than the events of the plot, but it’s what makes a story meaningful.

Much remains unknown about NFTs but some in publishing think they might be revolutionary for writers, and indeed the world.

A research firm recently investigated consumer sentiment about 21 categories of subscription services, asking if they were “happily hooked” nor not.

Surprises An award-winning Spanish female crime writer is in fact three men. They are all TV scriptwriters using a pseudonym.

The agency is founded by Jack Fogg, former publishing director of HarperNonFiction; and Ben Dunn, also a former publisher.

 Bluemoose is an award-winning independent publisher of adult fiction. In summer 2022, Bluemoose will begin publishing nonfiction.

Unbound Firsts will take on two writers of color every year for a debut work of either fiction or nonfiction.

The conservative media outlet Daily Wire has started a publishing imprint, DW Books, that will begin publishing in spring 2022.

Earlier this year, Netflix boasted that half of the top 10 titles featured on the New York Times bestseller list were Netflix adaptations,

Three agents founded Trellis Literary Management. They include Allison Hunter {Janklow & Nesbit), Stephanie Delman (Sanford J. Greenburger Associates), and Michelle Brower ( Aevitas Creative Management).

While most NFT activity today can be found in the arts, sports, and gaming communities, authors too are getting drawn in by market speculation and launching their own ventures

Authors who publish frequently have the best chance in this genre; paranormal themes and women sleuths also perform well

The key to winning BookTok content: authenticity

For the first nine months of 2021, print sales are up 11 percent versus 2019 and are likely to grow 6 to 9 percent over 2020.