Booksellers were somewhat alarmed when Penguin Random House announced an unexpected price increase for the hardcover edition of Call Us What We Carry—Gorman’s poetry collection

Bertelsmann, the parent company of Penguin Random House (the largest of the Big Five), recently reported results for the first half of 2021.

An author who only set out to write one book wrestles with the question—do I really have a second book in me?

One successful self-publishing author discusses the importance of multiple formats, licensing, thinking like a publisher, and much more.

Time reshapes how we view and frame the chapters of our lives. Since a memoir inevitably can’t tell the whole story, we keep writing.

One self-publishing author who opted-out offers a dozen other avenues on and off the Internet to help spread the word and drive book sales.

This is an introductory guide to the major self-publishing options available to authors today, and how to choose the right service for you.

In the last of a three-part series we examine the advantages and disadvantages of starting with theme, as opposed to character or plot.

Any self-publishing author can easily make a book available to Amazon, bookstores, libraries, etc. But availability doesn't mean visibility.

NPD BookScan recently released print sales figures for 2021 (ending July 31, 2021), showing 15 percent growth against 2020.

News The mysterious book thief. Someone with industry knowledge is acquiring manuscripts prior to publication—but with no clear motivation. A

Seventy2One publishes novellas, short story collections, and other brief works. The imprint is a division of Massive Overheads Productions, in the UK.

Marysue Rucci Books will launch with a Summer 2022 list; Scribner publisher Nan Graham says in a press release,.

The Rights Factory, a literary agency, has just launched a new agency-wide podcast, Agent Provocateur, “to intrigue, entertain, and yes, provoke you.”

Last year in June 2020, the Authors Guild hosted a panel with Black voices in publishing to discuss the challenges they’ve faced in the industry for many decades now.

Romance, the bestselling category on Amazon, often makes inroads into other categories.

Through July 2021, print unit sales are up 15.3 percent compared to 2020, which in any normal year would be incredible.

In July, the American Booksellers Association made two organizational missteps that it profusely apologized for: it used the wrong cover when featuring a book on its bestseller list.

The Vivian Awards—the new annual Romance Writers of America award series replaces the problematic RITAs—is experiencing its first scandal.

Kate Clanchy’s memoir, Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, which is about the author’s teaching experience in UK state schools,

Based in New York, Workman is one of the largest independent publishers in the US, with a focus on nonfiction publishing.

Does library lending help or hurt author and publisher income? The debate continues among publishers, librarians, and author advocates.

Framing the overall story, as well as each scene within it, through these key elements will help create a consistently propulsive plot.

Literary agents Michelle Brower and Jennifer Chen Tran discuss the pros and cons of small presses, querying strategy, and much more.

Traditional publishers often center marketing campaigns around community support—sometimes growing an author’s platform in the process