Tools and Services

This online tool allows anyone to see all of the books published by a single publisher in a specific reserved block of ISBNs.

Sekai is an emerging platform that allows storytellers to co-create alongside other people using generative AI.

SXSW has partnered with Advantage Media, a hybrid publishing company, to establish SXSW Books. Distribution is through Ingram’s Two River.

Launched in 2010, Unbound is one of the very few publishers that uses a crowdfunding model for every title published.

Former Abrams CEO Michael Jacobs and author Sheridan Hay have opened up a consulting/coaching firm.

The Apple and Android app can bring realistic narration to any book, article, PDF, newsletter, or text that you import.

National Book Network has about 150 clients, and all have been given a chance to move to Simon & Schuster’s distribution services.

Smashing is a new free app meant to help people who are “drowning” in content and need help navigating the media

And whether there’s risk of AI training on your material.

POD has an important role to fulfill in the publishing industry, and eventually your book is likely to be printed using it.

The database helps film- and TV-industry professionals find books available for screen adaptation.

To draw interest, the Black List will organize an annual award—the Unpublished Novel Award—in seven fiction genres, open to paying members.

Who pays for the service and who decides how to incorporate feedback?

Perfect Bound is a company that helps match small publishers with printers to create faster and cheaper printing runs.

Shimmr is an automated book advertising service based in the UK; Pix is a chatbot that offers book recommendations.

WorkingLit is a cloud-based system that helps small publishers streamline their product databases, manage orders, and more.

Based in the US, tech company Veristage has launched Insight, an AI publishing assistant for publishers.

Sudowrite’s James Yu addresses concerns and best use cases.

If you have an active membership at Publishers Marketplace, you can now use AI to help fuel your search for the right agent for your next book.

Amazon has filed suit against 20 individuals who run publishing services that deceive authors into thinking they are endorsed by Amazon.

Two independent publishers have launched an online marketplace that matches publishers with printers.

Scribd is separating its digital content across three products, with ebooks and audiobooks moving to a new app called Everand.

The change is prompted by demands from some booksellers and online retailers that purchase through Ingram’s wholesale distribution network.

Launched by a group of authors, Pacific Islanders in Publishing offers resources for breaking into publishing.

If you’re willing to spend time on quality prompts and a bit of research, you can get usable marketing copy from AI tools.