Getting Traditionally Published

Red Tower Books will be a new adult commercial-fiction imprint focused on romantic fantasy and science fiction genres.

Simon & Schuster sold 900 copies of a collector’s edition of Dylan’s new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, for $599.

Whether you’re a planner or a pantser, this brainstorming document can take your story to places it might not have gone otherwise.

Freedom Fire is a new middle-grade imprint that will feature stories written by Black creators about Black resilience and Black joy.

Tyndale Elevate will focus on apologetics: arguments and justifications for Christian beliefs.

Harlequin’s flagship romance imprint HQN is relaunching as Canary Street Press, named for Toronto’s Canary District.

Little, Brown Ink will be a graphic novel imprint at Hachette publishing about 20 titles a year, both fiction and nonfiction.

Regalo Press is a new imprint at Post Hill Press (distributed by Simon & Schuster) that will publish a broad list of fiction and nonfiction.

The founder of Bookouture, a UK-based digital publisher that was acquired by Hachette UK, has launched Storm Publishing.

Zibby Books, founded last year as a part of Zibby Owens Media, has launched a literary lifestyle magazine.

We almost missed this show, which launched in July: an all-new podcast about the “bad behavior within the secretive world of book publishing.”

Thesis will publish “urgent idea-driven nonfiction by thought leaders, journalists, and experts with a strong point of view,” starting spring 2023.

Thanks to a deal exclusive to Penguin Random House, US and UK TikTok users can now link to PRH books

When a Vermont author’s book was accepted by a New Mexico university press, she decided to ask its editors about the acquisitions process.

A successful nonfiction book proposal addresses market demand and cements the writer’s authority throughout the entire document.

UK-based Quarto Publishing is launching a new gift book imprint in 2023 called Kaddo.

Podcast network Lemonada Media and Penguin Random House have partnered to launch the Lemonada Book Club podcast.

UK publisher Angry Robot Books is launching Datura Books, a crime fiction imprint.

NPD analyst Kristen McLean provided context for the allegation that half of the trade titles published each year sell fewer than a dozen copies.

Big publishers can leverage smaller marketing spend to greater effect than smaller publishers.

UK-based Titan Comics is establishing a new manga imprint, Titan Manga.

Overall, PRH sales increased by more than 6% but profits were down by 1.8% due to cost challenges related to supply chain and inflation.

With a backlist of about 1,000 titles and 25 new titles per season, the imprint will publish books on arts and crafts.

The unpredictable and subjective nature of publishing can look like incompetence to those outside the industry.

Tor Publishing Group will include Tor, Forge Books, Nightfire, Tor Teen, Starscape, and Tordotcom Publishing.