Getting Traditionally Published

We often long for perfect guidance about where to submit our writing, but there’s no substitute for getting to know the landscape ourselves.

They will publish “heavyweight” nonfiction books written by academics, journalists, or writers who have developed a strong brand identity.

Subscription box company FairyLoot will launch a fantasy publishing imprint in partnership with a division of Penguin Random House UK.

The new independent nonprofit publisher, Joyland, will publish two novellas annually in addition to its existing magazine.

Independent publisher Ulysses Press and book packager Spot Gloss Media have joined to launch a new publishing company.

Developed in partnership with Tamira Chapman, Storehouse Voices is committed to elevating Black voices in fiction and nonfiction.

Jenna Bush Hager’s media company, Thousand Voices, has partnered with Random House to publish emerging authors across the group’s imprints.

Simon Maverick will mostly work with self-published authors to produce original audiobooks and is planning 50 titles in its first year.

A roundup of new publishers, imprints, and agents announced in 2024, as covered in The Hot Sheet.

Harper Pop will focus on licensed publications, popular culture, and trend-driven publishing for adults and children.

The imprint will publish three nonfiction books each year with select fiction and classics.

Sophia Coppola has partnered with UK publisher Mack to launch Important Flowers, a photo book imprint.

LEAP will publish across nonfiction categories, including memoir, psychology, parenting, cookery, soft business, activism, and more.

Evermore will publish romance for the “younger voracious romance reader.”

Authors of each year’s list at the Brooklyn-based publisher will acquire the titles to be published by the press in the following year.

Microsoft has launched 8080 Books, an imprint for “original research, ideas, and insights at the intersection of science, technology, and business.”

The line launches with Green’s own book, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, to be published on March 18.

Now, subscribers to Everand will be moved next year to a credit-based model for digital book consumption.

In collaboration with Cosmopolitan magazine and Hearst Books, Sourcebooks plans to launch Cosmo Reads in summer 2025, with four to six titles a year.

Andrews McMeel has announced it will publish inspirational books under the brand.

Macmillan has launched Fablelistik Editions, a new imprint that “creates bespoke renditions of contemporary and classic stories.”

With an optioned NYT bestseller under her belt, one author assumed she was on easy street—but every writing career has bumps in the road.

You don’t need an online presence to sell your first novel. Period.

Two Shores Press focuses on South Asian literature and is founded by Aananth Daksnamurthy, a graduate of NYU’s Center for Publishing.

HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and Lagardère have all seen increased profits in the first half of 2024, partly due to job cuts.