Getting Traditionally Published

Established authors have reported concerning changes in traditional publishing: editors increasingly demand complete manuscripts rather than accepting proposals. Response times have also lengthened dramatically, and ghosting has become common.

Submissions management is one area where AI assistance might stand to improve things, but its use remains controversial.

Independent publisher Grove Atlantic has launched Atlantic Crime, a new imprint that will release 18–24 titles per year.

Within hours of an essay by S&S’s Sean Manning, major media outlets started calling up industry insiders to get their reactions.

The mission: “publish books that illuminate and elucidate the central questions and fundamental ideas of modern science for readers.”

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.”

Book proposals come together much more easily when the author has confidence and clarity on their target audience.

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

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.

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