Getting Traditionally Published

The publisher has announced an expansion of its nonfiction program into popular culture and popular science.

Publishers Weekly crunched the numbers on their 2023 hardcover lists and found that the Big Five held about 85% of bestseller slots overall.

Comics pros Jim Krueger and Steve Orlando have launched a science fiction and fantasy publisher, Gungnir.

In December, the LAPL, the fifth-largest public library system in the United States, announced its acquisition of Angel City Press.

Conservative publisher Regnery has become a home to authors that the Big Five publishers don’t want or have otherwise dropped.

The initiative was announced by outgoing CEO Michael Pietsch as part of his annual letter to authors.

The publisher was founded by Louise Hay in 1984 and has a backlist of 1,500 titles.

Summit Books first existed from 1976 to 1991 and published authors such as Elie Wiesel, James Baldwin, and Oliver Sacks.

The independent “genre agnostic” publisher, based in Bend, Oregon, will offer six to 12 titles per year, both fiction and nonfiction.

The Los Angeles–based publisher, established about eight years ago, has announced a children’s imprint, Atelier Enfants.

When seeking an agent, it helps to research what they've actually repped and sold versus what they claim they’re looking for.

Screen Door Press will publish “thought-provoking books featuring…diverse views from throughout the Black diaspora.”

The Yale Review and Yale University Press are launching the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a biennial international prize for nonfiction.

Is it the changing of the guard or the changing of publishing culture—and what do such changes mean to authors?

It doesn’t bode well for the publishing industry’s future when acquisition decisions are based solely on an author’s past sales history.

Fadel quietly revised their white paper after our reporting. No longer will you find any mention of PRH using AI for acquisitions.

A well-crafted book blurb gives us just enough to care, to empathize with the protagonist’s plight, and leaves us wanting just a bit more.

The subscription-based publisher sells print editions direct to reader and pays authors higher royalties than most traditional deals.

Fadel (a cloud-based software for rights and royalty management) released a white paper on the role of AI in the publishing industry.

Disney Hyperion and pan-African entertainment company Kugali have launched KugaliInk, a graphic novel imprint focused on middle-grade readers.

Simon & Schuster’s last public earnings report revealed an earnings dip of 13 percent in the most recent quarter.

In marketing, “proof of concept” means testing an idea for sales potential before going all-in. Here’s how to apply that to your book.

Starting in spring 2024, Hemlock Press will publish espionage fiction, literary crime thrillers, and historical suspense.

The Andy Awards honor nonfiction book writing by ghostwriters and paid collaborators.

Based in California, Sibylline Press focuses on publishing novels and memoirs by women over 50.