Getting Traditionally Published

Re-Discovery Lit at Open Road Media will publish out-of-print titles and books where rights have reverted to the author.

If your publisher’s suggested cover design feels wrong, put your foot down when necessary but also listen—really listen—to the professionals.

Worried you’re not enough of an expert to write your book? That’s OK. You don’t need to be the annoying expert who knows it all. There’s another—far more effective—approach you can take when talking to readers.

UK-based Pan Macmillan will begin selling and marketing select Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) this year in the United States. MCB

Through the recently launched Innovative Voices Program, the Independent Book Publishers Association will provide guidance and support each year to

An overview of the factors that contribute to market designation in books for older children Traditionally grouped together as children’s

PRH, the biggest of the Big Five publishers, has acquired Callisto Media, a startup publisher that’s fallen on hard times after their venture capital funding dried up.

An imprint of Simon & Schuster, Scribner has published some poetry in the past, but it never had a formal

HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said the publisher is experimenting with generative AI for translated and illustrated book projects.

SFF publisher Orbit (a division of Hachette) has announced Orbit Works, a new imprint that will publish ebooks and audiobooks.

Casemate is an independent publisher that publishes primarily military history books.

Lost Art Press in Kentucky has benefitted from abandoning industry norms.

A book pitch requires an author to distill character, plot and stakes into one or two juicy sentences that entice a reader to ask for more.

For Penguin Random House in 2022, organic sales fell 3.3 percent as book markets normalized from pandemic highs.

According to Publishers Lunch, deal reports have dropped 4.4 percent versus the first quarter of 2022.

These five steps will help you find your ideal comp titles for your query letter or book proposal, using ChatGPT. Includes sample prompts.

Submitting work shouldn’t be an act of desperation, and not every publishing deal aligns with your goals for your book—your “why”.

The new imprint, AUWA Books, will feature an eclectic mix of fiction and nonfiction.

A senior editor has announced a new initiative which will send advance reading copies of the books he’s publishing to “everyday people.”

A look at proposed remedies to rights issues in generative AI.

Hachette and HarperCollins have both announced voluntary programs to encourage long-time employees to resign or retire.

The imprint is designed to “focus on titles that tie in closely with franchise launches and priorities, story content, and more expansive world building.”

When her indie publisher goes AWOL, an author finds the community and resources she needs to pick up the pieces and persevere.

Simon & Schuster exceeded $1 billion in sales for the first time ever in 2022—an increase of 18.5 percent over the prior year.

Last month, the Telegraph reported it had found hundreds of changes in the latest UK editions of Dahl’s children’s books.