In our 2024 outlook, we said we’d be watching for a larger trend of traditional publishers partnering with successful self-published authors for mutual benefit. And now we have a good sign: Entangled Publishing, an independent publisher distributed by Macmillan, has picked up a dozen romance authors, acquiring print rights to their bestselling ebooks. (Entangled publishes romantasy author Rebecca Yarros, a top-selling author in 2023.) Most of these 12 authors write series, so the number of titles involved is about 80. Each title will get a “fresh read” by editors and new artwork. Authors joining include A.L. Brody, K Bromberg, R.S. Grey, Melanie Harlow, Helena Hunting, AL Jackson, Jodi Ellen Malpas, Marni Mann, Monica Murphy, Elizabeth O’Roark, Laura Pavlov, and Tijan. Learn more.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
