Small Press Insights: bestseller tracking site
Author Jim Hanas has launched a website called Small Press Insights that reveals which small-press books are selling on Amazon.
Author Jim Hanas has launched a website called Small Press Insights that reveals which small-press books are selling on Amazon.
Skyhorse Publishing has launched new cookbook imprint Golden Grove Publishing with Culinary Book Creations CEO James O. Fraioli.
Katie Ferriello has joined as literary agent, focusing on romance, fantasy, and children’s literature.
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Cost pressures on print have been increasing, but this requirement will prove challenging for novellas, poetry, or works with low page counts.
US copyright law allows for the prevailing party to recover legal fees, although it’s discretionary and not automatic.
The Poison Daughter is her fourth novel and her first USA Today bestseller.
The announcement is due to demand from authors—and also increasingly from stores and sales reps who are asking them to take a strong stance.
They write, “We’ve seen a significant increase in automated and low-quality account creation. A modest activation fee can make a real difference.”
Three nonprofit publishers discuss the importance of their subscription programs: McSweeney’s, Open Letter, and Archipelago Books.
Abrams Well will publish five to six wellness titles annually with its inaugural releases beginning next year.
Together they are launching an imprint called WhoopInk, focused on bringing “fresh, diverse new talent to the marketplace” in all genres.
Skyhorse Publishing, known for publishing conservative voices, is launching an imprint in partnership with Tucker Carlson’s media company.
The operation will adapt the company’s IP into books and develop new original stories that might reach the screen.
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It will focus on English-language originals with previously unpublished English translations of successful German titles.
The objection argues that the settlement, while fair in amount, would funnel most of the money away from authors and toward publishers.
Compared to the first three months of 2025, print book sales this year are down by 3.1 percent, according to Circana BookScan.
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The new feature enables readers to purchase event tickets and pre-order books in a single transaction.
Yen Press is launching a new imprint, Avocado House, dedicated to fiction and nonfiction in translation, about 12 titles per year.
Based on conversations at London Book Fair, some editors are using AI to generate summaries of manuscripts—which raises numerous questions.
HarperCollins-owned Harlequin announced a partnership with Dashverse to produce animated microdramas inspired by their romance titles.
New York Times bestselling author Scott Reintgen breaks down the author-publisher relationship and how his career has been built over time, both incrementally and with purposeful intention.
While Judge had plenty of success with the 30 books prior to Beatrix and the Unicorn, this was her first bestseller.
Authors were not consulted and likely don’t have much say over the matter, but they will receive royalties from the videos.
Added to their audio lists: Children’s, and Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous. They will stop publishing a mass market bestseller list.
After being alerted by a reader, the Times severed its relationship with the reviewer, Alex Preston, and added a notice to the review.
Gemma Paynter, formerly a product manager at Harlequin, has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate literary agent.
Manga publisher TokyoPop has launched TokyoPop Learning, focusing on books and learning materials for young readers ages 10 and up.
The new imprint from educational publisher Teacher Created Materials will publish fiction and nonfiction for young readers up to age 12.
The David Bellos Translation Prize, championing global literary voices, will be awarded to translations of fiction into English.
New World Editions is introducing a series of translated novels by authors from one country for every letter of the alphabet.
What started as a way to publish Alexei Navalny’s memoir is now branching out into other publications for Russian speakers worldwide.
Some believe we’re in for a decade or more of uncertainty surrounding this issue—and lots of litigation to keep lawyers busy.
When Hachette pulled Mia Ballard’s Shy Girl from publication due to suspected AI usage, the initial evidence arose from readers’ analyses.
Attorneys’ fees have dropped from $300 million (20% of the award) to $187.5 million (12.5% of the award), leaving more for authors.
Hachette canceled Shy Girl after suspected AI use, raising questions about editorial oversight, industry standards, and the future of AI detection in publishing.
IDW Publishing, already enjoyed success with its horror imprint, is launching IDW Crime due to demand for “true crime and cult stories”.
Author and educator Lavaille Lavette is partnering on Joyful Pen Books, focusing on inclusive stories that promote empowerment.
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Apparently OpenAI wants to devote its time to other areas, and the app required too many computational resources.
To reach this conclusion, the judge read six drafts of the plaintiff’s work and the four Crave novels, and found no more than common tropes.
The figure, based on ISBNs, represents an increase of 32.5 percent over 2024—but many ebooks have no ISBNs so the true number is even higher.
Longtime readers may recall my concerns that the list isn’t assembled with the same quality data and oversight as it once was.
Dave Hansen, the executive director of the Authors Alliance and an expert on issues of copyright and fair use, offers clarity on the case.
Bernet, who lives and works in Dallas, Texas, said her debut novel took ten years and six manuscripts to get published.