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Starting this fall, TokyoPop Kids will publish manga, graphic novels, picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels.

In honor of Children’s Book Week, Chronicle is accepting unagented manuscripts through May 10.

The imprint will publish titles across sports, health, autobiography, and business.

The imprint will tackle existential questions for readers wherever they are on the spirituality spectrum.

The imprint is the second to be announced by Putman Publishing, run by Pete Selby and Doug Putman, owner of music retailer HMV UK.

A bookseller in Houston has launched Grave Empire, a one-man publishing operation dedicated to horror fiction.

3AM Books will be PRH’s first dedicated horror imprint. The first title, FAWN by debut author and journalist CN Vair, will release this August.

We spoke with three authors in the fantasy genre about what TikTok success looks like and how they achieved it.

The Guild has consolidated all AI-related contract clauses—existing ones and new provisions—on a dedicated page on its website.

This latest AI lawsuit seeks class action status against Meta for pirating millions of books to train Meta’s LLM, Llama.

Transitioning away too often—to a flashback or a new scene—risks losing the depth of storytelling that readers get from living inside a scene.

One memoir coach sees writers rush ahead into chapters and character detail before understanding: Why am I writing this exact story right now?

"Noticing what you notice" helps you identify your authentic material and produce work no one can ever copy.

The novelist studied bestsellers to learn what could help her reach a wider audience, and identified two crucial elements to incorporate.

The service is shifting to a pooling model where audiobook royalties are affected by how much an Audible member consumes in a month.

The latest in traditional publishing, the New York Times, culture & politics, and AI.

The Minneapolis-based nonprofit publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from underrepresented writers.

Booksellers.ca is the first online bookselling platform to serve both the English- and French-language readers across Canada.

Alvina Ling Books will release 15–20 titles per year starting this fall, with an emphasis on fiction, from board books to YA.

We attempt to clarify the claim that half of all books sell fewer than a dozen copies—a statistic for which this newsletter is partially responsible.

The guidelines address usage, disclosure, and tips on understanding and managing AI risks.

A repeated word, phrase, motif, symbol, or image can create tension for your readers in small, barely noticeable increments.

The latest in traditional publishing, bookselling, culture & politics, and AI.

Katie Ferriello has joined as literary agent, focusing on romance, fantasy, and children’s literature.