Marvel Teams with Webtoon to Launch Subscription Comics App
Marvel and Webtoon have announced a new subscription-based app offering titles from Marvel, Star Wars and 20th Century Studios.
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Victoria Zackheim to Release Three Mystery Novels and Anne Perry Tribute in 2026
Veteran author Victoria Zackheim announced that three new mystery titles will hit shelves this year and next, while completing Anne Perry’s unfinished Daniel Pitt novel for Ballantine.
Flash Fiction Offers Novelists a Tool for Deeper Characters and World‑Building
Author and book coach Miranda Keskes explains how writing flash fiction can deepen character development and enrich novel manuscripts, and announces an online workshop on October 19.
Frankfurt Book Fair Draws 236,000 as Publishing Industry Confronts AI, Audio and Changing Readers
FRANKFURT, Germany — The Frankfurt Book Fair closed its 2026 edition with 236,000 visitors from 137 countries, as publishers, authors, agents and readers gathered for five days of business, debate and literary events at a time of…
BookTok's Second Wave: Midlist Authors Break Out on Screen
The creator economy that rescued the romance shelves is now rewriting career trajectories further up the list. Literary agents report a clear second wave of BookTok: instead of unknown debuts going viral, established midlist authors are finding…
Independent Bookshops Head Into Holiday Season With Cautious Optimism
The till receipts from the first autumn half-term are in, and independent booksellers like what they see. Footfall across UK and continental indies tracked by trade associations is up year-on-year, average basket values are holding, and —…
Frankfurt Book Fair 2026 Opens Amid Tighter Budgets and Bigger Ambitions
Frankfurt is about to do what it does best: compress a year’s worth of rights conversations into five days. As the 2026 fair opens its doors this week, the talk in the halls will balance two competing…
AI Translation Divide Deepens as Publishers Rewrite Contract Clauses
A year ago, machine translation clauses in publishing contracts were a niche concern for technical publishers. This autumn, they are standard battleground. The dividing line running through the translation market is no longer whether to use AI-assisted…
Indie Author Turns Free BookBub Deal into Full‑Time Income After 40,000 Free Downloads
An Australian writer’s debut cozy‑gothic fantasy, Wormwood Abbey, amassed over 20,000 free downloads in a June 2024 BookBub Featured Deal, sparking $14,000 AUD in Amazon sales and a five‑book series that now funds a full‑time author career.
IngramSpark Emphasizes Importance of One‑Page Author Brand Style Guides
IngramSpark’s latest blog post warns authors that a single‑page brand style guide is essential for visual consistency across covers, websites, social media and email.