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…
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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…
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…
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.
Randi Smith’s YA Debut Tackles Book Bans Through a Secret Library Club
Author Randi Smith, a member of Authors Against Book Bans and the Independent Book Publishers Association, releases the YA novel Ada Holloway’s Had Enough,…
Indie Historical Romance Author Liz Harris Talks Creative Freedom and Business Savvy
Historical romance writer Liz Harris explains how her love of history, teaching and travel shaped her fiction and why she chose to stay independent…
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Around ten new book collections debut in October
In October, a dozen fresh series from major French publishers will hit shelves, covering literature, poetry, essays, science and cooking.
Czech author Iva Procházková warns that cultural funding faces a critical test
In a recent Börsenblatt interview, Iva Procházková highlighted growing anxieties about the sustainability of cultural support in democratic societies.
Literary Agencies Open In-House Audio Departments
For most of publishing’s modern history, the audiobook was an afterthought — a subsidiary right handed to a publisher’s audio division in the same…
Debut Novelists Negotiate Translation-First Deals
The standard trajectory of a literary debut was written long ago: publish at home, hope for reviews, pray for a foreign sale or two…
Ghostwriting Goes Mainstream as Celeb Memoirs Multiply
The ghost has left the attic. Ghostwriting — the professional craft of writing books that carry someone else’s name — has spent centuries in…
Prize Season Shortlists Reward Translators as Co-Authors
The translator’s name is moving up the page. Across this year’s international prize season, from the longlists announced in late summer through the shortlists…
AI Disclosure Clauses Reach Standard Book Contracts
The contract is where publishing’s AI anxiety becomes architecture. What began three years ago as a bespoke negotiation item for paranoid bestsellers has completed…