Romantasy Contracts Signal a Speculative Fiction Gold Rush
Every few publishing seasons, a genre detonates loudly enough to be heard in the contract boilerplate, and the blast pattern this time is unmistakable.…
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Authors Push Publishers on Audiobook Royalty Transparency
The audiobook royalty statement, once a line item authors skimmed and signed, has become the contract battleground of the season. As audio revenue climbs…
Self-Publishing Data Enters Bestseller Conversations
The bestseller list, that most institutional of publishing instruments, is being quietly renegotiated — and the counterparty is the self-published author whose sales, until…
Serialized Fiction Platforms Court Traditional Publishers
The platforms that taught a generation to read fiction in thousand-word episodes have outgrown their founding bargain. The serialized fiction apps — born on…
Small Presses Launch Joint Imprints to Share Risk
The small press’s answer to the blockbuster economy is not to get bigger; it is to get together. Across the independent publishing landscape, a…
Crime Writers Diversify Into True Story Podcasts
The crime writer’s second act has found its medium. Across the genre, established novelists are migrating — in many cases commuting — into true-story…