Jane Friedman

Links of Interest: May 28, 2025

The latest in trends, AI, and culture & politics.

New Simon & Schuster children’s imprint: Sarah Barley B...

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers has announced a new imprint, Sarah Barl...

Court rules that library-book decisions are “government...

The court found that “a library’s collection decisions are government speech and...

The curious case of fabricated book blurbs

They are inevitably blamed on “marketing errors,” which are becoming a new, sad ...

There’s now a bestseller list for Black authors

BLK Bestsellers is a new monthly resource from the African American Literature B...

Bindery Books: A Case Study in Combining Traditional In...

The startup publisher partners with influencers to breakout new authors, combini...

The Power of Connotation in Picture Books

When your manuscript is 500 words or less, a carefully-chosen word can carry bot...

5 Reasons a Literary Agent Isn’t Going to Steal Your St...

A common anxiety for authors querying their debut is fear of someone stealing th...

3 Keys to a Successful Writing Accountability Partnership

One writer found that regular check-ins with a writing buddy have encouraged bot...

Links of Interest: May 21, 2025

The latest in culture & politics, trends, traditional publishing, audiobook dist...

Cosmo partners with Sourcebooks on new imprint

They say they will be working with both “debut authors and those with establishe...

UK production company launches book division

Somesuch plans to publish six or seven titles per year starting this summer.

Amazon KDP decreases royalty rates for print books pric...

As one expert observes: if this change helps Amazon’s bottom line, perhaps they ...

Book Sales Update: May, 21, 2025

The latest sales report from the AAP shows a book sales increase of 1 percent fo...

AI-generated summer reading list distributed with some ...

Social media exploded this week when readers posted pictures of a summer reading...

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