INDUSTRY NEWS
- LEARN MORE ->The past couple years Amazon has been beta testing a program called KDP Print (as early as July 28, 2016). It’s a platform that combines both the KDP eBook platform and print books (POD) in one convenient place.
- Barnes & Noble Organizing Book Clubs at all their Stores
- The Indie Authors’ Guide to Writing Coaches
- Taking the Measure of Sexual Misconduct Charges in Publishing: Sales of books by Alexie, Asher, and Dashner have taken some hits since the authors were accused of abusive behavior toward women
FOR ARTISTS
- Color palette for April
- Meet the Designers behind Your Favorite Book Covers
- How to Format a Book: Don’t Make These 7 Mistakes!
FOR WRITERS
- The Writer’s Digest Podcast, Episode 3: Writing and Publishing Short Stories and Essays — Interview with Windy Lynn Harris
- Funding for Writers: A Guide to Bursaries, Scholarships, Grants and More
- Some Room to Breathe: A Conversation in Praise of Quiet Books – Two novelists discuss the pleasures of reading and writing quiet books.
- Leslie Jamison: Writers on Writing “No beautiful writing comes from an impossibly perfect world; it all comes from this one: cluttered, obligated, distracted.
MARKETING
- A Smarter Author Platform for the Digital Era of Publishing by Jane Friedman
- 5 Smart Tips for Marketing Poetry Books
- Book Marketing Tips for Technologically Challenged Authors
- What Social Media Should Authors Use?
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That
- Deconstructing Word-of-Mouth Marketing: Writers have many opportunities to foster word of mouth about their books. Doing so starts by understanding the underlying mechanics of why some books take off while others disappear.
NEW LITERARY AGENTS LOOKING FOR CLIENTS
- Jennifer Thompson and Isabelle Bleecker of Nordlyset Literary Agency
- 19 New Literary Agents Seeking Clients (in 2018)
JOB LISTINGS
- Associate Director of Advertising – HarperCollins – New York
- Freelance Editor QMEDET Solutions
- Acquisitions Editor – Diversion Books
- Freelance Copy Editor Jianlai Global
- Publicist, Gallery Books – Simon & Schuster – New York
- Freelance Content Writer EnterpriseAlumni
- Assistant Editor – HarperCollins Christian Publishing – Grand Rapids
- Publicist – Soho Press – New York
- Freelance Writers – Pays $25-$35/article Doityourself.com