INDUSTRY NEWS
- The CreateSpace to KDP Publishing Transition
- Bowker Investigating Breach of ISBN Site
- The National Book Award’s 5 Under 35 honorees give out some free advice about how to write your second book
- The American Booksellers Association has protested “providing massive subsidies of public funds and tax incentives” to the mega-corporation
- meet the ambitious new media company nurturing the ‘Russian New Yorker’
- DC Commission Reverses Course After Attempt to Censor Artists
FOR ARTISTS
- November 2018 Color Alert, Steps Beyond and Grounded, RGB: 157, 143, 133 and 192, 91, 87 HEX: #9d8f85 and 665b57
- Check out Book Cover Redesigns
- You May Think You Know Warhol—but His Whitney Retrospective Holds Surprises
- A Sharp Look at the Surprisingly Complex Process of Pencil Manufacturing by Photographer Christopher Payne
- A list of Books for Designers
- Why I Adore Book Design So Much
FOR WRITERS
- 5 other lessons indie authors can learn from the Thanksgiving feast
- Write a novel that feels as if it couldn’t possibly have been written any other way
- Tips for Writing Dimensional Characters
- What’s the Big Idea? 20 Out-of-the-Box Writing Exercises & Story Starters
- Writing Tips from James Lee Burke
- Truth and Narrative: The Two Timelines Of Your Story
MARKETING
- 51 Best Instagram Hashtags for Writers
- How To Find and Fix Your Book Sales Problem
- December Observances to Inspire Your Book Marketing
- How to Use Swag to Support Your Book Marketing
- Sell Books and Get Paid Doing Author School Visits
- Crowdfunding a Book Tour
LITERARY AGENTS LOOKING FOR CLIENTS
- Devin Ross of New Leaf Literary & Media
- Alexandra Levick of Writers House
- Anne Tibbets of Red Sofa Literary
- Tia Mele of Talcott Notch
- Justin Brouckaert of Aevitas Creative Management
- 20+ Query Fails
JOB LISTINGS
- Editor, Professional/Clinical Publishing American Academy of Pediatrics – Itasca, IL
- Freelance Staff Writer Future Publishing Ltd
- Freelance Copy Editor Siege Media
- Marketing & Publicity Manager The Monacelli Press – New York, NY
- Freelance Web Content Writer Digital Design Space
- Associate Director, Design and Production Berrett-Koehler Publishers – Oakland, CA